Martha Christino, class of 2023, was selected for the Young Alumni Ambassador program is a yearlong experience that enhances the connections between young alumni, the Penn State Alumni Association, and the University, She is a now doctoral student at the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School, focusing on combining climate and energy models to advance sustainable systems through low-impact energy technologies for a sustainable and equitable world. 

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently honored Penn State's weather data center — now housed next to the Walker Building, which is home to the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science — as a 100-year weather/climate monitoring site. Penn State has gathered data since 1882, but WMO only recently began awarding the 100-year distinction.

MEMS was founded in 2019 to promote diversity within the College of Earth and

WPSU has aired a fascinating special about Weather World at Penn State over their 40 years of production.