Extremely dry, hot conditions this fall causing early, muted foliage display
With last year being the wettest year on record in Pennsylvania, and this year starting out wet again, 2019 was set up to be the mother of all fall foliage displays. Trees in most areas were in great condition going into late summer. But then it quit raining — in a big way.
Turning conflict into collaboration on critical water challenges
Lara Fowler, assistant director for outreach and engagement in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment and a faculty member with Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs, is a visiting scholar at Uppsala University in Sweden, where she is researching why and how people cooperate to manage critical water challenges and find solutions.
Alumnus creates $1M scholarship to support students with disabilities
Penn State alumnus Dale Hollinger has committed to the creation of a scholarship that will provide support for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities. Through an estate gift of $1 million, the Dale and Rosalie Hollinger Scholarship for Students with Disabilities will help students offset the cost of tuition, in addition to providing funding for costs associated with their disabilities.
We're so proud of the five Penn State students that finished first place at the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Awards, walking away with victories in four of eight divisions!
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Congratulations to Freddy Purnell and Marlisa Shaw, winners of this year's @PSUHOMECOMING Guide State Forward awards! ow.ly/v7Ma50wFHVj
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Hurricane Dorian may have been bad enough to qualify as a Category 6 -- a rating that doesn’t even exist. #PennState research mentioned at @sciam. ow.ly/1cSj50wFA8u