Bed Bugs Beware

A new fungal biopesticide is achieving mortality rates from 95.5 to 99 percent within 14 days.

FSMA at Your Fingertips

Penn State Extension has launched a new website to help farmers, food processors, food distributors, and members of the public better understand and implement the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The New Migration

Climate change is driving people to urban areas.

Greening the HUB Roof

Julianna Razryadov, a graduate student in horticulture, is studying the benefits of using native plants to boost the sustainability and aesthetics of green roofs.

Devastating Forest Fires Likely to be Repeated

The fast-moving, wind-whipped blazes that burned more than 150,000 acres, killed 14 people, and damaged 2,400 structures in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee last year may be a portent of things to come, warns Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology Marc Abrams.

A Home for Microbiome Research

Penn State creates a new center for the study of microbial interactions.

Sharpen Your Pencils!

Put your notebooks away, turn off your cell phones, and test your knowledge.

A Growing Partnership

An undergraduate internship plants the seeds of collaboration.

What's Your Footprint?

A new tool developed by Heather Gall, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and three undergraduate students can help consumers calculate their emerging-contaminant footprint.

On the Scent

Following a new lead on the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.

They Speak For the Trees

Faculty and staff in the college are conducting research on Pennsylvania's trees with a goal of saving ecologically and economically important species teetering on the brink of extinction.

Flu Season

Avian flu threatens to re-emerge during waterfowl migration periods.

Insect Health Update

Neonicotinoids and honey bee health

Genetically engineered crops: Are they safe?

In terms of their risks to human health and the environment, genetically engineered (GE) crops are no different from conventional crops, according to a report published last year by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Growing Room

New facilities spawn fresh opportunities for mushroom research.

Considering Cattle

Matt Thomas, professor of entomology, and Jessica Waite, postdoctoral scholar in entomology, published a paper in the January 16 issue of Scientific Reports in which they examine the relationship between mosquitoes and cattle on human malaria occurrence.

Landscaping Tips for Healthy Waterways

Runoff from our lawns and gardens can cause harmful algae blooms that deplete oxygen and kill fish each year. The following tips can help you keep our waterways clean and healthy.

Herbs at the Ready

Container gardening can give you fresh herbs, such as parsley, rosemary, tarragon, and basil, at your fingertips.

The Rules of Attraction

With a little planning, you and your garden can provide food for hummingbirds from spring to fall.

Can I Lick the Spoon?

Remember baking chocolate chip cookies or brownies as a kid and licking the spoon afterward?

Ditching Your Paper Records?

For field crop production, having easily accessible records is essential.

No-Cook Summer Meals Keep Kitchens Cool

During the hot summer days, consider preparing no-cook meals.

Kenya's croton tree touted as new biofuels crop.

Mike Jacobson, professor of forest resources, says seeds from the croton tree could provide a good source of sustainable biofuel for east Africa.

Simple mosquito killers are the new buzz in Gates Foundation's malaria battle.

Matt Thomas, professor and Huck Scholar in Ecological Entomology, says simple methods of killing malaria-spreading mosquitoes are needed while more complex technologies are being developed.

The 100 greatest innovations of 2016.

Yinong Yang, professor of plant pathology, developed a mushroom resistant to browning, and it was named the forty-first greatest innovation of 2016.

What's up with eggs from vegetarian hens?

Paul Patterson, professor of poultry science, said very few hens are given feed containing animal products, as was done more often in the past.

A bee mogul confronts the crisis in his field.

Jim Frazier, professor emeritus of entomology, says finding the causes of honey bee decline is complicated.

The Armsby Respiration Calorimeter

The Armsby Respiration Calorimeter was proposed in 1898, opened in 1902, and served a vital role in animal and human nutrition experiments at Penn State through the 1960s.

Countering Resistance

Science and policy can team up to solve antibiotic resistance.

Patreese Ingram

Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs