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Sharon Miller: Inspiring Students for Careers in Science

Getting students excited about science often involves more than showing them the inside of a textbook or a classroom. Miller knows that affording students the opportunity to participate in research can make the difference.
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Clark Seipt: Helping farmers, one climate forecast at a time

The times they are a-changin’ — and so is the climate. Luckily, for the farmers in the Pampas region of Argentina, these changing times have also been characterized by advances in climate science and modeling. Read more »

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The most dangerous nature reserve in the world The guardian.co.uk online news magazine featured an article about Dr. K.C. Kim and his enduring efforts to preserve Korea's demilatarized zone (DMZ) as a nature reserve.

Penn State researchers' integration of maps and weather data featured by Ivanhoe Broadcast News Penn State research that integrates National Weather data with GIS was recently featured by the Ivanhoe Broadcast News in the article "Saving Lives When Wildfires Burn." Read more »

Research goes on as honey bee losses rise in U.S., fall in Pennsylvania Colony Collapse Disorder, diseases, parasitic mites and other stressors continue to take a devastating toll on U.S. honey bee populations, but Pennsylvania beekeepers on average fared better than their counterparts. Read more »

Penn State scientist elected to The Royal Society Peter Hudson, the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Biology and director of the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences at Penn State, was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society. Read more »

EPA recognizes Penn State as top green power purchaser Penn State has once again made the EPA's list of the top college and university Green Power Partners. The University is being recognized for its voluntary purchase of 83,600 megawatt-hours (MWh) of green power.

Climate Ethics and Real Climate Make Time Magazine's Top 15 Green Websites Two websites created by Penn State researchers, Real Climate and ClimateEthics, were named in Time Magazine's list of top 15 green websites. Read more »

upcoming events

• Conservation Leadership School Session 2
  July 6-12, 2008
  Civil Engineering Lodge
  Stone Valley Recreational Area
• Stream Restoration Workshop I
  July 7-9, 2008
  114 Agricultural Engineering Building
• "Recent Canadian Advances in Nuclear-Based Hydrogen Production with the Copper-Chlorine Cycle"
  Dr. Greg Naterer, Ontario Institute of Technology
  July 8, 2008
  11:00 a.m.; C213 Coal Utilization Lab
• Stream Restoration Workshop II
  July 12-14, 2008
  244 Agricultural Engineering Building
• Environmental Forum Summer 2008
  July 16, 2008
  Alumni Hall - HUB Robeson Center
• Center for Dirt and Gravel Roads Studies Rountable
  "Road Development from Pennsylvania's New Oil and Gas Rush - Roundtable Meeting
  July 16, 2008
  Penn State Visitor Center; 10:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• International Hydropedology Conference - "Water and Soil: Key to Sustaining the Earth's CRITICAL ZONE"
  July 28-31, 2008
  Life Sciences Building
• 25th Anniversary Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology
  August 17-22, 2008
  Life Sciences Building
• Ag Progress Days
  August 19-21, 2008
  Rock Springs
• Northeast Renewable Energy Conference
  August 26-28, 2008
  Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center

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