Still Life

Lady Lions Alex Bentley, left, and Zhaque Gray celebrate their Big Ten championship after beating Ohio State 84-66 on Monday, Feb. 20, at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The Lady Lions clinched their first conference regular season title since 2004.

Lady Lions win Big Ten championship

THON 2012 shattered last year's total, raising $10,686,924.83 for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 breaks $10 million

THON child Megan Eslinger, 4, chases bubbles blown by dancer Elizabeth Ferrari on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18, during THON at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The 46-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping event raises millions of dollars each year for the Four Diamonds Fund.

THON 2012 going strong

Owen Divers and Quinn Allen started off strong for THON 2012 on Friday, Feb. 17.

THON 2012 under way

Mike Rybar made final adjustments to the Penn State Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering teams Goldberg machine prior to the 2012 Rube Goldberg competition held on Feb. 11 at Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn. Rybar and his team created a musically themed machine that needed to complete a simple task (inflate a balloon) in twenty or more elaborate steps. The annual competition is named for cartoonist Rube Goldberg who created famous artwork depicting overly complicated machines doing everyday tasks.

Rube Goldberg Competition: Feb. 11, 2012

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Penn State Poultry Science Club places high at national event

Philip Wise, agricultural science major and Poultry Club president, finished second in the Student of the Year competition at the 2012 International Poultry Exposition in Atlanta, Ga.
Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Poultry Science Club in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences finished in the top three in all three awards categories in the College Student Career Program at the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's 2012 International Poultry Exposition, held recently in Atlanta, Ga. (more)

Farmers to discuss higher value for feeder calves

Several experienced cattle feeders will reveal what they consider when pricing the cattle they buy.
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Two farmer panels will discuss ways to increase the value of feeder cattle in Pennsylvania at the Cattleman's College program, March 10 at the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center.
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College of Ag Sciences gets USDA funding for food science fellows

Edward Dudley will oversee the food science fellowships.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $238,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pay for the training of three doctoral fellows representing underserved minorities in food science.
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Endurance rider glad to go to Abu Dhabi despite disappointment

The U.S. Endurance Riding Team in Abu Dhabi, with Steven Hay at far right.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Standing on the sidelines watching his U.S. teammates compete at the Young Rider World Endurance Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Steven Hay couldn't help but feel he was missing out.
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Student Stories: Animal sciences major cares for alpacas in internship

Liz Walker and one of the alpacas that she took care of.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

While many college students spend the summer months working in their old seasonal jobs or interning in an office, Penn State junior Liz Walker had a unique summer experience on an alpaca farm as part of a once-in-a-lifetime internship.

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Frontiers of Science series to close Feb. 25 with Jonathan Lynch

Jonathan Lynch, professor of plant nutrition at Penn State, will give the final lecture in the 2012 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A free public lecture titled "Roots of the Second Green Revolution" will take place at 11 a.m. on Feb. 25 in Room 100 of the Thomas Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The speaker will be Jonathan Lynch, who is a professor of plant nutrition in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State. (more)

Penn State team wins national Beef Quiz Bowl in Tennessee

Penn State Beef Quiz Bowl team members competing, (from left) Brianna Isenberg, Steve Bond, Dustin Dreyfus and Sarah Doyle.
Sunday, February 12, 2012

A student team from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently won the National Collegiate Beef Quiz Bowl at the 2012 Cattle Industry Conference in Nashville, Tenn. (more)

Budget proposal provides level funding for ag research and extension

Bruce McPheron, dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Friday, February 10, 2012

Funding for Penn State agricultural research and extension programs would remain at 2011-12 levels under Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed state budget for 2012-13, unveiled Feb. 7. "Considering the current economic realities in Pennsylvania, this is excellent news," said Bruce McPheron, dean of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. (more)

Center for Private Forests created by College of Ag Sciences

Center for Private Forests director James Finley talks with forest landowners.
Thursday, February 09, 2012

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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Student Stories: Whirlwind African tour leaves CED major wanting more

Jacqueline Bates, Penn State student majoring in community, environment and development, with a lion cub in Africa.
Thursday, February 09, 2012

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)