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University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
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Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Clair Keene, doctoral candidate in agronomy in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, will present "Investigating Weed Management Strategies in an Organic Rotational No-Till Cropping System" at 12:20 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 28, in Room 101 of the ASI Building on the University Park campus. For more information, call 814-865-6541. (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)
Tanushree Dutta, a doctoral candidate in soil science, will present "N2O and CO2 Emissions from Mined Lands Reclaimed Using Manure-based Amendments" at 12:20 p.m. on April 15, in room 101 of the ASI Building. For more information, call the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at 814-865-6541. (more)
Four faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences -- David Mortensen, William Curran, Sjoerd Duiker and Jeffrey Hyde -- and graduate student Matthew Ryan were honored Feb. 7 by the Weed Science Society of America for their outstanding contributions to the field of weed science. (more)
Jeffrey Catchmark sees the quest to unlock the mysteries of lignocellulose synthesis and assembly as one of the most important research pursuits of the next century. And the associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is on a mission to find the key. Co-director of the university's new Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, Catchmark is determined to help answer the long-standing question of how our civilization can produce food, fuel and fiber more efficiently and sustainably.
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Marshall McDaniel, doctoral candidate in soil science in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences' Department of Crop and Soil Sciences will present an Agro/Soils 590 seminar on "Relationships Between Benthic Sediments and Water Column Phosphorus in Illinois Streams" at 12:20 p.m. on March 6 in 101 ASI Building, University Park. For more information, contact the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at (814) 865-6541. (more)
Frank Forcella, research agronomist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service in Morris, Minn., will present "New Microclimatic Tools for Predicting Weed Emergence and Growth," at 12:20 p.m. on Feb. 27 in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industry Building at Penn State's University Park campus. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. For more information, call (814) 865-6541. (more)
Alain Plante, assistant professor of soil biogeochemistry in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania will present a seminar on the topic of "Using Thermal Analysis Techniques to Assess Soil Organic Matter Quality," at 12:20 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industry Building at Penn State's University Park campus. (more)
Penn State's turfgrass science program has received a $40,000 grant from The Toro Co. to support student activities, along with product donations that include an aerator and other Toro equipment valued at about $25,000. Toro's cash grant will help give student teams the opportunity to travel and compete in two major turfgrass events. The new aerator will be used for demonstration and instructional purposes. (more)
