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
There was a time not so long ago when virtually every college student desiring a career in wildlife management was focused on the outdoors because he or she was a hunter. But that's not true today, so to combat this lack of knowledge, Gary San Julian, professor emeritus of wildlife resources, helped create a program in which students could learn for themselves about the value of hunting. (more)
Pennsylvania hunters venturing out this fall may be surprised by the level of disturbance and activity on public lands in the northcentral, northeastern and southwestern regions of the state, according to a wildlife expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Natural-gas exploration and development associated with the Marcellus Shale formation have increased exponentially over the past year. (more)
Scientists have discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting. The research is the first study to use ancient musk ox DNA collected from across the animal's former geographic range to test for human impacts on musk ox populations. The research will be published in the early on-line edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sometime during the week ending Friday, March 12. (more)
For thousands of Pennsylvania residents, hunting is a tradition. But, is hunting a bygone activity, out of touch with modern life? Or is it a valuable escape from it? These questions and more form the foundation for discussion in "Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies," by Simon J. Bronner, Penn State Harrisburg distinguished professor of American studies and folklore. (more)
