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upcoming events
- "Sound
Strategies: Acoustic Aposematism, Mimicry, and Sonar Jamming in the Bat-Moth Arms Race"
Bill Conner
May 9, 2008; 2:30.m.; 101 ASI - Master Gardeners of Centre County Cooperative Extension
Plant Sale and Compost Workshop
May 17, 2008: Time TBD; Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research farm at Rock Springs - Forensic
Entomology Workshop
May 27-30, 2008
Department of Entomology, University Park Campus
9:00 a.m. (Wednesday) - 5:30 p.m. (Friday) - Trash to Treasure Sale
May 31, 2008; 7:30 a.m. Early Bird Sale; 9:00 a.m. Sale Begins
Beaver Stadium, University Park Campus - "Fundamentals of
On-Farm Biodiesel Production"
May 31, 2008; 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Penn State Farm Operations (located behind the Ag Arena)
REGISTER EARLY - registration limited to 30 participants - College of Agricultural Sciences
Conference: Agriculture and the Environment: Achieving the Balance
June 1-3, 2008; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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faculty spotlight
Sharon
Miller: Inspiring Students for Careers in Science
Miller's mission is to facilitate students' educational experience beyond the classroom.
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Student Spotlight
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 »
hightlights and announcements
 STATERs encourage Penn
Staters to go green and keep campus cleanIt's not hard to find members of STATERs -- a new campus-recognized student recycling organization -- in a crowd of thousands who are tailgating at a Penn State football home game. Read more » |
 Penn State places first in Shell Eco-marathon contestA team of engineering students from Penn State snagged a first-place finish recently in the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon. Read more » |
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 Probing question: Why
do whales beach themselves?Whales are the largest marine mammals in the world — the smallest species weigh in at several tons. What causes these often fatal incidents? Read more » |
 Gyspsy
Moth Management Made More Efficient, Cost EffectiveA computer model that provides land managers with a more efficient and cost-effective approach for controlling gypsy moths and other invasive pests has been created by biologists at Penn State University and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. |
 ConocoPhillips, Penn State
partner on nationwide energy prize program The ConocoPhillips Energy Prize is an awards program that seeks to recognize new ideas and original, actionable solutions that can help improve the way the U.S. develops and uses energy. Read more » |
 Penn State engineer named
KAUST InvestigatorBruce Logan, the Kappe professor of environmental engineering at Penn State, is one of 12 scientists to receive a Global Research Partnership (GRP) Investigator award from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Read more » |
 Open
Faculty PositionsPenn State will be hiring 25 new faculty in energy science, engineering, and policy as part of an initiative to enhance an already vigorous program of environmental and energy research and education. Applications are invited for the first 9 positions. Read more » |
| Proposals for Second Round of PSIEE Energy Co-hires
due May 1, 2008 The rfp for PSIEE energy co-hires is open to the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Earth and Mineral Sciences, Engineering, The Liberal Arts, and Science. Read more » |
Climate Ethics and Real Climate Make Time Magazine's Top 15 Green Websites