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- COVER STORY: Conference Highlights: Challenges and Opportunities
in Wind Energy
Proven wind resources, supportive state initiatives and manufacturing and technical capabilities—these position Pennsylvania to be a leader in the wind energy industry, but capitalizing on those requires building a vibrant and sustainable market, developing a supply-chain and training the necessary workforce.
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- KAUST INVESTIGATOR: A conversation with Bruce Logan
Bruce Logan, Kappe professor of environmental engineering, received a highly selective KAUST Investigator award last year from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Logan will receive up to $10 million over the next five years to investigate microbial fuel cell technologies that convert waste into electricity or hydrogen and in the process, clean water.
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- K.C. Kim retires after 40 years at Penn State
Ke Chung (K.C.) Kim, professor of entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, retired this past fall after more than 40 years of service to the University.
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- Wardrop and Franklin new assistant directors
Denice Wardrop and Nancy Franklin joined the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE) as assistant directors effective January 2009. Franklin is the new assistant director of outreach and Wardrop is the new assistant director of the environment. Other members of the administrative team include director Tom Richard, associate director Chunshan Song, and assistant director of water resources Beth Boyer.
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- African initiative trains students, explores geophysical mysteries
Earthquakes, volcanoes and the African superplume are only some of the phenomena under investigation through AfricaArray, a program that establishes geophysical observatories, trains African and American students and examines geophysical phenomena on the African continent.
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- CROWS INVADE CAMPUS: OPP forces repel “Wave of Darkness”
University Park began to resemble the old Alfred Hitchcock thriller, “The Birds” as thousands of crows began roosting in campus trees just before the holiday break. This year the annoying avians returned in greater numbers than expected and settled in campus areas north of Pattee Library.
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- SAVE THE DATE! David Suzuki Colloquium on the Environment Keynote Speaker
David Suzuki is the scheduled keynote speaker for the 5th Annual Colloquium on the Environment.
Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist, and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way.
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