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Rob and Mary Ann Pyle

Pyle family invests in two things that shaped careers: technology, Penn State

October 20, 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

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Saltwater contamination threatens water supplies

September 30, 2025

Blue sky, clouds and lake

Meteorology students forecast weather for NASA research campaign

September 23, 2025

Two men wearing suits talking in front of a green screen on a television broadcast set

‘Weather World’ team talks weather safety on next ‘Conversations Live,’ Sept. 18

September 16, 2025

Eagerness drives broadcast journalism/meteorology major to CNN internship

September 02, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 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

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

Irena Potochny, an undergraduate at Penn State, visited Machu Picchu in January through the Green Program

Common threads: Materials science student weaves textile passions into research

June 05, 2025

University students posing for a photo in front of a white board

Meteorology students develop workforce readiness in collaboration with WPSU

May 05, 2025

Retired Rear Adm. David Titley to deliver EMS spring commencement address

April 29, 2025

A group of people at an awards ceremony

Penn State celebrates the 2025 student sustainability award winners

April 25, 2025

Meteorologist recognized with Undergraduate Program Leadership Award

April 14, 2025

An aerial view of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky

Underused radar data may improve severe weather forecasts, scientists say

April 09, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

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

April 08, 2025

Penn State mourns loss of world-renowned meteorologist Jenni Evans

April 07, 2025

Susan Freinkel talk: 'How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?' on April 14

April 07, 2025

three maps of Uganda

Rainfall and drought linked to childhood growth outcomes in Uganda

March 19, 2025

Graduate student Nicholas Prince stands next to LiDAR instrument

Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate fellow builds belonging safety net for peers

March 05, 2025

Laifang Li to discuss North Atlantic cooling at Geography Coffee Hour

February 03, 2025

Satellite image of hurricane Patricia showing the boundary layer.

$1.23M NASA grant to support improving satellite weather forecasting with AI

January 08, 2025

A blue fly pollinating milkweed.

Pollinators most vulnerable to rising global temperatures are flies, study shows

December 19, 2024

Warren Washington

Penn State mourns the loss of climate science pioneer, Warren M. Washington

November 18, 2024

Sunset on the Indian Ocean as seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

New approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth, exo-planets

November 18, 2024

Jack Kaye, NASA associate director, research, to give meteorology colloquium talk

November 12, 2024

People talking in front of research posters

Climate Science Research Experience for Undergraduates wraps with symposium

October 29, 2024

Paul Markowski speaks at an extreme weather workshop.

Extreme weather workshop focuses on saving lives worldwide

October 28, 2024

A gargantuan hailstone that fell in Argentina

Lumpy, bumpy hail: Realistic hail shapes may improve modeling of severe weather

October 22, 2024

Atmospheric, climate researcher named IEE 'Person of the Year'

October 01, 2024

Group of people standing outside.

Undergrad research experience leads to advanced opportunities, publication

September 16, 2024

Clouds at various stages of development are seen in white in this visible imagery, with lightning indicated by the blue shading.

NSF grant to fund better, AI-powered understanding of weather pattern

September 16, 2024

Two faculty experts sit at a desk while being recorded on film

Researchers react: Science fact versus fiction in new ‘Twisters’ film

August 08, 2024

Group of people in a field with storm clouds in the background

Storm-chasing trip offers Penn State students classroom lessons on the road

July 08, 2024

Penn State mourns the loss of John J. Cahir

June 13, 2024

George Atherton Bust

Five Penn State faculty named 2024 BTAA Department Executive Officer Fellows

May 30, 2024

Landscape architecture student named undergraduate National Olmsted Scholar

May 29, 2024

Penn State part of $6.6M consortium to improve weather forecasting

May 23, 2024

Daughter and mother, Clare and Renee Gibson

Mother and daughter share Penn State commencement bond — and date

April 19, 2024

Chesapeake Bay satellite image

NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies

April 03, 2024

Image of a thunderstorm in Nebraska

Satellite data assimilation improves forecasts of severe weather

March 21, 2024

Meteorology professor named president-elect of the American Meteorology Society

January 17, 2024

Penn State opened doors to career in geosciences for alum

January 09, 2024

Illustration of a cyber network

$1.1M NSF grant to fund statewide cyberinfrastructure project

January 09, 2024

Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, will receive two honors at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting

