News For September 2000
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Tuesday September 26, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sandra Steingraber, research ecologist, cancer survivor and author of "Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment," will visit Penn State to talk on how environmental factors can affect human health at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel. A reception and book signing will follow the event. Steingraber also will be a guest Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. on the live 60-minute radio call-in program "To the Best of My Knowledge," hosted by Penn State President Graham Spanier. The program is aired on Penn State's public radio station WPSU-FM throughout central Pennsylvania, and worldwide via the World Wide Web. "Sandra Steingraber is well versed in how ecological factors and environmental risk can influence women's health through their lifetime, particularly during pregnancy and childbirth," says Ann Ward, research assistant in Penn State's food science department and regional program director of the Appalachian Cancer Network. "She has researched the prenatal risk factors for breast cancer and is writing her current book on the development of the mammary gland from fetal life through adolescence, pregnancy and menopause." Starting at 6:45 p.m., Steingraber's presentation will be shown live via satellite to sites servicing the 17 cancer coalitions in Pennsylvania and New York comprising the Appalachian Cancer Network. To register to attend the presentation at the Penn Stater on Oct. 23, call (800) PSU-TODAY. For registration information on other downlink sites visit http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/LivingDownstream/. Steingraber also is the author of "Post Diagnosis," a volume of poetry, and co-author of "The Spoils of Famine," a book detailing links between ecology and human rights in Africa. She has taught biology at Columbia College in Chicago, Ill., and has held visiting fellowships at the University of Illinois, Radcliffe College and Northeastern University. She serves on the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Steingraber was named one of Ms. Magazine's Women of the Year in 1997. She also received the Will Solimene Award for "excellence in medical communication" in 1998. She earned a master's degree in English from Illinois State University and a doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan. Steingraber's presentation is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factor Project, a cooperative research project administered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, in cooperation with Penn State Cooperative Extension. The Appalachia Cancer Network, The Pennsylvania Area Health Education Centers, The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Penn State's College of Medicine, Penn State's Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture, Penn State's Women in Science and Engineering Institute, the Environmental Resources and Research Institute and the Pennsylvania Department of Health co-sponsored the event. Penn State's Ecology program, Women's Studies program and the Department of Biology also contributed to the project. For more information call Kathy Allison or Ann Ward at 814-863-8693 or visit the Web site http://pabcerf.psu.edu.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- John D. Gearhart of Baltimore, Md., is one of six recipients of a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The award highlights distinguished graduates of the college, and creates opportunities for interaction between alumni, students and faculty.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Hans M. Gregersen of St. Paul, Minn., is one of six recipients of a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Samuel E. Hayes, Jr., Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture, is one of six recipients of a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Thomas W. Keenan of Blacksburg, Va., professor of biochemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is one of six recipients to receive a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Robert F. J. Roberts, associate professor of food science, has received the 2000 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. Candidates are recommended by faculty, students, administrators and alumni.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- William J. Stadelman of West Lafayette, Ind., a professor emeritus of food science at Purdue University, is one of six recipients to receive a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Monday September 25, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Richard G. Stuby of Rockville, Md., is one of six recipients to receive a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday September 22, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Gardeners are always looking for new planting sites, but a research team in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is aiming higher by developing a system that would replace the tar-and-gravel materials used on flat roofs with a surface covered by living plants -- a green roof.
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Friday September 22, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Everyone knows the difference between software and hardware or softball and hardball, but some consumers are hard pressed to remember exactly what softened water is, says an engineer in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday September 22, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- White-tailed deer are an endangered species. Cutting trees destroys forests. These are the kinds of misconceptions that prompted an educator in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences to develop a series of youth-oriented booklets on Pennsylvania's natural resources.
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Thursday September 14, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Motorists should be particularly wary of deer on the highways during the breeding and hunting seasons, says a wildlife biologist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday September 14, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If temperatures cool over the next four weeks and combine with a mild drought, fall foliage watchers in Pennsylvania should have a superior display of color this year, says an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday September 14, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the not-so-distant past, trees largely were chosen for their shade and climbing potential. A landscape tree expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says selecting a tree is just as important an aesthetic decision as decorating the dining room or choosing a painting for the living room.
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Friday September 08, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For professionals, agency personnel and homeowners concerned with wildlife damage management, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will hold a four-day conference, "Changes in Wildlife Damage Management for the 21st Century," Oct. 5-8 at The Nittany Lion Inn, University Park.
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Friday September 08, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Farmers in southeastern Pennsylvania are getting a chance to tell state legislators their views on farmland preservation and supporting agribusiness, as part of a study by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday September 08, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Visitors at Penn State's 2000 Great Insect Fair will be able to experience a challenge worthy of the cast members of "Survivor."
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Friday September 08, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As the days get shorter, Jim Van Horn, family life specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, suggests some inexpensive, educational fun for kids.
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Friday September 08, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If your lawn looks like something out of "Revenge of the Swamp Thing," "Tumbleweeds" or even "Lawrence of Arabia," don't give up and start over. A turfgrass expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says almost any lawn can be renovated.
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Tuesday September 05, 2000More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- What's Penn State's agronomy department doing to protect water quality, develop alternative fuels, provide food for earth's 6 billion people and more? High school classes and the public can find out at the College of Agricultural Sciences' "AgroEcology Day," Friday, Sept. 29, at Penn State's Agronomy Farm.