Forty members of the Dairy Science Club in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences traveled to the Netherlands during spring break to learn more about global agriculture and explore a new culture.
A Penn State Extension webinar on June 18 will offer insight into kinship care through the lived experience of someone raised in a kinship family: Troy Ott, dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
For 40 years, the international agriculture minor in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has enhanced students’ understanding of agriculture on a global scale by exploring diverse countries, addressing real-world issues and engaging with local communities at home and abroad
The Pennsylvania School for Excellence in the Agricultural Sciences, an affiliate of the National Conference of Governor's Schools, will be hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences at the Penn State University Park Campus. Applications will open November 1, 2024.
Tuition, room, board, instructional materials, and costs of program activities are provided free of charge to students who are selected to participate.
The 2025 Pennsylvania School for Excellence in the Agricultural Sciences will be hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences at the Penn State University Park Campus, we are offering applicants a choice between two two-week sessions, Session 1: June 15 - June 28, 2025; Session 2: July 6 - July 19, 2025. Applicants may rank their preference of session, only one session will be awarded per participant. Notification for selection for the program will be on March 28, 2025, so applicants may plan their summers accordingly.
Learn about resources and organizations available to optimize your experience at Penn State. Topics include diversity, accessibility, mental health, and more.
Your experience as a faculty member, student, or researcher can be greatly enriched by the research opportunities available in our college.
Innovative research, education, and discovery take place in experimental forests and farms on campus and throughout the state.
File images of Mark Gagnon
E&I's objectives match those of the Invent Penn State initiative
E&I stands on the shoulders of the college's founders and Extension
At the Hershey Company, Dan Azzara turned new ideas into sweet new products
Several researchers are working to bring their discoveries to market.
Through E&I, the college's culture is shifting to a more entrepreneurial mindset.
The patented InterSeeder represents a new model and way of doing business.
Dan Eichenlaub, founder and president of the Eichenlaub upscale landscape firm in Pittsburgh, is studying robotic, autonomous lawn mowers as an innovative solution to a labor shortage. He turned to Penn State agribusiness management students for help studying customer acceptance of the technology.
Bold Foods is the company formed from the 2017 Ag Springboard winner, Pasta 2050 or "Cricket Pasta." Weslie Khoo, food science graduate student, founded the company, which is about producing pasta with cricket powder — as a sustainable source of protein.
10 students and three faculty members traveled to Israel over spring break 2018 to learn about how the nation's culture promotes startups, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Pasta 2050 won $7,500 and first place with its pitch for pasta fortified with cricket flour. ModZero won $2,500 and second place with its pitch for a patent-pending rifle scope that can be used on multiple rifles. Pics of the winning teams, plus keynote speaker Todd Erdley, founder and CEO of Videon.
Images of the five finalist teams for Ag Springboard 2017: ModZero, Sweet Dreams Pet Lodge, War Chest, Pasta2050, Little Farm
Research Team: Isabel Morello, Katie Spearly, Heejung Koo, Lamisse Hamouda, Patrick Jones-O'Brien, Aja Kukic-Bartoo
Groups of youth researchers from Penn State, Philadelphia, and State College conducted research of their choosing on the issues that they saw as important to themselves, their communities, and to social justice.
President, Chatham University
Distinguished Professor of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution. Executive Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) at Salisbury University.
Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Australia Founding member of UC CIRI (The University of Canberra Collaborative Indigenous Research Initiative)
UNESCO Chair, Professor, Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. National University of Ireland, Galway.
Professor and UNESCO Chair. Founder, Institute for Research in Social Sciences, University of Ulster.
Professor and UNESCO Chair. Founder and Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. National University of Ireland, Galway.
