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1998
Alumnus Receives AMS Houghton Award
Alumnus Raymond Shaw ('98 PhD), now Associate Professor at
Michigan Technical University, is the recipient of the AMS
Henry G. Houghton Award "for fundamental advances in
understanding ice nucleation and the role of turbulence on
cloud droplet growth using theory and innovative observational
methods."
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Meteorology
alumnus, John G. W. Kelley ('86 Meteo and '89 PA), receives
GEMS Alumni Achievement Award
Dr.
Kelley presented a special seminar on Friday, October 26 in
112 Walker titled "NOAA's GIS Web Mapping Portal to Real-Time
Coastal Observations and Forecasts." [View
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State
(of Arizona) Funds UA Research to Improve Drought Monitoring
from the UA (University of Arizona) News. 1997 alumnus,
Chris Castro, now a faculty member at the
University of Arizona, will lead a project to analyze droght
impact on varying time scales.
[View Article]
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A
2002 Penn State Meteorology alumnus, Manajit Sengupta,
was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal on June
27, 2006. The article, titled "Under a Cloud" is
about the daunting backlog of visa applicants and the logistics
and time involved in getting a long-term visa. [View
Article].
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Geoff
Cornish was interviewed for a story appearing in
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com on July 9, 2006 titled "Where's
the Most Perfect Climate" [View
Story]
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Alumnus
Henry Margusity ('90 BS), senior meteorologist
for AccuWeather, and Prof. Michael Mann are
interviewed for an article titled "A hurricane here could
spell trouble" that appeared in the Hazelton Standard
Speaker on July 16, 2006. [View
Article]
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A
May 2006 PNL web publication in the Atmospheric Science &
Global Change Division titled "Sharing Space for the
Sake of Science," discusses collaborations with Anne
Thompson's and Bill Brune's research teams. The article
also includes quotes from PNNL scientist and Penn State alumnus,
Jim Mather ('86, '90, '94). [View
article].
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Congratulations
to alumnus Megan Syner ('06) who has been awarded
2nd place in the national Broadcast
Education Association Awards in the Best Meteorologist
category!
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On
August 14, 2006 Millersville University PR Newswire published
an article titled "Millersville University Professor
Works to Make Sailing Safer," which features alumnus
Todd Sikora ('90, '92, '96) and research collaboration
with George Young. [View
story]
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Alumni
Joel Gratz ('03 B.S.) and Erik Noble ('02 B.S.)
have authored an article titled "Lightning Safety and
Large Stadiums," which appears in the September 2006
issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
[View
article]
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More
than fifty years after graduating from the Department of Meteorology
at Penn State,
and following a long rewarding career of operational experience
as a Naval Reserve weather officer, retired LCDR Roger
R. Watkins (1950 B.S. Meteorology) teamed up with
Prof. George Young to write a paper for the
National Weather Digest. The paper, titled "A
Synoptic Climatology for Heavy Snowfall Events Spanning the
East Coast Megalopolis: Insights from Northeast Snowstorms,"
appears in Vol. 30, pp 45-48 of the Digest.
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Maria
V. Snyder ('88) changed careers in 1995 from being
a Meteorologist to a Novelist when she began working on her
first novel, Poison Study. Published in October 2005, Poison
Study won the 2006 Compton Crook Award, and received a Starred
Review from Publisher’s Weekly. Taken from "Magical
Musings" blog archive, August 26, 2007. [Read
full article.]
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Christine
Schultz ('06) completes officer training: "Schultz
is now assigned as a junior officer to the NOAA ship Ranier,
conducting Hydrographic surveys on the southern coast of Alaska.
The Rainier's homeport is Seattle." Straus Newspapers -
New Jersey (July 27, 2007) [Full
Story]
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Saturday
Morning Profile: Christian Boris ('03 B.S.), "The
Joys and Pitfalls Of Being Central Oregon's Weatherman"
as published in New West (http://www.newwest.net)
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Announcing
the Dissertation Medal in Applied Climatology for 2007
to be awarded by the American Association of State Climatologists.
Any recent Ph.D. graduate who has a galley-proof manuscript
or a published journal article derived from dissertation work
accomplished while a student in North America or one of the
U.S. Territories is eligible to apply. [More
information including how to apply]
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Alumnus
Dan W. Pulsipher, D.O. ('88 B.S.)
was recently featured in an article in Medical
Economics titled "Dream Practice: Working in Paradise."
