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Penn State to Host First International Conference on the Science of Reversing Climate Change (Projec

From drawdown.psu.edu: Project Drawdown is partnering with Penn State to hold the first international conference on Drawdown — Research...

Memorial Day: Defend the Land

Notes from Memorial Day 2019 Looking at my Grandfather Hugh Miller’s photo circa 1944. He would be killed when my dad was 6 months old,...

Greening the NFL Draft 2019

One of my family's favorite movies is DRAFT DAY with Kevin Kostner as the decisive general manager under pressure from all sides. It's a...

1,000,000 species: The 3 Most Important Numbers from new UN Report on Biodiversity and a New Work P

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report hit the headlines this week. I know,...

The Future is Bright! The 2019 Student Sustainability Award Winners

Graduate Student Award - Neha Kumari Neha Kumari (Smeal MBA 2019) tirelessly supported the Smeal Sustainability initiative in raising...

Alumni Profile: How Michael Hanyok went from bond trader to solar financier

I met Michael Hanyok (pictured above with his 1 year old son) at a Smeal Alumni Relations and Alumni Career Services event in New York...

Penn State + Drawdown = Reversing Global Climate Change

Penn State is a partner with Project Drawdown, an effort to assemble peer-reviewed science to evaluate solutions that reduce atmospheric...

Speaker this week - Lori Michelin, CEO of World Environment Center, former VP of Sustainability at C

“Riding the Wave: Best Practice and the Tough Reality of Corporate Sustainability Strategy” a conversation with Penn State alum Lori...

Director's Log: new research grants awarded, the NFL Draft, Richard Branson, and the largest stu

Too much time has passed in busy-ness, travel, fundraising, business planning, and wrestling with Powerpoint. I owe the growing Triple...

The Weekender: Admissions Scandal a Moment to Reflect and Recommit to Academic Inclusion (The Atlant

The recent Justice Department announcement disclosing egregious cases of admissions fraud by some of the nation's financial elite is an...