Still Life
Old Main clock faces installed
New carillon, restored clocks being installed
Joe Paterno's funeral procession
Joe Paterno through the years
Thousands mourn Paterno's passing
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Researchers use balloons to unlock mysteries posed by dying stars
Everyday virus proves potent against cancer cells.
Nearly two-thirds of Pennsylvania is covered by forests, with more than 70 percent of those woodlands privately owned. Recent estimates indicate Pennsylvania has more than 600,000 private forest landowners, representing about one out of every nine households.
To better serve these landowners and advise them about forest conservation, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has created the Center for Private Forests.
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Jacqueline Bates was happy as a Penn State economics major, but she couldn't help feeling like there was something missing in her academic life -- she wanted to find a way of applying her major in a more meaningful way. During a meeting with her Division of Undergraduate Studies advisor, she discovered the Community, Environment and Development major. "I thought it was the perfect combination of my interests in economics, society and the environment," she said. As a part of her new major in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the State College, Pa., resident elected to take an Ag2Africa course. The class required her to visit Africa, so she spent a week and a half last May studying bean crops in Mozambique. (more)
Penn State's University Park campus was selected by the U.S. Department of State to host more than 70 Fulbright scholars from 40 developing countries for a four-day seminar Feb. 29 to March 4 that will focus on global food security. (more)
Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically-resistant weeds, according to a team of agricultural researchers, who say the solution lies in an integrated weed management program. "I'm deeply concerned when I see figures that herbicide use could double in the next decade," said David Mortensen, professor of weed ecology, Penn State. Since the mid-1990s, agricultural seed companies developed and marketed seeds that were genetically modified to resist herbicides such as Roundup -- glyphosate -- as a more flexible way to manage weeds, Mortensen said. About 95 percent of the current soybean crop is modified by inserting herbicide-resistant genes into the plants.
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The 15th annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium will be held March 30-31 on Penn State's University Park campus. The symposium brings together students from various departments to present research addressing environmental understanding and concerns. The deadline for abstract submissions is Feb. 24. For more information, or to submit an abstract, visit the symposium's website at http://www.essc.psu.edu/ECSS. (more)
A free public lecture titled "Feeding the Future: From the Lab Bench to the Dinner Table" will take place at 11 a.m. on Feb 18, in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The speaker will be Bruce McPheron, professor of entomology and dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State. The event is the fifth of six lectures in the 2012 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Food: Strategies for Growing Enough for Everyone." No registration is required. The lectures take place on consecutive Saturday mornings from 11 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. in 100 Thomas Building. (more)
A free public lecture titled "Novel Solutions to Complex Diseases for Subsistence Agriculture" will take place at 11 a.m. on Feb. 11 in Room 100 of the Thomas Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The speaker will be David Hughes, who is an assistant professor of entomology and biology at Penn State. (more)
Penn State scientists in the College of Agricultural Sciences have developed an inspiring collaboration that may cure leukemia. Sandeep Prabhu, associate professor of immunology and molecular toxicology in the Department of Veterinary and Medical Sciences, specializes in the health benefits of fish oil. Robert Paulson, associate professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, is studying the stem cells that cause leukemia. They connected their seemingly separate study areas during a weekly faculty lunch. The result? A possible cure for leukemia. To watch the video about their inspiring collaboration, visit http://live.psu.edu/youtube/r-1VmeJAtWI online. To read more about their collaborative work, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/56944 online. (more)
The Pennsylvania Cattleman's College on March 10 at the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center will offer recertification in the Beef Quality Assurance program.
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A Web-based seminar sponsored by Penn State Extension will examine how Marcellus shale natural-gas development in Pennsylvania is affecting transportation patterns in the state. (more)
