Gabriela Gesualdo, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State, will give the talk “Beyond hazard forecasting: AI-driven insights into disaster impacts and humanitarian response,” at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, in 117 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building on the University Park campus. The talk will also be available via Zoom.

Books selected by recently promoted and tenured faculty members were on display at the 2026 Promotion and Tenure Reception for guests to peruse and enjoy.
 2026 Promotion & Tenure Recipients

Tushar Mittal, Wilson Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of geosciences, and Jose D. Fuentes, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, were honored by the American Geophysical Union.

The Institute of Energy and the Environment supports and connects more than 80 interdisciplinary researchers who are solving some of the world’s most difficult energy and environmental challenges.  

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