Give Back This Spring Break – Volunteer in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia

Looking for a meaningful way to spend your spring break? Spring Break Service Days on March 10–13, 2026 offers Penn State students the opportunity to volunteer with nonprofit organizations in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.

Ag Springboard Competition 2026

Ready to innovate and explore? Compete in the 2026 Ag Springboard Competition!

Ag student named fellow by Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

Zachary Newsome, a graduate student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named a 2025 Dr. James Watson Fellow by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

Visit Us

Thinking about a future in the Agricultural Sciences? Come visit us at the University Park campus or book a virtual visit to learn more about our college, majors and community.

Faculty Development
Weston Whitaker
Yingxue Yu
Sarah Tzilkowski
Derek Morr
Eliudes Marcano
William Herbick
Thea Gayman
Paul Gauthier
John (Cody) Feuerborn
Olivia Bognanni
SEAREC Seminar Series

The SAFES Institute is hosting a new seminar series during the Fall 2025 semester focusing on research opportunities at the Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SEAREC) and in the Lower Susquehanna watershed more broadly. The series will showcase work that many Penn State faculty are already doing at the SEAREC research farms and in the Lower Susquehanna and will present opportunities for additional faculty to get involved (i.e., to make use of the SEAREC research facilities, as well as to take advantage of existing relationships with farmers, landowners, and other stakeholders in southeast PA).

Sour grapes? Taste, experience of sour foods depends on individual consumer

Biting into a tart green apple is a different taste and sensory experience than sucking juice from a lemon. Now, Penn State researchers have found that while some of that sour taste and experience difference comes from individual perceptions, the acids themselves vary in sourness, even at the same concentrations.

Ashley McMullen
Chandlar Kern
Teresa Kaveney
Alexandra Hooks
Miranda DePriest
Kayla Aldan
Kelly Bennett
Ashley Tice
Soil Fertility Testing

This program is designed as a soil-management tool for farmers, homeowners, landscape contractors, golf-course superintendents, ornamental nurserymen and others interested in the fertility of their soil and in determining the optimum lime and fertilizer requirements of their crop.

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