2009 news archives
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November 2009
- Penn State to upgrade West Campus steam plant
- Panelists Discuss Future Energy Sources for Penn State
- Penn State names new vice president for research
- Penn State research expenditures reach $765 million
- Glaciers subject of three Penn State grants
- Penn State presence made major difference in plum pox eradication
October 2009
- Grant to fund exploration of fossil plants in Patagonia
- Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?
- Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance
- Probing Question: Will algae become a fuel source?
- Penn State awarded $5.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy grants
- Page Center grants focus on ethics in environmental communication
- Heard on Campus: Tom Ridge
- Penn State researchers promote pollinator-friendly native gardens
- O'Keeffe Foundation gift will enhance Penn State honeybee research
- Renowned ichthyologist's research in Africa spans three decades
- PSIEE's FY2008-2009 Annual Report is available
- E-Corps aims to help homeowners, train students for green-collar work
September 2009
- EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge on display October 5th
- Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery
- New mid-Atlantic Web site melds watershed science with social networking
- Evaluating Community Watershed Models and Observation Networks within the Susquehanna River Basin
- Natural Fusion: Solar-powered home designed for 'realities of life'
- Penn State helps to launch Futurity research Web site
- Chesapeake Bay cleanup a local issue for Pennsylvania, expert says
- Wayne Myers retires after 31 years on foresty faculty
August 2009
- Wagener co-author of award winning paper
- Penn State aims to set an example by planting cover crops this fall
- Penn State energy-crops field display is now open to visitors
- Smithsonian names Pell Under Secretary for Science
- Dempsey honored for landmark environmental paper
- Civil and environmental engineering's Regan retires after 37 years
- Commonwealth organization honors faculty member
- Dean of Ag Sciences lays out a vision for Rockview property
- Study finds higher pathogen loads in collapsed honeybee colonies
- Current DOE Technical Career Internship Program Students Present Summer Research at DOE Headquarters
- Harbingers of Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity Identified
- Wastewater Produces Electricity and Desalinates Water
- Wilf named Distinguished Speaker by Paleontological Society
July 2009
- Penn State ranked #5 Worldwide in Elsevier Alternative Energy Research Leadership Study
- Climate change study foresees a warmer, wetter Pennsylvania
- New energy policy geared toward savings and conservation
- Four faculty members to receive Presidential Early Career Awards
- Richard member bioenergy project steering committee
- Students travel to Europe to observe sustainable energy approaches
- Methane eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to "breathe"
- Research project to study weed-control methods for organic farming
June 2009
- Penn State takes seventh in EcoCAR contest
- Video features Penn State efforts to 'green up' Pittsburgh
- Arboretum holds open house
- Penn State Outreach Video: The Urban Side of Green – Part 2
- Renew Crew awarded grant from the Clinton Global Initiative University
- Student team enters Green Energy Challenge
May 2009
- Logan receives water award
- Penn State, DCNR team up to keep plant invaders out of parks
- Center to investigate plant cells for better biomass fuels
- Pilot version of the Mid-Atlantic Watershed Atlas Launched
- Former Civil and Environmental Ph.D. student recieved UCOWR dissertation award
- Report highlights sustainability efforts at Penn State
- Winners of plant-biology video contest announced by ChloroFilms
April 2009
- Center to investigate plant cells for better biomass fuels
- Penn State first to join EPA's Sustainability Partnership Program
- Reducing water footprint can positively impact global water crisis
- Origins of sulfur in rocks tells early oxygen story
- Penn State is economic engine, generating over $17 billion in impact
- 'Natural' nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids
- Probing Question: Why are Americans turning back to home gardening?
- Penn State Solar Decathlon team ready to make Natural Fusion a reality
- Penn State Builds a Biodiesel Refinery
- Peters selected to present at NIH lecture series
March 2009
- Microbes turn electricity directly to methane
- University Park to turn off lights for Earth Hour on March 28
- Brooks named recipient of 2009 Faculty Outreach Award
- McPheron named incoming dean of College of Agricultural Sciences
- West Antarctic ice comes and goes, rapidly
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Professors Honored
- Development of the Barnett Shale May Offer “Lessons” for the Marcellus Shale
- Sunlight turns carbon dioxide to methane
February 2009
- Alley to share Tyler Prize for environmental achievement
- Smeal faculty, research center directors form Sustainability Council
- Statewide study of well owners reveals good news, bad news
- U.S. petroleum dependency factor of history
- Environmental and alternative traveling starts online
- ConocoPhillips, Penn State launch 2009 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize
- Study suggests link between agricultural chemicals and frog decline
January 2009
- Scientists Find New Ways to Produce Hydrogen
- Speaker Series to Explore Opportunities, Challenges in Developing the Marcellus Shale
- Annual Report of Research Activity FY 2008
- Hair of Tasmanian Tiger yields genes of extinct species
- Is plastic dangerous?
- Plant Biology Video Contest Begins
- Penn State playing big role at State Farm Show
- Penn State recognized as a Community Engagement university