[View
article]
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Alumni
Walk Project provides alumni recognition opportunity at University
Park
There is a new way for Penn State alumni to show their love
and loyalty that goes beyond wearing blue and white. The Alumni
Walk project, being launch this month by the Penn State Alumni
Association, will feature the names and grad years of alumni,
while helping fund programs for current and future students.
The new Alumni Walk will be made up of more than 6,500 bricks,
each engraved with the name of an alumni association member,
an alumni group, or in memory of a deceased alum. The Walk will
be located at the heart of the Hintz Family Alumni Center, running
between the historic University House and the newer main building
of the Hintz Family Alumni Center. By purchasing bricks, alumni
will have a lasting legacy on the University Park campus. They
will also be helping student programs. All Alumni Walk proceeds
will be placed in an endowed fund that will help the two student
groups affiliated with the Penn State Alumni Association-the
Lion Ambassadors and the Blue & White Society-as well as
help other student programs like the FastStart program for underrepresented
first-year students.
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David
Stauffer's ('81, '84, '90)
hometown newspaper, The Standard Speaker of Hazelton,
PA, has published a front page article about him and his research
involving the MMS-P system developed to run in the back of a
Humvee. [Read
"The Winds of War"]. David Stauffer is a Senior
Research Associate/Associate Professor of Meteorology in the
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[June
1 2006] Meteorology alumnus, Major
Paul Roelle, commander, Detachment 11, 7th Weather
Squadron, U.S. Air Force, has been selected as a recipient of
the prestigious Arthur S. Flemming
Award. Recognized by the President of the United
States, agency executives, and the private sector, the Flemming
Awards honor those with three to 15 years of public service
experience for their extraordinary contributions to federal
government. Major Roelle served as the first Meteorological
and Oceanographic Officer in the Iraq War, where he analyzed
battlefield weather conditions. His scientific research has
focused on identifying the sources of trace gases in the atmosphere
that reduce battlefield visibility and cause health problems.
The awards ceremony will take place at The George Washington
University's Marvin Center Ballroom located at 800 21st St.,
NW, on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 from 6-8 p.m. [Full
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Penn
State Alumni Association's Arts Festival Weekend Welcomes Families,
Graduates into Residence Halls
UNIVERSITY
PARK, Pa. (May 22, 2006)—Penn State alumni, their families
and friends are invited to stay in a residence hall on campus
and enjoy special family-centered events while enjoying the
40th annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts during
Arts Festival Alumni Weekend, July 12-16.
Alumni
can share the fun of their former “dorm” room
and relive their college days by staying on campus in residence
halls close to the Arts Festival. In addition to the many
Arts Festival attractions, Alumni Weekend registrants will
enjoy a Spikes baseball game at the new Medlar Field at Lubrano
Park, swimming at Penn State’s outdoor pool, campus
tours, a commemorative photo opportunity, alumni career seminars
and an ice cream social featuring University Creamery ice
cream and music by the beloved 1980s band Cartoon. Alumni
Weekend registrants can also enjoy a free concert of Louisiana
dance music sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association
featuring the ZYDECO-A-GO-GO at 8 p.m., Saturday at the Festival
Shell Stage on Old Main lawn.
Arts
Festival Alumni Weekend is open to all Penn Staters. Program
registration fees are $25 for Alumni Association members,
$50 for non-members and children five and under are free.
Room fees for the residence halls are not included and prices
vary. For guaranteed housing in the residence halls, the pre-registration
deadline is June 27, although walk-in registration will be
available beginning Wednesday, July 12 in Waring Commons on
the University Park campus. More information about Arts Festival
Alumni Weekend can be found at www.alumni.psu.edu/events
or by calling the Alumni Association at 800-548-LION, option
4.
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Alumnus
Gordon Strassberg ('03) was featured
in a story titled "40 years after tornado in Topeka, technology
boosts forecastasting ability," which was published on
May 24, 2006 in the Lawrence Journal World
newspaper in Topeka, KS. [Full
Story] Click
image for full-sized photo.
