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daily12009-10-19T20:15:29ZKids find hands-on approach to agriculture, nature at Penn State
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University Park, Pa. -- All of the students of St. Matthew School in Tyrone will tell you that they took a great field trip to Penn State recently: they handled huge cockroaches, conducted a mock "CSI" forensic science lab and ended the day with Penn State ice cream sundaes. They also left with a better understanding of the role of agriculture and ...No publishertrs22news-featurednews-agsci2009-11-20T19:55:00ZLinkVideo: Poultry science professor shares turkey news
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It's Mike Hulet's job to talk turkeys, whether to students at Penn State's Poultry Education and Research Center or to poultry growers across Pennsylvania, one of the nation's top poultry-producing states. The associate professor of poultry science shared insights into emerging research and answers to frequently asked questions about what was ...No publishertrs22news-featured2009-11-17T12:50:00ZLinkStudent Stories: Horticulture alumnus has grown into big job
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Although Holly Harmar Shimizu can't remember what she thought she'd be doing 30 years after graduating from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, she realized after a recent visit to the University that she is doing what she hoped to all along: working with public horticulture....No publishertrs22news-featured2009-11-10T17:10:00ZLinkPenn State research leads to development of 'healing bandages'
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It seems like a strange concept -- bandages made from cellulose produced by microbes that contribute to wound healing -- but to hear Jeffrey Catchmark explain it, the idea makes perfect sense.
...No publishertrs22news-featurednews-agsci2009-11-06T21:10:00ZLinkInternational visitors to Penn State link agriculture, democracy
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In a recent, busy day for Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, members of a delegation from Ukraine discovered that creating biofuels was easier than they expected, while agricultural envoys from Iraq learned how techniques from the century-old American tradition of cooperative extension can help them re-establish effective farms in ...No publishertrs22news-featurednews-agsci2009-11-05T19:55:00ZLink