News For April 2006
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Friday April 21, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A rumor circulating on the Internet recently warned homeowners to be careful about putting wood mulch around their house this spring. The danger, the story claimed, was that bagged mulch made from waste wood from hurricane-affected areas on the Gulf Coast could contain voracious Formosan termites.
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Friday April 14, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - You have to go back to the early 1980s to find a March as dry as the third month of 2006 -- which was the fifth driest in Pennsylvania since 1895, when such recordkeeping began.
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Friday April 14, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dennis Scanlon, professor of agricultural and extension education, has received the 2006 Excellence in Academic Advising Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society. The award recognizes faculty for outstanding service to students in academic advising, career planning and personal counseling.
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Wednesday April 12, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In its fourth year, Penn State's Equine Science Showcase and Registered Quarter Horse Sale, to be held April 29 in the Snider Agricultural Arena on the University Park campus, has become an annual tradition highly anticipated by horse enthusiasts.
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Wednesday April 12, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- John Floros, professor and head of food science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been elected president of the Institute of Food Technologists, the premier scientific and educational society serving the food science and technology field.
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Wednesday April 12, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Richard Ready, assistant professor of agricultural and environmental economics in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2005 Roy C. Buck Faculty Award in the Agricultural Sciences for his article, "The Amenity and Disamenity Impacts of Agriculture: Estimates from a Hedonic Pricing Model."
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Wednesday April 12, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If a school where the classrooms include more than 7,000 acres of forest, fields, wetlands and streams -- where learning about the environment goes hand-in-hand with having fun and meeting new friends -- sounds good, then the Penn State Conservation Leadership School is for you. In the unique setting of Penn State's Stone Valley Recreation Area near State College, students between the ages of 15 and 18 spend a week learning about the environment and conservation. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences, the program emphasizes field-based, hands-on learning, group problem-solving and leadership. For over 50 years of the school's history, more than 7,100 young people have participated in the outdoor and leadership experience. This year's curriculum will focus on four current natural resource issues affecting Pennsylvanians:
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Friday April 07, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Small-scale poultry producers and owners of " backyard" flocks can get the latest information and recommendations on avian influenza during a workshop to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 18 in Meeting Room A at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
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Friday April 07, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Robert Beelman, professor of food science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2005 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence in Research.
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Wednesday April 05, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Mushroom Review Program, focusing on energy and substrate management, will be offered April 21 at the Ramada Inn in State College. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences, the program is designed for mushroom growers, with sessions covering consumption, pest and disease management and composting challenges related to odors.
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Wednesday April 05, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The 67th Annual Pennsylvania Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians Conference will offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, May 16-17 at The Nittany Lion Inn in State College. The conference theme is "Ensuring the Quality of Milk Products from Production to Consumption."