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Four enterprising Penn State students are determined to further merge meteorologists with industry.
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Apr 06, 2018 08:46 AM
New student-mentoring, college-preparation program comes to Penn State.
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Apr 03, 2018 12:19 PM
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Six University faculty members have received 2018 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement.
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Apr 18, 2018 04:51 PM
Penn State meteorology graduate student Jesus Ruiz-Plancarte loves hands-on research.
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Apr 18, 2018 04:52 PM
Penn State graduate student Kelly Nunez Oscasio is studying how tropical cyclones form.
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Fellowship allows meteorology graduate student to advocate for diversity
Aara'L Yarber, right, looks at meteorology instruments with a fellow student during a trip to Cape Verde. Yarber was named one of three inaugural Next Generation Fellows by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Image: Gregory Jenkins
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the middle of a Category 1 hurricane in Cape Verde, off the coast of Africa, Aara’L Yarber discovered her passion for meteorology. Coming from Los Angeles, California, she had never experienced a hurricane before.
She was there for a field campaign for research through Howard University, led by faculty member Gregory Jenkins, launching aerosol sondes that helped probe atmospheric data.
“During the hurricane, I gained a new perspective. I suddenly became inspired by weather, climate, and air quality and the effects of these phenomena on underrepresented groups,” said Yarber, now a doctoral student in meteorology at Penn State.
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