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Better Kid Care
Better Kid Care provides professional development opportunities and educational information on caring for children.
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Center for Chemical Ecology
In 2005, Penn State researchers and facilities united as a center of excellence to promote collaborative research and graduate education in chemical and molecular ecology.
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Center for Economic and Community Development
Penn State's Center for Economic and Community Development helps create new opportunities for people living throughout Pennsylvania.
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Center for Food Manufacturing
The Center for Food Manufacturing is a partnership between The Pennsylvania State University and corporate members to meet the challenges of productivity, competitiveness, and safety in food processing and manufacturing.
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Center for Green Roof Research
The Center, the only location in North America with small test green roofs on replicated buildings, characterizes and quantifies the performance of green roofs and promotes their discoveries through education and outreach.
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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Our work involves evolutionary biology, ecology, parasitology, microbiology, genetics, and immunology.
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Center for Mastitis and Milk Quality Services
The Center for Mastitis Research conducts innovative mastitis research aimed at developing practical dairy herd preventive medicine programs, safe and effective animal health products, and improved management techniques for the dairy industry.
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Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
Our mission is to promote interdisciplinary research and education in the areas of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
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Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
The Center was formed in 1997 to develop and expand programs in toxicology and carcinogenesis at Penn State. Over the past ten years the Center has fostered the development of graduate and undergraduate programs in toxicology.
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Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Pennsylvania is a leading state in the production and processing of numerous foods from plants and mushrooms and Penn State has strong research, education and extension programs supporting this important segment of the Commonwealth's economy
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Center for Pollinator Research
The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State is committed to developing and implementing integrative, multidisciplinary approaches to improving pollinator health, conservation, and management for ecosystems services through research, education, outreach and policy.
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Center for Private Forests
The center focuses on applied research, education and outreach to students, forest landowners, the forest-products industry, loggers, conservation districts, agencies, land trusts, nongovernmental organizations and the public.
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Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
The Center for Reproductive Biology and Health at Penn State includes a group of faculty who are deeply committed to the improvement of reproductive health and function through integration of fundamental and applied research and dissemination of knowledge.
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Center for Sports Surface Research
The Center for Sports Surface Research at Penn State is dedicated to the improvement of all sports surfaces. Through cooperative scientific inquiry the center’s members expect to improve performance and safety on all sports surfaces.
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Center for Turfgrass Science
The Penn State Center for Turfgrass Science has been at the forefront of cutting edge turfgrass research for decades.
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Center for Watershed Stewardship
The center's purpose is to create the next generation of watershed professionals by combining interdisciplinary capabilities with strong disciplinary bases in a community-oriented context. Its programs include graduate studies in watershed stewardship and a continuing-education program of short courses for natural resources professionals and community leaders.
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Childcare and Youth Training and Technical Assistance Program (CYTTAP)
Research-based information, resources, and professional development for childcare professionals serving military connected families.
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Consumer Services Information System
CSIS focuses on regulated public utilities, consumer complaints, education and low income utility consumer issues.
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E. Coli Reference Center
Part of Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, the Center is the largest repository for E. coli strains in America. It holds more than 70,000 strains collected over the last 50 years from animals, humans, birds and environment.
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Environment and Natural Resources Institute (ENRI)
ENRI's mission is to improve understanding and management of living systems, landscapes, and human-environment interactions with the objective of sustaining and enhancing ecosystem services and human-well being.
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Fruit Reseach and Extension Center (FREC)
FREC is located in the southern part of the state (apple country) and specializes in insect, disease, and plant research with fruit trees and grapes.
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Lake Erie Regional Grape Research & Extension Center
This 40-acre facility serves the grape-processing industry, which has a strong presence along the Lake Erie coastline in Pennsylvania and New York.
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Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
One of four federally-funded regional centers coordinating rural development research in the U.S., the NERCRD coordinates the initiatives of the rural development faculty from the 15 land-grant institutions in the Northeast region.
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Operation: Military Kids
Operation: Military Kids is the U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support children and youth impacted by deployment.
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Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA WAgN)
The Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA-WAgN) supports women in agriculture by providing positive learning environments, networking, and empowerment opportunities.
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Rockview Land
The College of Agricultural Sciences purchased approximately 452 acres of land bordering the Spring Creek Canyon in Benner Township, previously owned by the State Correctional Institution at Rockview.
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Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
Located in Rock Springs, about 10 miles southwest of University Park, the Center is comprised of 2,000 acres of farmland.
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Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Located in Landisville, PA, the SEAREC is home to Penn State's applied field research program in the south central region of the state.
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Sweet Corn Monitoring Program/Network
The network provides access to dynamic information useful for managing insects in sweet corn and other vegetable crops. Data providers create a human infrastructure for powering mapped representations of field-collected data. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey supply data from blacklight traps. Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine supply data from pheromone traps.
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The Schatz Center
The Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics was initiated in 1998 based on the vision and gifts from Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Louis W. Schatz (class of 1934). In the Schatz Center labs located at Penn State's University Park campus, state-of-the-art research is conducted in forest genetics, genomics and related areas. The Schatz Center provides training opportunities for undergraduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scientists. The Schatz Center also sponsors a colloquium, held biennially at Penn State's Mont Alto campus, which brings together researchers and practitioners from industry, government, and academia to discuss the science of current issues in tree genetics.