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Attn:
Recent Ph.D. graduates:
The Dissertation Medal in Applied Climatology for 2006 (Application
deadline: May 15, 2006) [View
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Alumnus
George Bryan ('96, '98, '03)
has been selected as a recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award
for 2006 in honor of his professional accomplishments. This
University-wide award is a permanent title authorized by the
Board of Trustees. George has been invited back to Penn State
on April 6 and 7 to share his experiences with students, faculty,
and staff. [Full
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Alumnus
Elliot Abrams ('69, '71) will
participate in the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary's Celebration
of Franklin's 300th birthday. [View
Press Release]
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PSU
alumnus ('78), expert meteorologist, and competitive bodybuilder,
Joe Bastardi,
recently won the Masters Division at the U.S.A. Bodybuilding
Championships and placed third in his class in the Open Division.
[Full
Story]
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GEMS,
the EMS Alumni Society, invites all EMS alums to join them
for breakfast on Saturday, July 16, 2005 as part of the Central
Pennsylvania Arts Festival activities. Please
RSVP using the online
form, emailing gems@ems.psu.edu,
calling 863-4667, or faxing 814-863-7708. GEMS will need to
know how many people (including children under 12) will be
attending. Please also include your name, year of graduation,
and your Department. Breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.
on the ground floor of Deike Building. [Breakfast
Reservation Form]
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Meteorology alumnus establishes EMS Trustee Matching Scholarship.
James H. ('53, '55)
and Joan E. Meyer have donated over $50,000 to establish a
Trustee Scholarship to support undergraduate meteorology students
with need who are pusuing studies in physical meteorology.
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Meteorologist
turned Novelist.
Alumnus Paul Tag (‘66, ‘68, ‘77)
has recently completed his first novel, which was published
by iUniverse. The novel, titled Category 5, is an
espionage thriller that revolves around meteorology, and in
particular, hurricane modification. Some of the background
and action in the story takes place at Penn State during the
early 1980s since the protagonist is a meteorologist and a
Penn State graduate. Four years ago Paul retired from his
career as a research meteorologist at the Naval Research Laboratory
in order to write fiction. Interested alumni can read more
about Paul and the novel by visiting: www.paulmarktag.com
or www.category5thenovel.com.
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"Storming
onto the scene" An article published
in the Portsmouth Herald and the Seacoast Online
on March 6, 2005 features Penn State Meteorology
alumnus and NH State Climatologist, David Brown ('99 B.S.)
[Read
the full article] 
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Penn
State Meteorology alums--now graduate students at the University
of Colorado--co-author an article in the January/February issue
of Weatherwise. Joel Gratz,
Erik Noble, and Ryan Church combine efforts in a policy class
at the University of Colorado to produce "Safeguarding
the Spectator."
[Read the full article]
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A
symposium on the "Future of the American Public Research
University"
is being hosted by Penn State as part of the sesquicentennial
celebration. This is a wonderful opportunity for faculty, staff,
students, and alumni to come together to discuss the role and
future of institutions like Penn State. The symposium will be
held Feb. 25-26, 2005 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
For more information visit: http://www.alumni.psu.edu/symposium
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Read
what Penn State Meteorology alumnus, Joel Gratz (B.S. 2003),
has to say about his experiences at the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium
in Washington D.C. An
article about the Colloquium and his trip to D.C. shortly thereafter
as an AMS Fellowship award winner, are published in the November
issue of The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
[Full
Article ]
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1974
Penn State Meteorology alumnus honored by the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics
One of the nation's foremost aircraft
icing experts and a highly respected author in aviation meteorology,
Dennis Newton, has been selected as the recipient of the AIAA's
prestigious Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award. [More]
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Dr.
Joel N. Myers ('61, '63, '71) Receives National Weather Association's
Operational Achievement Individual Award
AccuWeather Founder and President is
honored for 42 years of innovation in operational meteorology.
[More]
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NOAA
Heralds Half-Century of Forecasting Achievements by Dr. Harry
R. "Bob" Glahn (PSU Meteorology, 1963)
Director of NOAA's Meteorological Development
Laboratory, Dr. Glahn celebrated his 50-year anniversary of
government service on October 25, 2004. [More]
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Two
Meteorology alumni, Glenn Schwartz and Jon Nese,
win the 2005 Louis J.
Battan Author's Award for The Philadelphia Area Weather
Book.
Glenn and
Jon were presented with the award at the 85th Annual AMS Meeting
in San Diego, CA in January 2005.
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