Does High Fat Mean High Flavor?

Ice cream connoisseurs may insist that cecream with more fat tastes better, but food scientists find that people generally cannot tell the difference between fat levels in ice creams.

New Leadership

Meet extension's new leadership team.

A Pepper a Day Keeps the Vet Away

Phytonutrients from peppers protect transition cows from disease.

Hooray for Hemp!

A new pilot program for industrial hemp growth and cultivation

Chronic Wasting Disease

On the hunt for answers.

No Tassel: Alumna's Early Farm Work Doesn't Deter

Alumna and Penn State Student Farm Club facilitator, Leslie Pillen

Highest Honor

Samuel Hayes Jr. has been selected as a 2017 Penn State Distinguished Alumnus

Outstanding Senior

Former Blue Band Drum Major and 2016 Homecoming King James Frisbie earns top honors.

A Nurturing Nature

Tarrah Geszvain, advising coordinator for the plant sciences and landscape contracting majors, receives the college's 2017 Excellence in Academic Advising Award.

Four Outstanding Alumni

Honoring our graduates with Outstanding Alumni Awards.

The Big Five-OH!

The college's Ag Alumni Society celebrates 50 years of friendship and success.

It Takes a Colony

The value of supporting research for the greater public good

Tractors

Tractors finally overtook the horse as the chief form of power on the American farm around 1955.

Interview: Tom Davis

Hired in October, Tom Davis is the first new manager of the creamery in 30 years. Tom fills us in on his dream job, the future of the Creamery, and his favorite dessert.

A New Model

Food production may not need to double by 2050.

The New Extension

Penn State Extension changes how it does business to give customers what they want, when they want it, and how they want it.

Up By the Roots

Jonathan Lynch's lab is addressing global famine with a combination of old-school methods and modern innovation.

Microbiome: Our Invisible World

New high-throughput sequencing technologies uncover a world of interacting microorganisms.

Attitude Goes a Long Way

Brook trout behaviors could help the animals adapt to habitat change.

Farmers Protecting Water Quality

A survey of nearly 7,000 farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed finds that many have voluntarily implemented water-quality best management practices.

Bed Bugs Beware

A new fungal biopesticide is achieving mortality rates from 95.5 to 99 percent within 14 days.

FSMA at Your Fingertips

Penn State Extension has launched a new website to help farmers, food processors, food distributors, and members of the public better understand and implement the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The New Migration

Climate change is driving people to urban areas.

Greening the HUB Roof

Julianna Razryadov, a graduate student in horticulture, is studying the benefits of using native plants to boost the sustainability and aesthetics of green roofs.

Devastating Forest Fires Likely to be Repeated

The fast-moving, wind-whipped blazes that burned more than 150,000 acres, killed 14 people, and damaged 2,400 structures in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee last year may be a portent of things to come, warns Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology Marc Abrams.

A Home for Microbiome Research

Penn State creates a new center for the study of microbial interactions.

Sharpen Your Pencils!

Put your notebooks away, turn off your cell phones, and test your knowledge.

A Growing Partnership

An undergraduate internship plants the seeds of collaboration.

What's Your Footprint?

A new tool developed by Heather Gall, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and three undergraduate students can help consumers calculate their emerging-contaminant footprint.

On the Scent

Following a new lead on the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.