October 4, 2020
This column about a new project enlisting citizen scientists in the search for spotted lanternfly predators quotes Kelli Hoover, professor of entomology.
October 3, 2020
Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers and sell it for biofuels would help persuade farmers to install such buffers, says Heather Preisendanz, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering. Similar coverage of this study appeared in Science Daily, Science Magazine (U.K.), Technology Times, Phys.org, Huntingdon Daily News, Morning Ag Clips and several other outlets.
October 3, 2020
Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and physiology, comments on this year's fall foliage display.
October 2, 2020
This story quotes Lyndsey Androstic, 4-H extension educator.
October 2, 2020
Leon Ressler, agronomy extension educator, authored this article.
October 2, 2020
This story cites research conducted by Bob Beelman, professor emeritus of food science and director of the Center for Plant and Mushroom Products for Health.
October 2, 2020
Elsa Sanchez, professor of horticultural systems management, talks about her recent appointment to a USDA advisory committee that addresses issues and obstacles faced by minority farmers.
October 1, 2020
This story describes research and extension efforts conducted by Julie Urban, research associate professor of entomology, and Heather Leach, spotted lanternfly extension associate. Similar coverage appeared in MyChesCo (Chester County).
October 1, 2020
D.J. McNeil, postdoctoral fellow in entomology, and Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, say their study shows that the use of aural point count surveys — a method commonly used by wildlife biologists to study birds and other vertebrates by listening to their songs — can be effective in exploring the population dynamics of night-singing insect species. Similar coverage appeared in Science Daily, Science Magazine (U.K.), Science Codex, Morning Ag Clips and other outlets.
October 1, 2020
This article features Gary Thompson, recently departed associate dean for research and graduate education.
September 30, 2020
Kerry Kaylegian, associate research professor of food science, comments about the challenges posed to small cheese-making operations by the coronavirus pandemic.
September 29, 2020
This article profiling Rick Kauffman, retired 4-H extension educator and Berks County extension director, also quotes Sen. Judy Schwank, former educator and county extension director, and Bob Leiby, former Lehigh County extension director and educator.
September 29, 2020
This story quotes Dean Rick Roush. Similar coverage appeared in Farm and Dairy and other outlets.
September 29, 2020
Jeff Stoltzfus, farm food safety extension educator, says fresh-produce growers have reported a 40 percent increase in some of their sales this year.
September 28, 2020
Suresh Kuchipudi, clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, talks about newly acquired poultry isolators, which will boost the Animal Diagnostic Lab's capacity to study avian infectious diseases. Similar coverage appeared in Morning Ag Clips.
September 27, 2020
This coverage of a state Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee hearing quotes Elise Gurgevich, Nutrition Links state coordinator.
September 27, 2020
This story quotes Jim Brown, assistant manager of the creamery. Similar coverage appeared in the Huntingdon Daily News and the Daily Collegian.
September 25, 2020
This story about a new study looking at natural predators of the spotted lanternfly quotes Kelli Hoover, professor of entomology, Anne Johnson, doctoral candidate in entomology, and Margaret Brittingham, professor of wildlife resources. Similar coverage appeared in Farm and Dairy.
September 25, 2020
John Hayes, professor of food science and director of the Sensory Evaluation Center, talks about the challenges of studying the loss of smell associated with COVID-19 infection.
September 24, 2020
Calvin Norman, extension forester and wildlife educator, says if not controlled, oak wilt, which has been found in a few urban communities, has the potential to infect and kill trees in Pennsylvania oak forests. This story also appeared in Morning Ag Clips.
September 24, 2020
This article, which appeared originally in The Conversation, quotes Beth McGraw, Huck Scholar in Entomology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.
September 24, 2020
John Wallace, assistant professor of weed science, discusses a USDA-NIFA grant his research team recently received. This story also appeared in Morning Ag Clips.
September 24, 2020
This story quotes Suresh Kuchipudi, clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences and associate director of the Animal Diagnostic Lab.
September 24, 2020
This story cites a spotted lanternfly economic impact study led by Jay Harper, professor of agricultural economics and director of the Fruit Research and Extension Center.
September 23, 2020
Dean Rick Roush comments on the threat that the spotted lanternfly poses to Pennsylvania's agricultural economy.
September 23, 2020
This article quotes, mentions and/or features photos of Heather Leach, entomology extension associate; Julie Urban, associate research professor of entomology; Erica Smyers, doctoral candidate in entomology; Alex Rowland, manager of the Spotted Lanternfly Call Center; Emma Thompson, call center representative; Lauren Briggs, spotted lanternfly research technologist; Drew Harner, doctoral candidate in horticulture; Liz Deecher, master's degree student in entomology; and Dana Roberts, former research technologist in entomology.
September 22, 2020
Natalie Boyle, assistant research professor of entomology, and Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, talk about the newly launched Insect Biodiversity Center. Similar coverage appeared in the Huntingdon Daily News, Lancaster Farming, the Daily Collegian, Morning Ag Clips and other outlets.
September 21, 2020
John Hayes, professor of food science, says loss of smell with COVID-19 occurs when the virus indirectly affects olfactory sensory neurons.
September 21, 2020
Alex Hristov, distinguished professor of dairy nutrition, comments on efforts to scale up production of a type of seaweed as a cattle feed supplement to reduce methane emissions from animal agriculture.
September 19, 2020
Kim Steiner, professor of forest biology and Arboretum director, Shari Edelson, the Arboretum’s director of operations, and Harland Patch, assistant research professor of entomology discuss the bird and pollinator garden now under development.
