4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (343+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State student Declan Goldhawk knew he wanted to spend the summer expanding on what he’s learning in college while branching out into unfamiliar territory. A 10-week internship in Alaska — a place he’s never been — researching geothermal…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (601+ words) WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a $1.5 million state grant earmarked to enhance facilities at the institution’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center in Clinton Twp. The funding – to be matched by the college – will be used to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (237+ words) John Mauro, the interim John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, was selected to receive the 2026 W. David Kingery Award from the American Ceramic Society. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — John…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (905+ words) Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains methane The Pennsylvania State University Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains methane Astronomers use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to determine composition of the atmosphere of a distant, temperate gas…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (504+ words) The bust of Evan Pugh, world renowned chemist and Penn State's first president, located in the lobby of Old Main. Pugh was president from 1859 until his untimely death in 1864 and his administration was the model for land-grant education nationwide. Credit:…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (999+ words) Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners The Pennsylvania State University Penn State Sustainability celebrates 2026 sustainability award winners Students, faculty and staff from across the University were honored for their extraordinary contributions to sustainability initiatives UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (366+ words) “Thanks to the amazing sensitivity of JWST, we can detect light coming directly from the surface of this distant rocky planet,” said Laura Kreidberg, the leader of the research team at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany....

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (195+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — John Mauro, department head and professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named interim John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, effective July 1. Mauro succeeds Lee Kump, who is…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (410+ words) Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science mourn the loss of John A. Dutton, who died on Feb. 13, at the age of 89. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons Dutton was a professor emeritus…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (243+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christelle Wauthier, associate professor of geosciences at Penn State, will deliver a talk titled “Imaging Deformation Processes in Areas Prone to Natural Hazards with Satellite Geodesy” at noon on Friday, Jan. 23, in 401 Steidle Building on the Penn…...