'Branching Out: The Power of Trees, Forest Ecology and Community Health' March 8

At this community event, attendees and panelists will discuss the power of trees to save lives and provide for the future. The panel, featuring two arboretum directors and renowned ecologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large Nalini Nadkarni, will lead guests in envisioning the expansion of tree canopies for resilience in Penn's Woods. 

Degrees in turfgrass tee off second career for Penn State World Campus graduate

A need for industry knowledge led Jeffrey Dorn to enroll in the Penn State Turfgrass Science program, offered online through Penn State World Campus, which fit into his new career and family life.

Strategic Guide

The Research and Graduate Education Strategic Guide is a dynamic document designed to adapt and grow with the college's and University's future strategic plans, emphasizing collective ownership and continuous improvement. Built on extensive stakeholder input and guided by the Strategic Doing method, this guide aims to creatively address challenges and leverage opportunities for impactful solutions.

Strategic Guide for Research and Graduate Education

PDF document, 4.8 MB

October 2024

Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs

Penn State’s Sustainable Labs Program will host two virtual information sessions on Feb. 18 and 21 to provide an overview of the initiative, answer questions and guide prospective participants through the application process.

Ecosystem Science and Management Career Fair 2025 - rescheduled

Rescheduled for February 25 – all students welcome!

Microplastics Seminar Series

SAFES is hosting a series of microplastics-themed talks during the 2024-25 academic year. The talks will enable faculty to engage with scientific and policy expertise spanning the full microplastics lifecycle. Topics will include polymer design and manufacturing, polymer recycling, the fate and transport of microplastics, and impacts on aquatic ecosystems and human health. We hope that many interdisciplinary research partnerships will emerge from these conversations.

Native bee populations can bounce back after honey bees move out

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back if the apiaries are moved away.

Most cross-bred beef-dairy calves display heartier constitutions than purebreds

Many modern dairy farm operations have developed an additional revenue stream by breeding dairy cows with Black Angus beef bulls using artificial insemination to produce crossbred calves, which typically have improved meat quality and higher market value compared to purebred dairy calves. But these valuable hybrid calves often are beset with pneumonia, which was thought to limit their growth performance after they recover.

College of Ag Sciences Undergraduate Research Award
Commonwealth of PA Job Fair Slated for March 5th

Take the next step in your career! The Commonwealth Job Fair is your chance to explore rewarding opportunities in public service—whether you're graduating in Spring 2025 or looking for your next career move.

Penn State Student Selected as 2025 American Honey Queen

Cheyenne Bastian-Brown, senior at Penn State, was selected as the 2025 American Honey Queen. She will spend 2025 promoting the beekeeping industry and honey consumption nationwide on behalf of the American Beekeeping Federation.

AgSci Student News

Student News from the Office for Undergraduate Education.

Dean's List
How to Process an Employee Separation

All separations, including retirements, resignations, transfers, involuntary terminations, and ended fixed-term appointments are processed in WorkLion.

Oral History Project

See and hear the stories of earliest Ag Progress Days

Pasto Agricultural Museum

Visitors to the Pasto Agricultural Museum journey back to a time when farmers used muscle power, both human and animal, to produce food and fiber.

Oral History Project

I Remember Ag Progress Days: an Oral History Project, produced by the Friends of the Pasto Agricultural Museum, aims to ensure that the stories of the earliest Ag Progress Days event are captured, and that the memories of those involved not be lost. Interviews with volunteers, staff, and visitors will attempt to place the many facets of planning, organizing, and participating in such a large event in context so that their recollections can inform the past, enrich the present, and provide a glimpse of the future.

Andy R. Smolski
Washington state joins Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness initiative

Washington state has joined a growing list of states that provide resources from the "School Resources to Support Military-Connected Students" initiative — part of the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State — to schools in their state that intend to achieve the prestigious "Purple Star" designation.

Ross Student Farm Hosts Action-Focused Food Justice Summit

The Food Justice Summit will be held on February 13th from 4:00-7:00 pm at Heritage Hall in the HUB, University Park Campus.

Researchers Explore Strategies to Aid Smallholder Fish Farmers in Zambia

Although aquaculture, fish farming, is believed to have been practiced for thousands of years in Asia, the approach is relatively new in Africa, which is facing a "fish deficit" that contributes to a lack of protein in the diets of the populace, according to the international nonprofit WorldFish. To help accelerate fish farming in northern Zambia, a team led by researchers at Penn State investigated local integrated agriculture-aquaculture practices — meaning their management of agricultural resources to supply essential inputs for feeding fish — adopted by farmers.

News
Jessica A. Grembi, PhD
Eileen E. Fabian (Wheeler), Ph.D.
Dairy Science Club
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Carbon exchange infographic

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Pollinator and Bird Garden at The Arboretum at Penn State

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Winter rye crop

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Christina Grozinger holding a frame of bees