December 18, 2025 (Thursday)
5:30 – 8:30 PM
Grand Isle Restaurant
575 Convention Blvd
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Refreshments and Cocktails
Contact Sara sfp3@psu.edu for assistance
Reception during GSA25 (Geological Society of America)
October 20, 2025 (Monday)
6:00 – 9:00 PM
La Quinta by Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk
303 Blum Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Refreshments and Cocktails
Contact Sara at sfp3@psu.edu for assistance.
Retirement Celebration
Honoring
Dr. Peter J. Heaney
Dr. Mark E. Patzkowsky
October 10, 2025 (Friday)
5:00 – 9:00 PM
Nittany Lion Inn, Boardroom
Refreshments and Cocktails
Come celebrate our students!
Celebration / Mixer – following UG Awards Ceremony:
October 7, 2025 (Tuesday)
4:30 – 5:00 PM
116 Deike Building,
University Park, Pa
Light snacks and refreshments
Undergraduate Awards Ceremony
October 7, 2025 (Tuesday)
3:30 – 4:30 PM
22 Deike Building, University Park, Pa
Contact Sara at sfp3@psu.edu for assistance.
Alumni Advisory Board Meetings
October 3, 2025 (Friday)
8:00 – 4:00 PM
Deike Building, University Park, Pa
By Invitation Only
Contact Sara sfp3@psu.edu for updates.
Career Discussion with Alumni Advisory Board
Networking opportunity you don't want to miss!
October 2, 2025 (Thursday)
4:30 – 6:00 PM
114 Steidle Building, University Park, Pa
Contact Sara at sfp3@psu.edu for assistance.
Please join us for a picnic!
Bring your family and join in the games that are sponsored by the graduate students.
Department Picnic
September 6, 2025 (Saturday)
5:00 – 8:00 PM
Holmes Foster Park, Pavilion #2
901 Westerly Pkwy
State College, Pa 16801
(across from Our Lady of Victory Church)
Hoag’s Catering
Contact Sara at sfp3@psu.edu for assistance.
The world was mesmerized by Colossal Biosciences’ recent announcement that they had cloned dire wolf pups, a species of canine that’s been extinct for more than 10,000 years. While experts have debated the “de-extinction” of these wolves, which are far more genetically similar to living grey wolf than to the original dire wolf, one thing is certainly true: An undergraduate student at Penn State recently catalogued a jawbone from one of Pennsylvania’s few dire wolf fossils.