Penn State Fullers Overlook is one of the largest gifts of land and property in the University’s history. Located 16 miles northwest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, this expansive 355-acre property features over a dozen buildings, 40 bedrooms, more than 120 acres of forests, wetlands and meadows, a 39-acre lake, and a 10-acre regenerative farm. Penn State envisions this property as a dynamic hub for education, research, and collaboration in Northeast Pennsylvania. It will serve as a field research station for academic exploration, a gathering space for field trips, workshops, and symposia, and a demonstration site showcasing innovative practices that enhance land, water, and ecosystem health.

If you would like to discuss possible ways to engage with the site for research, contact Corey Gracie-Griffin at corey@psu.edu.

This 9-acre living laboratory located on Penn State’s University Park Campus is the perfect place for faculty and students to do sustainability research related to renewable energy and the Food, Energy, Water nexus. It also hosts public engagement tours for campus, K-12, and community groups.

If you would like to learn more or discuss using the site for a research project, contact Corey Gracie-Griffin at corey@psu.edu.

If you would like to request that your institute or center be added to this list, please email sustainability@psu.edu

Research events occurring across campus related to research in sustainability can be found on these sites’ calendars:

• Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
  The IEE works to build teams of researchers from different disciplines to see how new partnerships and new ways of thinking can solve some of the world’s most difficult energy and environmental challenges. The searchable IEE database of research faculty expertise is a collaborative effort of the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) and Penn State Sustainability. It is built around the IEE’s original database of research expertise in energy and the environment, supplemented by additional faculty who self-identified their research as sustainability-related or sustainability-focused.

• Insect Biodiversity Institute

• Materials Research Institute

• SCRiM (Sustainable Climate Risk Management)

• Arts and Architecture – Ecology + Design

• Landscape U

• Penn State Smeal Center for the Business of Sustainability

College Sustainability Councils are comprised of faculty and staff working together to advance sustainability within their college. To learn more about sustainability research in a particular college, you can email the Council Chair listed on the page linked below.

Commonwealth Campus Sustainability Councils are comprised of faculty and staff working together to advance sustainability at their campus. To learn more about sustainability research at a particular campus, you can email the Council Chair listed on the page linked below.

Mainstreaming Biodiversity in The Decade of Action
Co-presented by Penn State Sustainability, this four-part virtual symposium series expanded research networks and inspired creative strategies to promote biodiversity in urban, agricultural and natural areas, to improve human and ecological health and well-being. Wednesdays, Jan. 13-March 24, 2021. Click below to watch recordings of the symposia.