UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has announced the creation of a new center designed to bring together the University’s many strengths in all aspects of national, homeland and global security. The new Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) incorporates 10 Penn State colleges, schools and research units to focus a broad range of academic endeavor on society’s most critical threats.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, will receive the James H. Shea Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT).

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Some great ideas are born out of years of painstaking research. Others are gleaned from the plotline of the movie "Twister."

A few months into her graduate studies at Penn State, meteorology student Caroline Normile attended a presentation by alumnus Jonathan Petters that would inspire her for years.

Blackadar served as department head from 1967 to 1981 and was professor emeritus prior to his passing in January 2015.