Multimedia
Enjoy audio clips, video interviews, and slideshows featuring Penn State researchers.
In search of Africa's superplume
Geoscience graduate students report from Tanzania and Uganda while working with the AfricaArray initiative.
Climate change, climate justice
Join a panel of experts discussing the ethical, religious, and social justice implications of climate change.
A Martian landscape on Earth
Join Irene Schneider for photos and narration from a two-week expedition to a Martian landscape on Earth.
Special delivery
A "little gel capsule" made of polymer could replace surgery for treating the diabetic eye.
This ancient ground: Dispatches from Turkey and Jordan
Recent Penn State graduate, Josh Ambrose, sends updates from his Middle Eastern travels.
Welcome to the jungle
Consuelo De Moraes reveals a plant world filled with treachery, subterfuge, and nighttime attacks.
Beyond the personal
Jonathan Marks argues for a broader definition of bioethics.
What lies beneath (March 2007)
Join Sridhar Anandakrishnan for a narration of his seismic experiment in Antarctica.
Where the rubber makes the road
What happens to old waste tires? Pennsylvania has recycled nearly 26 million, but there are millions more to go.
Doing her work
Writer Toi Derricotte tells stories of self-discovery, pain, pride, and survival.
Affection for the world
A conversation with one of America's most notable poets, that irrepressible son of Pittsburgh, Gerald Stern.
Guarding the henhouse
Penn State poultry scientists are a key part of the state's aggressive program to protect the state's flocks—and $750 million in poultry profits—from outbreaks of avian flu.
Roots and regulations
The unfolding story of Pennsylvania ginseng.
The quest for a healthier tomato
Join plant geneticist Majid Foolad on his quest.
The painful, joyful heart
Liberian poet Patricia Jabbeh Wesley gives voice to her vibrant, embattled homeland.
Charging ahead, trusting the process
Writer Steve Sherrill shares his aspirations and reads an excerpt from his latest novel.
Sewage power
WPSU-FM's Cynthia Berger visits Bruce Logan in his lab and gets the lowdown on his innovative fuel cell.
Preserving Pennsylvania's plants
Weed ecologist Dave Mortensen demonstrates plant preservation.
Lines of departure and return
Poet Julia Kasdorf recites and discusses her writing.
South Pole Diary (December 2005)
Physicist Doug Cowen discusses construction of the South Pole's "Ice Cube" Telescope in this audio diary.
Fighting back
Bullying is epidemic in American schools—but it can be prevented.
China's future
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Study, discusses the key changes and challenges
for China as they enter the global market.
Secrets of ancient Iceland (July 2005)
Writer Nancy Marie Brown joins anthropologist Paul Durrenberger in the field as he digs into the Viking Age.
Provides a ground-level (and underground) view of archaeologists at work and the thousand-year-old secrets
they are laboring to reveal.
Off the grid(iron)
A 21st century Thoreau lives sustainably in the shadow of Beaver Stadium.
What is deep time?
Geoscientist Richard Alley explains deep time and how it tells the story of our planet.
Found in translation
A conversation with Slavic literature expert Michael Naydan.
How to make a record with soul
A conversation with record producer Jerry Zolten.
Swift in Space (November 2004 - January 2005)
Every day, deep in space, a black hole is born. And now a new space observatory called Swift
will help researchers track these phenomena. Join science writer Barbara Kennedy and Penn State
scientists at Kennedy Space Center, while Dana Bauer reports from Mission Control in State College.
Future fuel?
The energy source of the future must be cheap, renewable, and environmentally clean. Is hydrogen the answer?
Take a glimpse into the future-building activities of Penn State researchers,
ranging from fundamental materials chemistry to collaborations with Pennsylvania's growing fuel-cell industry.
It's about time
An in-depth look at how time shapes our lives and the universe around us. Based on the
2004 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc.,
and Penn State's Eberly College of Science, and organized by Barbara K. Kennedy, coordinator of college relations.