College in the Media

This article highlights Penn State Master Gardener Wilma Light and her involvement in a local group promoting pollinator-friendly gardening.

This story mentions Deanna Behring, assistant dean for international programs, who is seeking a seat on State College Borough Council.

In this story, which also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com), Martin Bucknavage, senior food safety extension associate, comments on the food safety risks of cooking with compost.

John Pecchia, associate research professor of plant pathology and manager of the Mushroom Research Center, comments on the challenges and prospects of successfully cultivating morel mushrooms commercially.

Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and physiology, comments on recently published research.

This article features and includes links to information about the Center for Pollinator Research, led by Christina Grozinger, distinguished professor of entomology.

This story mentions Penn State Extension's participation in a new landscape contracting apprenticeship program and quotes landscape company owner Dan Eichenlaub, a college benefactor and Penn State Ag Council board member.

This article draws information from Penn State Extension materials that address the risks of using electric pressure cookers to can foods.

This story quotes Erynn Maynard-Bean, former doctoral student in ecology, and Margot Kaye, associate professor of forest ecology.

This article features advice from Penn State Extension Master Gardener Holly List.

This article, which appeared in media outlets across Texas, features Jeff Hyde, acting associate dean and director of Penn State Extension, who will become director of extension for Texas A&M University.

Kathy Demchak, senior extension associate in plant science, and Tim Elkner, commercial horticulture extension educator, co-authored this article.

Brian Moyer, Penn State Extension educational program associate in business and community vitality, comments for this story, which also aired on WITF-FM, Harrisburg.

A presentation by Cori Steimling, assistant clinical professor and resident in avian medicine and pathology at the Animal Diagnostic Lab, is featured in this story.

This story highlights the efforts of Penn State Master Gardeners Paula Rudler and Barbara Barickman to plant and maintain a popular local public flower garden.

The use of Bt corn largely limits damage from fall armyworm in the northeastern United States, says John Tooker, associate professor of entomology.

This article quotes Greg Hoover, now-retired senior extension associate in entomology.

Erynn Maynard-Bean, former doctoral student in ecology, and Margot Kaye, associate professor of forest ecology, discuss their recently published study.

This article was authored by Sharon McDonald, food safety and quality extension educator.

Martha Zepp, food preservation extension program assistant, offers tips for safely preserving rhubarb to retain flavor and color.

Greg Krawczyk, research professor of entomology, comments on the difficulty of fighting the brown marmorated stink bug in the Eastern European republic of Georgia.

Jeff Graybill, agronomy extension educator, says 2018's wet growing season caused local farmers problems with disease and crop quality, but the rain did not cause a disaster.

Rachel Milliron, agronomy extension educator, and Linda Hyatt, Master Gardener coordinator in Westmoreland County, discuss the effects of wet weather on the planting of field crops and gardens.

Heather Leach, extension associate in entomology, comments of the discovery of two pathogenic fungi that may show promise as biocontrols for spotted lanternfly.

This story, which originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, quotes Kathleen Sexsmith, assistant professor of rural sociology.

Kari Peter, assistant research professor of tree fruit pathology, says the wet soils have created the right conditions for many diseases, and Jeff Graybill, agronomy extension educator, says seed rot could be a concern for some field crop growers.

Jeff Stoltzfus, farm food safety extension educator and farm owner, comments on how produce growers have been affected by the recent wet weather.

Heather Leach, extension associate in entomology, describes finding spotted lanternflies killed by a naturally occurring fungus in Berks County.

Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of plant pathology and director of the Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center, offers recommendations for growers to avoid fusarium head blight in barley and wheat.

In this column, author Robin Kuleck, food, families and health senior extension educator, describes extension's family and consumer sciences programs.