Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Natural-gas development appears to be associated with falling dairy production in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale region, but the exact reasons for the decline are unclear, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. (more)
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)
A Penn State Extension field demonstration of technology designed to reduce odors and nutrient losses from agricultural fields will be a featured segment on the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" program. The episode, titled "Stink," will premiere at 10 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, on the History Channel's H2 network. (more)
Penn State Extension this year will provide many opportunities for private landowners to learn about how to manage their forests properly. During the coming months, day-long forest landowner conferences will be offered at various locations around the state, covering a wide variety of topics related to forest and wildlife management. (more)
Westfield Insurance Foundation, an Ohio-based private foundation, has contributed $15,000 to a project developed by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to help save farmers lives. The donation will help support the ROPS Retrofit Program for Pennsylvania Farmers, which provides rebate funds to install rollover protection structures, or ROPS, on tractors. (more)
Justin Kauffman let his love of hunting, fishing and the outdoors guide him to the right Penn State major and to a meaningful internship helping to protect natural resources. The York, Pa., native graduated from the College of Agricultural Sciences in December with a degree in Environmental Resource Management and a minor in Watersheds and Water Resources. He interned with the Conewago Creek Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State Extension and environmental groups aimed at improving water quality in the Conewago Creek watershed. (more)
Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are part of a $5.7 million, multi-state project to study the brown marmorated stink bug. The three-year project is aimed at developing economically and environmentally sustainable pest-management practices for the pest, which has caused millions of dollars worth of crop damage and become a major homeowner nuisance since it first was found in the United States, near Allentown, in the late 1990s. Penn State will receive nearly $900,000 of the grant to study stink bug biology and behavior, develop monitoring and management tools and practices, and provide extension education programs to disseminate new knowledge to crop producers. (more)
A study of more than 200 drinking-water wells near Marcellus Shale natural-gas wells in 20 counties did not find statistically significant evidence of contamination from hydraulic fracturing -- a process used by gas drillers to release natural gas using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemical additives. The study was conducted by researchers and extension educators in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. (more)
Operating like a small private law firm under the direction of professors Ross Pifer and Jeff Erickson, students in the Rural Economic Development Clinic work with various individuals and organizations -- typically from the agricultural, food and energy sectors -- providing legal research, document preparation and advice on legal issues such as landowner liability, and rights and responsibilities under contracts. (more)
Jack Watson, professor of soil physics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named interim head of the college's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, effective Oct. 17. Watson succeeds David Sylvia, who will become director of academic affairs for graduate programs for Penn State's World Campus. (more)
