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Students representing 36 different nations and universities from all over the United States took part in the Fulbright Global Food Security Seminar. Students had the opportunity to question experts in panel discussions at the Penn Stater Conference Hotel.
Fulbright students and guests gathered at the Hintz Alumni Center to formally begin the seminar and listen to keynote speaker Rober Thurow talk about ways to aid African farmers.
The Seminar focuses on the important topic of Global Food Security and will showcase individuals and organizations who are working towards advancing sustainable, agriculture-led growth to increase availability of food for growing populations, to make food affordable, and to increase incomes of the poor.
Building a magazine is a long series of tasks undertaken by a lot of different people in big and little ways.
The latest version of the magazine is showing up in mailboxes across the country. Find out why it's late and when to expect the next issue.
Last fall Dean McPheron hosted part of a six-segment series titled From the Farms to the Table. He talks about how research and technology benefits farmers, producers, and consumers.
A lunchtime brown bag seminar answers questions about flowback water from gas wells and the process and regulations related to wastewater management. Links to a wide range of unbiased, research based information on Marcellus Shale, gas exploration and more.
As a snow falls on Ag Hill at the end of the day the evening is painted in quiet, lovely colors and triggers memories of days past at Penn State.
An ongoing series of ads in the magazine share ideas and experiences of students, faculty, staff, and others whose contributions are part of what makes the college unique.
A short walk from my office in Ag Administration Building to the Ag Arena reminded me of the strong connection people have to Penn State and to the college.
With students away for the Thanksgiving holiday and no morning crowds clamoring for coffee and bagels the time was ripe to add the latest member of the Big Ten to the collection of university flags hanging above the store.
While most students take their exams with feet firmly on the ground, those in Hort 201 taught by instructor Jim Savage have to work hard just to have the opportunity to take their exam.
Don't let the wild looks and excitement fool you. These students get down to business as they represent the college to a wide range of people.
The Summer/Fall 2010 issue of Penn State Ag Science is in the mail. A step forward from the last issue and reaching ahead to the next. With your help we can continue to make a better magazine.
Researchers are studying the effects of long and short-term residues from the application of commonly used miticides in honey bee colonies as they continue to work to unravel colony collapse disorder.
Bright yellow fields of canola are a striking reflection of the bioenergy work being done in the College.
Students, parents, faculty, and friends of the College gathered in Eisenhower Auditorium on May 15, 2010 to celebrate graduation.
The first in a series of portraits of students as I meet them during assignments for the magazine. These were made early in the morning at the Arboretum at Penn State as a few students arrived early to set up for Margaret Brittingham's, professor of wildlife resources, ornithology class.
An Op-Ed piece by Dean Bruce McPheron appears in the Harrisburg Patriot. He discusses the challenges faced by agriculture in Pennsylvania and around the world.
Faculty and students had the chance to discuss the challenges and opportunities of turning an idea into a commercial venture with four successful entrepreneurs. This event is the first in a series of lectures and discussions supported by the Harbaugh Endowment for Entrepreneurship in the College of Agricultural Sciences.