Seminar Listings: January 26 - 30, 2026
Monday, January 26
Forests Climate Response: From Genes to Landscapes
1:25 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
114 Steidle
Presenter: Meghan Blumstein
Organizer: Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
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Plant Sensing of Bacterial Harpin Proteins
3:35 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
112 Buckhout Laboratory
Presenter: Timothy W. McNellis
Organizer: Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
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Tuesday, January 27
Millennium Café: Bending with the Brain: Soft Materials and Bioelectronics That Transform Neurotechnology
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
3rd Floor Café Commons of the Millennium Science Complex
Presenter: Tao Zhou
Organizer: Materials Research Institute
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Millennium Café: Expanded Foundations for Impact-Driven Research in the Academy
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
3rd Floor Café Commons of the Millennium Science Complex
Presenter: PJ Perry
Organizer: Materials Research Institute
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Pennsylvania’s Energy Legacy and the Future of Energy-Driven Economic Growth
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
504 ECoRE Building
Presenter: Adam Walters
Organizer: Department of Architectural Engineering
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Geosciences Colloquium Series: Joel Rowland
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
22 Deike Building
Presenter: Joel Rowland
Organizer: Department of Geosciences
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Wednesday, January 28
AI in Geoscience: Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
541 Deike Building or Online
Presenter: Sophie Giffard-Roisin
Organizer: Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
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Water Cooler Talk: Soil Health Practices for Clean Water
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Online
Presenters: Tyler Groh and Baileigh Rosado
Organizer: Penn State Extension
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Thursday, January 9
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Seminar
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Online
Presenters: Jose Luis Machado and Jaime Escobar
Organizer: Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Penn State
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Science on Tap: What is Next for Sustainability Education?
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Axemann Brewery
Presenters: Mark Ortiz and Harman Singh
Organizer: Science Policy Society
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Friday, January 30
Crisis Ready & Direct Relief: Using Data, Partnerships, and Real-Time Intelligence to Strengthen Community Resilience
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Online
Presenters: Andrew Schroeder
Organizers: Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access and Pennsylvania Geospatial Coordinating Board
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Coming up
Monday - Wednesday, May 18 - 20
2026 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium
All Day
Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
Organizer: Penn State's Climate Consortium
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