News For March 2008
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Monday March 31, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Visitors to Penn State’s University Park campus recently were greeted by a gigantic cheeseburger giving away free samples of cheese and beef jerky as several university organizations banded together to remind students of the benefits of including meat in their diets.
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Monday March 31, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --Before addressing a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 on the Old Main lawn Sunday afternoon (March 30), Illinois Sen. Barack Obama visited the College of Agricultural Sciences’ dairy complex. There, he learned about dairy nutrition, milk safety and the importance of agricultural research authorized by the Farm Bill now making its way through Congress. Among those accompanying Obama were Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey; Robert Steele, dean of the college; Terry Etherton, Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition and head of the Dairy and Animal Science Department; Virginia “Ginny” Ishler, manager of the dairy complex; and several students.
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Wednesday March 26, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Farm Bill making its way through Congress has much to offer Pennsylvania agriculture, but much more needs to be done in the future, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey told students during a visit to Penn State's University Park campus today.
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Thursday March 20, 2008More »
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- More than 160 agriculture industry representatives and supporters of county-based extension programs from across Pennsylvania rallied in the Capitol on Tuesday to emphasize the need for robust state support of agricultural research and cooperative extension.
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Thursday March 20, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State’s Department of Food Science will offer “Food Defense --Prevention Planning for Food Processors” at three locations beginning May 7. This short course covers the fundamentals of assessing and managing the risk associated with intentional contamination in food manufacturing facilities.
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Thursday March 20, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to support phase two of a major international effort aimed at promoting animal biosecurity and mitigating losses from Johne’s disease in livestock.
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Tuesday March 18, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A remote bidding location in western Pennsylvania will be provided by Penn State Cooperative Extension for the 35th annual Performance Tested Bull Sale, to be held March 28, at the Samuel E. Hayes Jr. Livestock Evaluation Center in Centre County.
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Monday March 17, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Larry Hull, professor of entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2008 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence in Research.
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Friday March 14, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- "High-energy" aptly describes the activities surrounding this year’s Pennsylvania 4-H Week, March 16-22, as the organization celebrates more than a century of youth development by highlighting a new science, engineering and technology program.
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Friday March 14, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Kristen Saacke Blunk has been appointed director of the newly established Agriculture and Environment Science and Policy Center in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday March 14, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Leland Glenna, assistant professor of rural sociology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2007 Roy C. Buck Faculty Award in the Agricultural Sciences for his article, "University Administrators, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Academic Capitalism: Defining the Public Good to Promote University-Industry Relationships."
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Friday March 14, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For the third consecutive year, Penn State's Poultry Science Club was named national Club of the Year at the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's 2008 International Poultry Exposition, held recently in Atlanta, Ga.
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Thursday March 13, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With the demand for organically grown fruit increasing and more Pennsylvania producers considering the opportunities in organic apple production and marketing, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences decided four years ago to see whether it was economically feasible to grow organic apples in the Keystone State.
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Thursday March 13, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Jonathan Lynch has made a name for himself doing ground-breaking (pun intended) research on the roots of bean and soybean plants in an effort to improve crop yields in places such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Thursday March 06, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A school where the classrooms include more than 7,000 acres of forests, fields, wetlands and streams will be offered this summer to high-school-age youth with an interest in natural resources.
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Thursday March 06, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences -- Jill Findeis, professor of agricultural, environmental and regional economics and demography, and Virendra Puri, professor of agricultural and biological engineering -- have been named distinguished professors by the university.
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Tuesday March 04, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – When President George W. Bush cited the nation’s subprime mortgage debacle in the formation of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, he was just the latest to acknowledge that Americans need to be better educated about financial and savings matters, says a consumer educator in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Tuesday March 04, 2008More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For many consumers, microwaving has become the primary method of heating food, providing convenience and time savings. But a food-safety expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences says recent outbreaks of foodborne illness have been associated with microwaved foods, and several factors may be responsible.