News For May 2001

• Good Tomatoes Gone Bad: Seek Out Some Visual Clues
  Thursday May 24, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most backyard gardeners grow tomatoes, but when a crop turns out to be less than appetizing, vegetable enthusiasts often are at a loss to figure out what went wrong.

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• Two College Of Ag Sciences Graduates Receive Alumni Honors
  Wednesday May 23, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two graduates of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have been chosen to receive prestigious university alumni honors. The university's board of trustees selected Obie Snider of Imler to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Penn State Alumni Association named Stuart Patton of La Jolla, Calif., as an Alumni Fellow.

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• Don't Let Pesky Migrating Waterfowl Get Your Goose
  Wednesday May 23, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Spring beckons when you see forsythia bloom, smell sprouting flowers and hear the honking of migrating Canada geese in V-formation. For landowners with ponds or streams, however, migrating waterfowl can become foul pests, says a wildlife specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• New Book Features The Mammals Of The Mid-Eastern United States
  Wednesday May 23, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Do mountain lions live in Pennsylvania? Did all dogs descend from wolves? Answers to these questions and more can be found in "Fascinating Mammals: Conservation and Ecology in the Mid-Eastern States," a new book by a conservation specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• James Holter Honored As Outstanding Dairy Alumnus
  Tuesday May 15, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- James Holter of Durham, N.H. has been named a 2001 Dairy Science Distinguished Alumnus by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Mckinstry Appointed Penn State Goddard Chair In Forest Resources
  Monday May 07, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Robert McKinstry, an attorney specializing in environmental law and litigation, has been selected as the new Maurice K. Goddard Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. He will begin his three-year term on July 1.

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• Rethinking "Retirement": What's In A Word?
  Monday May 07, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- One of the most powerful words in the English language is "retirement." To satisfy my curiosity about the emotional responses evoked by this term, I have been on a mission to find out more about the words "retire" and "retirement."

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• How Cockroaches Enter Your House, And Where To Find Them
  Monday May 07, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nothing inspires more disgust than the sight of a cockroach crawling across your floor, but an entomologist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says homeowners often inadvertently invite these critters into their homes.

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• Creaky Farmhouse Becomes Real-Life Roach Hotel
  Monday May 07, 2001

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Far from the antiseptic and pristine campus laboratories of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, an urban entomologist is looking for a good home for a thriving brood of cockroaches.

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