Professor elected to American Geophysical Union, receives Ambassador Award

December 08, 2023

Charles L. Hosler

Penn State mourns the loss of Charles L. Hosler

November 15, 2023

Sustainable community concept design

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

November 06, 2023

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

October 31, 2023

Penn State students in the club the club Women and Gender Diversity in Earth and Mineral Science

Women in Earth and Mineral Science promotes diversity, inclusion

October 18, 2023

Khaleah Jackson, a senior majoring in environmental systems engineering and president of MEMS

Club fosters diversity, community, professionalism in Earth and Mineral Sciences

September 26, 2023

Baltimore Harbor

Penn State professor to lead field campaign to study climate in Baltimore area

August 31, 2023

Weather World 40th Anniversary

'Weather World' celebrating 40th anniversary with open house on Aug. 27

August 23, 2023

Late winter temperatures compared to the 1981-2010 average when the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was strongly negative (top, Jan-March 2010) and when it was strongly positive (bottom, January-March 1990).

North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to ‘cold blob' in Atlantic Ocean

July 28, 2023

REU poster session

Symposium to feature student research on climate science and solutions

July 13, 2023

Paul Markowski appointed head of meteorology and atmospheric science

June 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence

Guido Cervone co-authors national report on ethical artificial intelligence use

June 16, 2023

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory stands over the central Amazon rainforest

Fuentes brings climate science message to Brazil on Fulbright Fellowship

June 15, 2023

A wind farm in Pennsylvania

Machine learning technology boosts analog weather forecasting

May 23, 2023

The 2023 College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates

EMS student program recognizes outstanding academic, professional development

May 11, 2023

Jingyang He with President Bendapudi

Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards

April 27, 2023

Paul F. Robertson Award for EMS Breakthrough of the Year

EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration

April 26, 2023

Melissa Gervais

Impact of sea ice loss on weather, cold air outbreaks focus of NSF CAREER Award

April 26, 2023

Martha Christino and Bevan Harbison

Earth and Mineral Sciences names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 13, 2023

NSF grant to investigate the role of macrobiota in carbon cycling in estuaries

April 11, 2023

Latest News

Penn State News RSS Feed

Rob and Mary Ann Pyle

Pyle family invests in two things that shaped careers: technology, Penn State

October 20, 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

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Saltwater contamination threatens water supplies

September 30, 2025

Blue sky, clouds and lake

Meteorology students forecast weather for NASA research campaign

September 23, 2025

Two men wearing suits talking in front of a green screen on a television broadcast set

‘Weather World’ team talks weather safety on next ‘Conversations Live,’ Sept. 18

September 16, 2025

Eagerness drives broadcast journalism/meteorology major to CNN internship

September 02, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 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

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

a turfgrass lawn at a golf course

Lawn story: Turfgrass data may improve urban greenhouse gas emission estimates

June 06, 2025

Irena Potochny, an undergraduate at Penn State, visited Machu Picchu in January through the Green Program

Common threads: Materials science student weaves textile passions into research

June 05, 2025

University students posing for a photo in front of a white board

Meteorology students develop workforce readiness in collaboration with WPSU

May 05, 2025

Retired Rear Adm. David Titley to deliver EMS spring commencement address

April 29, 2025

A group of people at an awards ceremony

Penn State celebrates the 2025 student sustainability award winners

April 25, 2025

Meteorologist recognized with Undergraduate Program Leadership Award

April 14, 2025

An aerial view of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky

Underused radar data may improve severe weather forecasts, scientists say

April 09, 2025

Lee Kump and JP Maria

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

April 08, 2025

Penn State mourns loss of world-renowned meteorologist Jenni Evans

April 07, 2025

Susan Freinkel talk: 'How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?' on April 14

April 07, 2025

three maps of Uganda

Rainfall and drought linked to childhood growth outcomes in Uganda

March 19, 2025

Graduate student Nicholas Prince stands next to LiDAR instrument

Earth and Mineral Sciences graduate fellow builds belonging safety net for peers

March 05, 2025

Laifang Li to discuss North Atlantic cooling at Geography Coffee Hour

February 03, 2025

Satellite image of hurricane Patricia showing the boundary layer.

$1.23M NASA grant to support improving satellite weather forecasting with AI

January 08, 2025

A blue fly pollinating milkweed.

