Jose D. Fuentes, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, received two honors at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco, CA in December 2023.

A technique developed by Penn State scientists could improve forecasts, such as predicting where the most powerful winds will occur during weather events like this thunderstorm in Nebraska.

On Friday, April 5, 2024 in 22 Deike Building the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences celebrated Charles L. Hosler's Penn State Life and Legacy with a lineup of guest speakers from Penn State's administration followed by a cocktail reception in the Joel N. Myers Weatehr Center.

Penn State Harrisburg began participating in the Penn State chapter of EnvironMentors in 2019. The program links a high school student with an undergraduate student mentor and a faculty mentor for an environmentally themed research project that takes place over the course of the academic year.

Research findings will be used to improve numerical prediction systems, advance data assimilation research and workforce development