David Kubarek

Qiushi Chen, Korb Early Career Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering, has received the 2026 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award. The award, established in 1992 by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School, is presented to faculty members in recognition of outstanding teaching performance and advising of graduate students.

By David Kubarek UNIVERSITY PARK — In a converted 2013 Toyota Sienna affixed with a hand-built telescopic weather device protruding from

By David Kubarek UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sophia White, a sophomore majoring in geosciences, said she was drawn to Penn State because of her

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Every child can recall their first trip to a museum and the sense of wonder and excitement that comes from laying eyes on the real-life remnants of a dinosaur or the preserved artifacts of our ancestors. For a group of students taking a course on the impacts of colonization on science museums, that spark was ignited by all the work that went into the completion of those museum exhibits.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new partnership between Penn State and weather technology company Climavision aims to open research and training opportunities for students and faculty, and potentially help advance weather detection and warning aross the commonwealth.

By David Kubarek UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the past several years, Penn State geoscientist Sarah Ivory and her students have been among a

By David Kubarek UNIVERSITY PARK — Jenni Evans, a world-renowned meteorologist whose research transformed the scientific understanding of

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — After years of near misses, Penn State's meteorology team has reclaimed the top spot in WxChallenge, the national collegiate forecasting competition that rewards precision, consistency and a deep understanding of the weather.

Hill, a master's degree student in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State, spent two weeks at FluxCourse , an intensive training program focused on measurement, synthesis and modeling of land-atmosphere carbon, water and energy fluxes. The course helps participants track how things like carbon move through the environment.

Moran, who earned an undergraduate degree from Penn State in environmental systems engineering (ENVSE) in May, has been spending the summer working at Rio Tinto's Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah, learning how industries mitigate the byproduct selenium, which poses risks to aquatic ecosystems.