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Research Team: Toluwanimi Segun, Afrah Alrusheidi, Evann Specht, Zack Fernandez, Allison Amendola, Laura Guay, Sarah Hodes, Andrah Soto Estela, Noelia Ortiz-Landazabal

With support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service, the Cacao and Chocolate Research Network (CCRN) at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 Visiting Scientist Program. The program will support visiting scientists to work with Penn State faculty and international collaborators to advance research that is critical to the development of the fine flavor cacao/chocolate industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. These visiting scientists will spend six months at Penn State. Currently, the program is only accepting applications for economics research of the fine flavor cacao market. Exchanges will take place within the September 2019 to May 2020 timeframe, with exact dates to be determined jointly by the visiting scientist and his/her Penn State faculty mentor.

The Center for Agricultural and Shale Law operates under Penn State Law and conducts agricultural and shale law research and outreach activities with a specific focus on those issues of importance in Pennsylvania.

The Center for Agricultural and Shale Law conducts agricultural and shale law research and outreach activities with a specific focus on those issues of importance in Pennsylvania.

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The team also placed second in the Breed Selection Division and fifth in the Market Products Division. Karissa Lombardo was high individual in the Breed Selection Division and eighteenth overall.

Penn State's Collegiate Poultry Judging Team participated in the 71st USPOULTRY Foundation Ted Cameron National Poultry Judging Contest held at Louisiana State University in early April, placing fifth overall with twelve teams and 48 individuals competing.

Penn State’s Collegiate Poultry Judging Team placed second in the nation at the 73rd USPOULTRY Foundation Ted Cameron National Poultry Judging Contest held at Louisiana State University on April 6-8, 2022.

The Penn State Collegiate Poultry Judging Team earned first place at the 55th National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest held at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Collegiate Poultry judging team excels at national contest in April, placing second overall among ten teams competing.

Team Member Katie Sondericker tied for first place individual overall; team also placed first in Breed Selection and Carcass Quality Division and fourth in Egg Production and Quality Division.

For the second year in a row, Penn State's poultry judging team topped the national poultry judging contest, with ten universities participating.

Penn State's Poultry Judging Team placed first in the nation at the 50th National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest held November 1-3 at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas,

Penn State’s Collegiate Poultry Judging Team placed first in the nation at the 56th Fall National Collegiate Poultry Judging at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. on November 7th and 8th, 2022. Penn State has now won this national contest two years in a row and four of the past 7 years.

Penn State’s Department of Animal Science’s Poultry Club was named National Club of the Year competition at the 2023 International Poultry and Processing Exposition (IPPE) in Atlanta, GA, Jan. 24-26.

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An innovative community service-learning course, "Community Engaged Learning with Pennsylvania Farmworkers," offered by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, brings students of all disciplines together to teach and engage with immigrant farmworkers living in Centre County. Kathleen Sexsmith, assistant professor of rural sociology, and Adrian Barragan, assistant clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, are co-teaching the course. The three-credit course exposes students to immigration and local agricultural and labor issues through a language partnership with Spanish-speaking immigrants on local dairy farms.

Department of Animal Science students placed second overall at the 67th National Poultry Judging Contest at Louisiana State University.

Animal Science students placed second in national contest for the second straight year. Joshua Cassar was first place overall individual.

Penn State students excel at the 66th National Poultry Judging Contest held at Louisiana State University.