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student painting a map for the geographics lab

Penn State GeoGraphics Lab to host inaugural Community Mapping Day

March 20, 2025

three maps of Uganda

Rainfall and drought linked to childhood growth outcomes in Uganda

March 19, 2025

Sofia Hoffman, a third-year student at Penn State, on a recent study abroad trip to Singapore

Penn State opens doors to world travel, learning for EMS student

February 28, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025

February 17, 2025

Coffee Hour lecture to examine COVID-19’s impact on Black women on probation

February 11, 2025

Laifang Li to discuss North Atlantic cooling at Geography Coffee Hour

February 03, 2025

Four Penn State faculty members named American Association of Geographers fellows

January 17, 2025

Panel discussion will explore outcomes, key takeaways from COP29

January 17, 2025

'EMS Reads' speaker to discuss influence of politics, racism on climate change

October 31, 2024

Rangeland in South Africa

$1.3M NSF grant to fund research into restoration of degraded ecosystems

October 31, 2024

Paul Markowski speaks at an extreme weather workshop.

Extreme weather workshop focuses on saving lives worldwide

October 28, 2024

Penn State GIS Day activities focus on the theme 'Geographers Take Action'

October 21, 2024

Geography Coffee Hour to explore colonialism and Indigenous identity on Oct. 25

October 21, 2024

NIH grant for new tool development to help assess obesity-related behaviors

October 14, 2024

Two-part celebration to honor career of EMS professor Alan Taylor

October 09, 2024

People at voting booths

Ask an expert: Voter rolls and the fear of voter fraud

October 08, 2024

Geography 'Coffee Hour' lecture series continues with Oct. 11 talk by Anne Bonds

October 07, 2024

Geography Coffee Hour to discuss LGBTQ+ workplace inequalities on Oct. 4

September 30, 2024

pawpaw fruit tree

Choctaw historian to speak on Indigenous gardens at The Arboretum at Penn State

September 24, 2024

Mook Bangalore (left) and Mark Ortiz are new faculty members joining the Institute of Energy and the Environment and working with the Penn State Climate Consortium.

New IEE faculty have strong focus on climate solutions, collaboration

September 19, 2024

Geography 'Coffee Hour' lecture series to begin with Sept. 6 talk by Karl Zimmerer

September 04, 2024

PA Space Grant Consortium

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024

September 03, 2024

Person stands in front of a glacier

Geography student secures $150K NASA grant for ice sheet meltwater research

August 26, 2024

Three people in a rocky area.

Scott named associate director of Institute of Energy and the Environment

August 16, 2024

Three people pose for a photo while one holds an award plaque.

2024 Murphy Award honors Air Force veteran

August 02, 2024

New GEMS board members

Five new members appointed to Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni board

July 18, 2024

Several children are walking or walking their bikes in a pedestrian lane and wearing backpacks.

Mitigating barriers for children walking and biking to school

July 03, 2024

Person stands next to a printer

Geography doctoral student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

June 03, 2024

Trees on the University Park campus

Youth perspectives study on sustainability funded by EMS Sustainability Council

May 31, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

The Duquesne Incline descending a mountain, with Pittsburgh in the background obscured by wildfire smoke

Improved wildfire smoke model identifies areas for public health intervention

May 09, 2024

Old Main clock to the right, with clouds pictured above

Two Penn State faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 02, 2024

Michael Mervosh and Brenden Franks

Mervosh and Franks named spring 2024 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals

May 01, 2024

Sam Cohen in lab

Geography master's student gains real-world perspective through EPA internship

April 29, 2024

Jennifer Hesterman

Alumna Jennifer Hesterman to present EMS 2024 spring commencement address

April 25, 2024

Geography student explores food sustainability at Taproot Kitchen

April 24, 2024

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Emily Bernhardt

Duke ecologist Emily Bernhardt's April 5 Geography 'Coffee Hour' talk canceled

April 03, 2024

Urban planning professor to speak on property speculation at next 'Coffee Hour'

March 18, 2024

Harvey J. Miller

E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Lecture slated for March 15

March 12, 2024

Second annual Penn State water conference slated for March 14-15

February 26, 2024

Geography professor explores historical cartography in 'The Living Black Atlas'

February 19, 2024

Geography Coffee Hour lecture to explore Ghana's food system shift

February 09, 2024

New exhibit will explore ways to create a more sustainable campus environment

January 29, 2024

Salas-SantaCruz

Salas-SantaCruz to discuss 'Trans Identity and Space' in Geography Coffee Talk

January 19, 2024

Online geospatial certificate program receives accreditation

January 18, 2024

Geography alum receives top award from geological society

December 08, 2023

Growing Impact Podcast

'Growing Impact' podcast explores mitigating the climate impact of contrails

December 01, 2023

Bill Easterling with gift

Celebration held to honor former dean and director, William Ewart Easterling III

November 29, 2023

Arctic ice sheet

Melting ice falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica

November 07, 2023

Sustainable community concept design

Collaborative landscape design approach may improve resiliency, human well-being

November 06, 2023

Growing Impact Podcast

'Growing Impact' examines landscape restoration in Malawi

November 02, 2023

Adomako to explore gender and health in Ghana's gold mining at coffee hour

November 01, 2023

Documentary film on research institute’s history, impact to premiere on Nov. 6

October 31, 2023

Geovanni Siquihua and Belen Norona

Kichwa indigenous leader Geovanni Siquihua to speak at Nov. 3 Coffee Hour

October 22, 2023

An image with the text: Penn State GIS Day: The Power of Place; Monday, Nov. 13, 2023," includes the Penn State University Libraries mark.

Penn State GIS Day to celebrate the power of place Nov. 13

October 20, 2023

Mahda Bagher wearing a graduation gown and tossing her tam into the air in front of the Old Main building

Transdisciplinary approach to research benefits geography alum’s career path

October 18, 2023

Elizabeth Olson

Coffee Hour talk to focus on intricate topic of 'ableism' and caregiving youth

October 12, 2023

storm field flowers

Weather-triggered asthma topic of Department of Geography 'Coffee Hour' talk

September 29, 2023

Health care access for marginalized communities focus of next 'Coffee Hour' talk

September 11, 2023

GeoGraphics Meeting

New multimedia cartography laboratory opened at University Park

September 06, 2023

Solitary bee hotel in the Arboretum at Penn State

New updates come to 'Beescape,' an online tool for supporting pollinators

September 01, 2023

Cindy Brewer award

Cynthia Brewer receives international cartographic association’s highest award

August 29, 2023

Geography's 'Coffee Hour' lecture series to launch with talk on waste in space

August 23, 2023

Beaver Stadium shrouded by smoke from Canadian wildfires, with trees in the foreground

Fresher AIr: AI and mobility data may improve air pollution exposure models

August 15, 2023

World Campus student receives 2023 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award

August 14, 2023

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