Winter 2021/2022

Entomologist Christina Grozinger broadens her research directions and collaborations after discovering the paramount importance of climate change on pollinator health.

Food waste affects more than Americans' wallets; it also has implications for their health and the environment.

Scientists in the college are researching "climate-smart" practices to help position farmers for success in a changing climate.

Faculty, staff, students, University and government leaders, and others celebrated the opening of the new Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building on December 1, 2021.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and Director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station

Changing cropping systems in impaired watersheds can produce water quality gains in the Chesapeake Bay.

Dietary cocoa improves the health of obese mice and may have implications for humans.

Salt and nitrogen make rebuilding soil microbiomes in high tunnels a challenge.

Researchers Long He, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and Mingsen Huang, visiting doctoral student, created a robotic mushroom picker and demonstrated its effectiveness for the automated harvesting of button mushrooms.

Researchers create a diagnostic test to identify a bacterium that infects swine.

Urban agriculture can help, but not solve, city food security problems.

Small farms have a large impact on Pennsylvania's economy.

Disease resistance in sorghum germplasm lines is gauged for production on Pennsylvania farms.

Terry Etherton retires after more than 40 years in the Department of Animal Science.

Tackling our most pressing problems requires focusing on complex multisystem interactions.