The Penn State community is invited to join a conversation with Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi to discuss the future of energy and international relations. Al-Kaabi, a 1991 Penn State alumnus who earned a bachelor of science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, also is the president and CEO of QatarEnergy. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to join the event, which will be held on the University Park campus and virtually via Zoom on Friday, Oct. 14.
A recent gift of a Thermotron humidity chamber from energy company Aramco Americas will support numerous research projects in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Each year, Aramco’s highly selective program sponsors more than 160 Saudi Arabian students to study science and engineering at Penn State. With nearly 50 women in the current cohort, the program also aims to increase gender diversity in male-dominated fields.
A recent gift of a Thermotron humidity chamber from energy company Aramco Americas will support numerous research projects in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Each year, Aramco’s highly selective program sponsors more than 160 Saudi Arabian students to study science and engineering at Penn State. With nearly 50 women in the current cohort, the program also aims to increase gender diversity in male-dominated fields.
Penn State rose in the recently released 2023 QS World University Rankings to 93rd in the world, and came in ninth among all public U.S. universities, even as the number of institutions ranked increased 9% in size over the past year to include more than 1,400 of the world’s leading universities.