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Presented as part of the annual Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science

Lee Kump, the John Leone Dean in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and professor of geosciences, leads field work along the beach at San Salvador. 

Scientists pose for a photo outside of a research facility in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States. The photo includes paper authors Ming Xiao, Eileen Martin and Xiaohang Ji. The photo also includes Min Liew, an assistant professor of civil, environmental and geodetic engineering at Ohio State, who earned her civil engineering doctorate from Penn State and Nolan Roth, who received his doctorate in geosciences from Penn State.

Professors Donald Schneider and Christopher House of the Eberly College of Science and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences discuss in Q&A how Penn State’s interdisciplinary strengths drive its leadership in space science

Faculty Mentoring Award - Elizabeth Hajek, professor of geosciences
Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants - Benjamin Cardenas, assistant professor of geosciences
George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant - Tieyuan Zhu, associate professor of geosciences
Dean Edward Steidle Memorial Scholar Award - Lizzie Johnson, undergraduate student in geosciences
Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience - Lizzie Johnson, Anna Penird, Ryan Zaff - undergraduate students in geosciences

Doctoral student Caleb Norville of Penn State and Meredith Parish of George Mason University return from collecting a core sample in a lake in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains.

Christelle Wauthier - promoted to professor
Miquela Ingalls - promoted to associate professor
Kimberly Lau - promoted to associate professor

Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences mourn the loss of John A. Dutton, who died on Feb. 13, at the age of 89.

Lee Kump, the John Leone Dean of the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has announced that he will step down from his role as dean at the end of June 2026. Kump has served as dean for nine years and is celebrating 40 years of service to the college and Penn State in 2026. Kump will remain on the faculty of the College of EMS as professor of geosciences.