Think the budget battles in Washington, D.C., are just a lot of hot air? Well, say so long to next-day air pollution forecasts, hanging out on the chopping block amid federal funding fights.
New DOE project to study aerosols and tropical rainfall
Professor Marcelo Chamecki receives Department of Energy (DOE) award to investigate the influences of aerosols on rainfall in the Amazonia region.
National Weather Association recognizes Dr. Paul Markowski for his research on understanding and forecasting severe storms.
Alumnus Daniel Keyser receives AMS Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award
Professor Daniel Keyser ('75, '77, '81 Penn State Meteorology) is the 2014 recipient of the Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award from the American Meteorological Society
20 years of service excellence
Michael E. Mann, a prominent climatologist at Penn State, has thrown his support behind an effort to get Pennsylvania to do more to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.
Chen and Mann named distinguished professor in EMS
Faculty members Long-Qing Chen and Michael E. Mann have been conferred the status of distinguished professorship in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS).
Brunes commit $50K to Penn State Meteorology
University Park, Pa. -- William Brune, distinguished professor of meteorology and his wife, Mary Jane, recently committed $50,000 to establish the Brune Fund for Weather and Climate Risk Forecasting and Communication
Dr. George Young named 2014 AMS Fellow
Congratulatioins to Dr. George Young who has been elected 2014 American Meteorology Society Fellow.
EMS boasts five student entrants and keynote speaker at capitol event
Richard Alley, Nobel Prize Laureate and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences knows how to inspire. And that’s just what he did as keynote speaker for the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Poster Conference in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 19. He shared his passion about learning, teaching and sharing as key tools for sustaining civilization.
STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY - Community leaders meet to discuss what they consider a failure on the part of our government.
CONGRATULATIONS on being the winner of the Best Student Talk Award
Rufo, who spent his first two years at the Brandywine campus and is now a meteorology major in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at University Park, worked closely with Lawlor to analyze data about Caffau’s Star. He was able to complete calculations using a computer code and produced all of the models that were compared to Caffau’s Star in the research process.
A graduate of meteorology and his wife recently pledged $250,000 to the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Meteorology to support faculty contributions to teaching, research and public service.
Helping the National Weather Service improve its performance
With an increase in the number of deadly and costly severe weather events, the National Weather Service has been seeking to step up its game by providing better information in a timelier manner to communities, states, emergency responders and the public.
Oklahoma Tornado: NASA Release Images; 1.3 Mile Wide Twister More Powerful Than Atom Bomb?
The terrifying Oklahoma tornado ripped through the state this week and caused indescribable damage that cost the lives of 24 victims. At least 230 more were injured by the twister.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Paul Heinemann, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Penn State, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
President meets with NWS forecasters following devastating Oklahoma tornado
President Obama shakes hands with Stephen Goss ('93, B.S. Meteo), forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center, on Sunday.
