Learn more about the recent accomplishments of INTAD students.

Thirteen graduate students receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award

April 15, 2019

Thirteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas of arts and humanities; social sciences—applied and basic; physical and computational sciences—applied and basic; life and health sciences; and engineering.

Graduate student Bipana Paudel Timilsena receives International Research Award

April 15, 2019

Bipana Paudel Timilsena, a doctoral student in entomology with a dual title in international agriculture and development, received the Graduate Student International Research Award. The purpose of the award is to promote and support international research and scholarship by graduate students that has the potential for global impact.

Entomology students' global research to be supported by inaugural Guyton Award

April 3, 2019

Two students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are the recipients of the Guyton Award, a global learning scholarship established recently by Bill Guyton, an agricultural economist and internationally recognized expert in sustainable development. Julie Baniszewski and Bipana Paudel Timilsena, entomology doctoral candidates in the college's International Agriculture and Development (INTAD) dual-title degree program, plan to use the awards to advance their international research in pest management.

INTAD Course Travels to Costa Rica

March 31, 2019

INTAD 820 traveled to Costa Rica over spring break in order to learn about the Costa Rican agriculture system and meet with researchers, farmers and government officials.

Johnson named recipient of Peace Corps' Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Award

November 1, 2018

Jacob Johnson, a doctoral candidate in forest resources and in international agriculture and development (INTAD) in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received a Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Award in recognition of his service to others.

Cacao for Peace

September 16, 2018

Lina Tami is a second-year dual-title MSc student of Rural Sociology and International Agriculture & Development at Pennsylvania State University. Lina is a Fulbright-USDA Scholar and her research is in the framework of the Cocoa for Peace Project headed by Penn State.

Thirsty plant calling for help: Impact of drought on the ability of plant to attract enemies of plant-feeding insect

August 31, 2018

For the past 6 months, since March of 2018, Po-An Lin, Ph.D. candidate in INTAD and Entomology has been collaborating with National Taiwan University (Taiwan) and University of Tsukuba (Japan) to conduct field research focusing on how environmental stress affect the communication between plant and enemies of plant-feeding insects.

Christian Man Joins CSIS

August 28, 2018

Penn State Hosts GRIT Scholars

August 17, 2018

Contributed by Christian Scott, Ph.D. candidate in INTAD and Rural Sociology

AIARD Wrap Up From a Student Perspective

June 27, 2018

Matthew Hancock, M.S. student in International Agriculture and Development (INTAD) and Rural Sociology, shares his perspective on the annual meeting of the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD).

What's the value of AIARD?

June 19, 2018

Christian Man, Ph.D. candidate in Rural Sociology and INTAD, provides perspective on attending professional development events such as the annual meeting of the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD).

INTAD Student Awarded Indigenous Knowledge Research Award

June 19, 2018

INTAD Student Spotlight: Jhony Benavides

June 12, 2018

New INTAD Course Offered Fall 2018

May 30, 2018

INTAD student named as Fulbright finalist for research in Kyrgyz Republic

May 10, 2018

INTAD Student Spotlight: Megan Griffin

April 12, 2018

INTAD Student Spotlight: Alejandro Gil

March 27, 2018

Reflections on the Importance of Intellectual Diversity and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

March 23, 2018

Submitted by Christian Kelly Scott, a second-year dual doctorate PhD student studying Rural Sociology and International Agriculture & Development at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education.

Global Gallery gives snapshot of faculty, graduate research in world agriculture

March 21, 2018

Faculty and graduate students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences illustrated how their research touches every corner of the world during the inaugural Global Gallery, a symposium hosted by the International Agriculture and Development dual-title graduate program (INTAD) and its student association.

2018 Future Leaders Forum

February 24, 2018

AIARD is pleased to announce that the application for the 2018 Future Leaders Forum is now available! As part of the annual Future Leaders Forum in Washington, DC, fellows attend the annual Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development conference and additional programming just for Future Leaders. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to students who have a sincere interest in international agriculture and rural development issues and their solutions.

INTAD Student Provides Technical Assistance to Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute

December 4, 2017

INTAD Student Spotlight: Julie Baniszewski

November 30, 2017

Cacao pioneers: Meet Penn State's Colombian Fulbright Scholars

October 23, 2017

Four new Fulbright Scholars, who arrived at the College of Agricultural Sciences in August, are looking to economics, sociology, and soil and plant science research for ways to put Colombia at the forefront of the world's cacao production. Under the guidance of faculty at Penn State, they will attempt to tackle some of the country's most pervasive issues, from education to production challenges and corruption.

World Food Prize: Grad students look forward to expanding knowledge at symposium

October 12, 2017

This year, two graduate students from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Ilse Huerta Arredondo and Celize Christy, will represent the University at World Food Prize events in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct.18-20.

Ag Sciences students to represent Penn State at World Food Prize Symposium

October 9, 2017

Five students enrolled in College of Agricultural Sciences programs will represent Penn State at the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue, one of the events planned during the annual World Food Prize International Symposium, Oct. 18-20 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Fieldwork Reflections: Picture of Kyrgyzstan

September 29, 2017

Latin America in 4-H Global Cloverbud Day

September 11, 2017

Participatory Food Security Studies: Christian Kelly Scott

September 6, 2017

Notes from the Field: Megan Wilkerson

August 8, 2017

As a dual-title doctoral candidate in Entomology and International Agriculture & Development, I dreamed of living in a developing country to offer my expertise and transform the deprived lived of marginalized small farmers. Funding from Penn State University and the USDA Norman Borlaug Fellowship afforded me the opportunity to spend a year in Ghana alongside cocoa farmers to document arthropod communities, conduct sociological investigations and test the effectiveness of pesticide replacements.

Tackling ‘Wicked’ Food Security Issues: Experiences from the US Borlaug Food Security Summer Institute

June 22, 2017

The 2017 U.S Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security at Purdue took place during July 4-17 bringing together 40 graduate students from all over the USA interested in areas of global food security. I was fortunate enough to be one of the 40 who were selected to represent the Borlaug’s vision of a world without hunger.

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University Park, PA 16802