Pollinators most vulnerable to rising global temperatures are flies, study shows

December 19, 2024

Warren Washington

Penn State mourns the loss of climate science pioneer, Warren M. Washington

November 18, 2024

Sunset on the Indian Ocean as seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

New approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth, exo-planets

November 18, 2024

Jack Kaye, NASA associate director, research, to give meteorology colloquium talk

November 12, 2024

People talking in front of research posters

Climate Science Research Experience for Undergraduates wraps with symposium

October 29, 2024

Paul Markowski speaks at an extreme weather workshop.

Extreme weather workshop focuses on saving lives worldwide

October 28, 2024

A gargantuan hailstone that fell in Argentina

Lumpy, bumpy hail: Realistic hail shapes may improve modeling of severe weather

October 22, 2024

Atmospheric, climate researcher named IEE 'Person of the Year'

October 01, 2024

Group of people standing outside.

Undergrad research experience leads to advanced opportunities, publication

September 16, 2024

Clouds at various stages of development are seen in white in this visible imagery, with lightning indicated by the blue shading.

NSF grant to fund better, AI-powered understanding of weather pattern

September 16, 2024

Two faculty experts sit at a desk while being recorded on film

Researchers react: Science fact versus fiction in new ‘Twisters’ film

August 08, 2024

Group of people in a field with storm clouds in the background

Storm-chasing trip offers Penn State students classroom lessons on the road

July 08, 2024

Penn State mourns the loss of John J. Cahir

June 13, 2024

George Atherton Bust

Five Penn State faculty named 2024 BTAA Department Executive Officer Fellows

May 30, 2024

Landscape architecture student named undergraduate National Olmsted Scholar

May 29, 2024

Penn State part of $6.6M consortium to improve weather forecasting

May 23, 2024

Daughter and mother, Clare and Renee Gibson

Mother and daughter share Penn State commencement bond — and date

April 19, 2024

Chesapeake Bay satellite image

NSF grant awarded to manage salt contamination of tidal river water supplies

April 03, 2024

Image of a thunderstorm in Nebraska

Satellite data assimilation improves forecasts of severe weather

March 21, 2024

Meteorology professor named president-elect of the American Meteorology Society

January 17, 2024

Penn State opened doors to career in geosciences for alum

January 09, 2024

Illustration of a cyber network

$1.1M NSF grant to fund statewide cyberinfrastructure project

January 09, 2024

Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, will receive two honors at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting

Professor elected to American Geophysical Union, receives Ambassador Award

December 08, 2023

Charles L. Hosler

Penn State mourns the loss of Charles L. Hosler

November 15, 2023

Sustainable community concept design

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

November 06, 2023

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

October 31, 2023

Penn State students in the club the club Women and Gender Diversity in Earth and Mineral Science

Women in Earth and Mineral Science promotes diversity, inclusion

October 18, 2023

Khaleah Jackson, a senior majoring in environmental systems engineering and president of MEMS

Club fosters diversity, community, professionalism in Earth and Mineral Sciences

September 26, 2023

Baltimore Harbor

Penn State professor to lead field campaign to study climate in Baltimore area

August 31, 2023

Weather World 40th Anniversary

'Weather World' celebrating 40th anniversary with open house on Aug. 27

August 23, 2023

Late winter temperatures compared to the 1981-2010 average when the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was strongly negative (top, Jan-March 2010) and when it was strongly positive (bottom, January-March 1990).

North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to ‘cold blob' in Atlantic Ocean

July 28, 2023

REU poster session

Symposium to feature student research on climate science and solutions

July 13, 2023

Paul Markowski appointed head of meteorology and atmospheric science

June 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence

Guido Cervone co-authors national report on ethical artificial intelligence use

June 16, 2023

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory stands over the central Amazon rainforest

Fuentes brings climate science message to Brazil on Fulbright Fellowship

June 15, 2023

A wind farm in Pennsylvania

Machine learning technology boosts analog weather forecasting

May 23, 2023

The 2023 College of Earth and Mineral Science Academy for Global Experience laureates

EMS student program recognizes outstanding academic, professional development

May 11, 2023

Jingyang He with President Bendapudi

Five EMS graduate students recognized with University awards

April 27, 2023

Paul F. Robertson Award for EMS Breakthrough of the Year

EMS honors faculty and student excellence at annual awards celebration

April 26, 2023

Melissa Gervais

Impact of sea ice loss on weather, cold air outbreaks focus of NSF CAREER Award

April 26, 2023

Martha Christino and Bevan Harbison

Earth and Mineral Sciences names student marshals for spring 2023 commencement

April 13, 2023

NSF grant to investigate the role of macrobiota in carbon cycling in estuaries

April 11, 2023

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