Still Life
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
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
It's not necessary to be a lumberjack to pursue a career in forestry, Penn State senior Timothy Benedict will tell you, but it doesn't hurt, either. A forest science major (with a forest management option) in the University's College of Agricultural Sciences, Benedict placed third in the Stihl Timbersports Collegiate Event Aug. 28 in Salem, Ore. -- one of just six students who qualified for the finals of the lumberjack competition. (more)
A consortium of universities including Penn State recently received a national award for research that scientists hope will result in a blight-resistant American chestnut tree being reintroduced into U.S. forests. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities recognized the project, "Biological Improvement of Chestnut through Technologies that Address Management of the Species, its Pathogens, and Pests," by bestowing it with the Excellence in Multistate Research Award. (more)
Pennsylvania College of Technology forest technology students Laurie A. Nau and Regan J. Swartzentruber were awarded $150 scholarships by the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools. A third Penn College student, Gregory M. Christina, received a certificate of honorable mention from the organization. (more)
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will host the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association's bi-annual trade exposition, May 29-30. (more)
Wildlife students at Penn State DuBois are helping to establish a forest where there was once just barren land devastated by strip mining. Students are now planting trees on a 3.5-acre portion of reclaimed strip mine near Coal Glenn, Jefferson County. Two core goals of this study are to find out what methods of planting will allow trees to prosper at reclaimed mine sites, and to try growing American chestnut trees at such sites. Successful growth could mean a rebirth of the chestnut, a species virtually wiped from the face of the earth by an invasive fungus in the early 20th century. (more)
A landscape contractor from Shillington, a college student from Lancaster and a Penn State alumni group were the honorees when the Penn State Ag Council recently presented its 2008 Leadership Awards, given annually to individuals who provide direction in Pennsylvania's agricultural community. (more)
Penn State Mont Alto forestry students got a taste of Hollywood life on Wednesday (Nov. 12) when they volunteered on the landscaping crew for ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The Emmy award winning show, which airs on Sundays on ABC, chose to demolish and rebuild the Drumm family home, located approximately 15 minutes from the Penn State Mont Alto campus. Dan Ryan Builders is the main contractor for the house and numerous area subcontractors and community volunteers are lending their hands and supplies to complete the 2,500-square-foot home in just 106 hours. (more)
Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation of invasive species and hard human use, according to biologists. They suggest the situation warrants a plan in collaboration with those studying the park. (more)
A new Trustee Scholarship to assist students in Penn State's School of Forest Resources will honor the school's retiring director, Charles H. Strauss. Patricia Kocjancic, of Kane, and her family have committed $50,000 to endow the award. "Our family has been connected with the forestry industry for many years, and Chuck Strauss has earned our admiration and respect," Kocjancic said. "We decided to establish this scholarship as a way of honoring him and, at the same time, helping to make sure that students who want to make forestry their career have the means to do so." (more)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- After years of public input and legislative debate, Congress on June 18 overrode a presidential veto to pass the 2008 farm bill, which an economist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says contains key provisions likely to benefit Pennsylvania. (more)
