Lingering signs of autumn are evident as a few persistent leaves cling to a beech tree on the Old Main lawn. Colder temperatures have arrived on the University Park campus as the last weeks of fall semester 2013 tick away and hints of the coming winter emerge. Visit http://www.campusweatherservice.com/ for current conditions and extended forecasts from the Penn State Campus Weather Service.
Dr. Asif ud-Doula, assistant professor of physics at PSWS, has been part of a research team studying a massive O-type star for two years. Their findings will be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.