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August 8, 2026

Study shows that controlled environment agriculture method — widely used to grow tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce — impacts microbial populations, researchers suggest

August 8, 2026

As PhD candidates with dual-titles in INTAD, Tyler Lesko and Bryan Panek are working at the intersection of plant breeding, high-throughput phenotyping, and technology commercialization.

July 30, 2026

Grace Tiwari, an entomology and international agriculture and development (INTAD) graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded the Future Leaders Fellow Scholarship from the Association of International Agriculture and Rural Development.

July 14, 2026

Thirty-six Penn State graduate students have received scholarships of up to $10,000 from the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Endowment, established by Jeff and Ann Marie Fox's $20 million naming gift to Penn State’s J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School. The 36 students are studying in 32 master's or doctoral degree programs. Paige Alexander is a doctoral student studying Entomology with a Dual Title in International Agriculture and Development

May 6, 2026

Environmental scientists and water resource managers need precise, high-resolution maps to reveal areas that farmers should avoid when planting crops, to limit polluting waters with phosphorus from fertilizer or manure. Making those maps has depended on an expensive, sometimes unavailable technology, but a team led by Penn State researchers has developed a cheaper approach that can be just as effective.

April 27, 2026

Two INTAD students present projects at UN food security system meeting

April 17, 2026

Maya Nehme inspired the INTAD dual-title degree program and has devoted her work to reforesting Lebanon.

April 15, 2026

Penn State is recognizing 42 outstanding graduate students with awards that highlight their impact across the University, specifically in the areas of scholarship, teaching, outreach and mentoring.

April 6, 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Alejandra Armesto Gómez, a graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, received a 2025-26 Ardeth and Norman Frisbey International Student Award at a recent ceremony hosted by Penn State Global.

January 12, 2026

Two graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences traveled abroad and gained experience in food safety research over the summer thanks to funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

December 14, 2025

Dr. Ariel Rivers, graduate of INTAD and Entomology provides an update in this alumni spotlight piece.

December 14, 2025

Auja Bywater, a doctoral candidate in INTAD and Food Science, studies sustainable farming practices and how to make food safer

November 6, 2025

Attending the 2025 World Food Forum gave Auja Bywater and Alejandra Armesto-Gomez, graduate students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, a firsthand look at how the pursuit of sustainable food connects people globally.

May 28, 2025

Graduate students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences were recognized for their accomplishments during the 2025 Graduate Student Award Celebration, hosted by the Office for Research and Graduate Education and held recently on the University Park campus.

April 7, 2025

Annual awards celebrate graduate students' impact in research, scholarship, teaching, outreach and more. Two INTAD students were among the award winners.

March 31, 2025

Two INTAD students were selected to participate in the Bayer Crop Science 2025 University Mentoring Program (B4U), a global initiative that pairs students with industry professionals for career guidance and professional development.

March 10, 2025

Auja Bywater, a doctoral student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded second prize in the Global Challenges University Alliance (GCUA) 2030 research competition for her work titled "Improving Food Safety in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems."

February 25, 2025

January 24, 2025

Although aquaculture, fish farming, is believed to have been practiced for thousands of years in Asia, the approach is relatively new in Africa, which is facing a "fish deficit" that contributes to a lack of protein in the diets of the populace, according to the international nonprofit WorldFish. To help accelerate fish farming in northern Zambia, a team led by researchers at Penn State investigated local integrated agriculture-aquaculture practices — meaning their management of agricultural resources to supply essential inputs for feeding fish — adopted by farmers.

December 13, 2024

December 5, 2024

The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School at Penn State and Penn State Global have announced the awardees for the Fall 2024 Graduate Student International Travel Grants. Of 39 applications, seven were selected for $1,500 grants to assist them in presenting their research at international conferences outside the United States.

December 2, 2024

April 8, 2024

During its annual meeting on April 3, the Penn State chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, the agricultural honor society, honored faculty and students from the College of Agricultural Sciences - many of them affiliated with the INTAD dual-title degree program.

April 5, 2024

We are proud of Lanre Shittu and Sarah Richards, two INTAD students who have received awards from the Graduate School

April 1, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three graduate students were honored on March 23 as award recipients in the final round of Penn State’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, held at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center.

March 18, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eleven graduate students have been selected for the final round of the inaugural Penn State Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition including Auja Bywater, doctoral student in food science and INTAD, College of Agricultural Sciences, “Improving Food Safety: Exploring Bacterial Diversity in Hydroponic Farming”.

February 28, 2024

Zilfa Irakoze, doctoral student in food science and INTAD, has been selected for the Ardeth and Norman Frisbey International Student Award in the graduate student category. These awards honor and recognize outstanding contributions to international understanding by graduate and undergraduate international students.

February 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An often-overlooked water plant that can double its biomass in two days, capture nitrogen from the air — making it a valuable green fertilizer — and be fed to poultry and livestock could serve as life-saving food for humans in the event of a catastrophe or disaster, a new study led by Penn State researchers suggests.

October 30, 2023

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For doctoral student and agricultural educator Mia Sullivan, traveling to Uganda this past summer with Penn State’s Global Teach Ag Network will be the foundation for her studies and future career.