Winter Lights

Posted: April 3, 2024

The college's greenhouses allow researchers and educators to conduct experiments in a controlled environment year-round.

The AgSci greenhouses on a winter night

Faculty and students use the hydroponics and aquaponics teaching systems, a collection of economically relevant plants, and a misted propagation house to study agriculture and living systems. Their research covers not just food production but also agriculture's interconnections with the environment and human health.

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Predictably Unpredictable

Building resilient crops for a changing world

A Passion for Plants

Cultivating the future of plant science

A Force of Nature

Ag Sciences leads the new Center for Plant Excellence

Shaping the Future of Agriculture

New Dean's Leadership Council to help guide future in the College of Ag Sciences

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The Interview: Sam Gruneberg

As greenhouse manager for the Mendel's Way plant research facility located near Bellefonte, Sam Gruneberg helps create a space where research can grow into real solutions for today's agricultural challenges.

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Innovation to Application

Lancaster County center eases technology adoption

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The First Degrees

Against a backdrop of fall color, a campus sign commemorates Penn State's roots—chartered in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania and, by 1861, the first university in the nation to award baccalaureate degrees in agriculture.