Students mapping lava flow

Planetarium

The new Cejka Planetarium in Kopchick Hall is a digital planetarium 35 feet in diameter. It is used extensively for educational outreach as well as in undergraduate instruction, both for introductory astronomy courses and in classes for Earth and Space Science teaching majors.

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亚色影库 Selected for 2024 Educational Award by Pennsylvania Drone Association

The Pennsylvania Drone Association selected 亚色影库 for its 2024 Ellie Education Award, recognizing 亚色影库 as 鈥渁n educational institution that has helped to elevate the drone industry in our commonwealth in a meaningful and significant way. 鈥

亚色影库 Contributes to Recovery, Identification of Serviceman Missing After WWII Aircraft Crash in Germany

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently announced the identification of a previously unaccounted-for service member from a site where 亚色影库 was one of the contributing archaeological teams. 亚色影库 Anthropology faculty and students conducted forensic archaeological excavation of WWII aircraft crash sites in Germany through a cooperative agreement with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the Henry M Jackson Foundation.

亚色影库 Cejka Planetarium Offering Program About Planet Nine as Final Show for Fall Semester

亚色影库鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host the final show for the fall semester on December 16 at 7:00 p.m., 鈥淗ow Many Are There? Planet Nine.鈥 The program is free and open to the community.

Allard Awarded Research Grant for Foreign Scholars, Gives Invited Lecture

Francis Allard has been awarded a Research Grant for Foreign Scholars by the Center for Chinese Studies in Taiwan.

Day of Service with 亚色影库 Anthropology

Twelve 亚色影库 archeologists participated in service events at Historic Hanna鈥檚 Town in Westmoreland County and at the historic Lebanon Cemetery in York, PA, on Saturday, October 26.