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Three people stand on a dirt pathway with lush green hills in the background in Malawi.

Graduate fieldwork in Malawi connects restoration, data and community

October 23, 2025

Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum

October 22, 2025

people-pushing-school-bus-in-flood

Flood impacts in Global South focus of Geography Coffee Hour

October 21, 2025

A group of five people stand on a step in front of Old Main

Four researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

October 17, 2025

2025 GIS day identifier, with the date Nov. 17 and theme Amplifying the Possibilities of Geospatial Information

Penn State GIS Day 2025 to take place Nov. 17

October 14, 2025

A group of young people in high-visibility vests attentively observe a solar panel outdoors.

New Penn State geography course examines what sustainability means

October 09, 2025

Kirk Goldsberry, wearing glasses and a light blazer, poses with a globe-print basketball in front of maps and charts.

Penn State alum delivers lecture on maps, basketball and the power of geography

October 07, 2025

A young child walks on a dirt path through green agricultural fields in Cambodia, holding food in hand.

Children’s diet quality linked to distance from protected conservation areas

October 03, 2025

Kirk Goldsberry is a man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a black collared shirt over a white t-shirt, poses against a plain light gray background.

Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry

September 11, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

Green trees line the shore of Beech Creek under a blue sky

Research sheds light on Beech Creek’s struggle with abandoned mine drainage

August 27, 2025

Researchers team up with Indigenous communities in Ecuador to study oil pollution

August 04, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Graphic for Penn State's 25th anniversary symposium featuring headshots of six speakers for the online geospatial program.

25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

A professional photo of a woman against a blue background.

Penn State announces 2025 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award recipient

June 25, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

Graduate student Harman and undergraduates Laura and Maria work together at a computer on a research project about waste management.

Graduate student mentorship helps undergraduates build research skills

May 20, 2025

Cristina Elena Mihalache presents her research poster at the AAG conference

Romanian Fulbright scholar reflects on experience with Department of Geography

May 14, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

Erica Smithwick

Geography and ecology professor receives Kopp International Achievement Award

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

Patricia Ehrkamp

Patricia Ehrkamp to deliver annual Miller Lecture on geopolitics and disability

April 09, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony

April 08, 2025

'Stories from the Field' returns with spring 2025 session on housing inequality

April 02, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Richard Alley on sea-level rise and ice sheets

March 31, 2025

Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café

March 31, 2025

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

Latest News

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Three people stand on a dirt pathway with lush green hills in the background in Malawi.

Graduate fieldwork in Malawi connects restoration, data and community

October 23, 2025

Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum

October 22, 2025

people-pushing-school-bus-in-flood

Flood impacts in Global South focus of Geography Coffee Hour

October 21, 2025

A group of five people stand on a step in front of Old Main

Four researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

October 17, 2025

2025 GIS day identifier, with the date Nov. 17 and theme Amplifying the Possibilities of Geospatial Information

Penn State GIS Day 2025 to take place Nov. 17

October 14, 2025

A group of young people in high-visibility vests attentively observe a solar panel outdoors.

New Penn State geography course examines what sustainability means

October 09, 2025

Kirk Goldsberry, wearing glasses and a light blazer, poses with a globe-print basketball in front of maps and charts.

Penn State alum delivers lecture on maps, basketball and the power of geography

October 07, 2025

A young child walks on a dirt path through green agricultural fields in Cambodia, holding food in hand.

Children’s diet quality linked to distance from protected conservation areas

October 03, 2025

Kirk Goldsberry is a man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a black collared shirt over a white t-shirt, poses against a plain light gray background.

Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry

September 11, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

Green trees line the shore of Beech Creek under a blue sky

Research sheds light on Beech Creek’s struggle with abandoned mine drainage

August 27, 2025

Researchers team up with Indigenous communities in Ecuador to study oil pollution

August 04, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Graphic for Penn State's 25th anniversary symposium featuring headshots of six speakers for the online geospatial program.

25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

A professional photo of a woman against a blue background.

Penn State announces 2025 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award recipient

June 25, 2025

Dana Cuomo and Lily Houtman display a city map, part of their Harm Mapping Project to visualize gender-based violence on campus at Lafayette College.

Penn State alumna, graduate student partner on campus safety mapping project

June 20, 2025

Graduate student Harman and undergraduates Laura and Maria work together at a computer on a research project about waste management.

Graduate student mentorship helps undergraduates build research skills

May 20, 2025

Cristina Elena Mihalache presents her research poster at the AAG conference

Romanian Fulbright scholar reflects on experience with Department of Geography

May 14, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

Erica Smithwick

Geography and ecology professor receives Kopp International Achievement Award

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

Patricia Ehrkamp

Patricia Ehrkamp to deliver annual Miller Lecture on geopolitics and disability

April 09, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty and students honored at college's awards ceremony

April 08, 2025

'Stories from the Field' returns with spring 2025 session on housing inequality

April 02, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Richard Alley on sea-level rise and ice sheets

March 31, 2025

Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café

March 31, 2025

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

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