News For August 2006
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Thursday August 31, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Dan Stearns, professor of landscape contracting in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany.
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Wednesday August 30, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - As high school and college athletes prepare for a new football season, sports trainers and coaches are concerned about outbreaks of an antibiotic-resistant staph bacterium that some people have associated with synthetic turf fields. But a study by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences should help put those concerns to rest.
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Wednesday August 30, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A new Penn State Cooperative Extension program is introducing at-risk youth to careers in information sciences and technology.
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Friday August 25, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new major, Immunology and Infectious Disease, was recently unveiled in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday August 24, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The science and technology of sour cream, cultured buttermilk, cottage cheese and cream cheese will be the focus of the Cultured Dairy Products Short Course, to be offered Sept. 26-29 by Penn State's department of food science at the Atherton Hotel in State College.
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Wednesday August 23, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Time was when every deer hunter was taught how to butcher a deer, process the meat and prepare a variety of tasty venison dishes. But these days, it sometimes seems like that vital information is not passed down.
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Friday August 11, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Lovers of Penn State's University Creamery ice cream and dairy products will soon be in different surroundings for their scoop of flavor and school tradition, as the Creamery's new salesroom opens for business on Wednesday, Aug. 16.
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Thursday August 10, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Eight graduates of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are recipients of 2006 Outstanding Alumni Awards. The awards recognize alumni for their achievements and provide opportunities for recipients to interact with the college's faculty, students and other alumni.
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Thursday August 10, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The heart of the summer barbecue season has passed, but some backyard chefs are still trying to figure out which meats and cuts to use. Luckily, a meat expert from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences offers words of wisdom to those with the gusto to grill.
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Thursday August 10, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Gary Perdew, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, has been named to the John T. and Paige S. Smith Professorship in Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday August 04, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Jill Findeis, professor of agricultural, environmental and regional economics and demography, and A.J. Turgeon, professor of turfgrass management, have been named Harbaugh Faculty Scholars by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday August 03, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State senior Michael Livingston of Sinking Spring Pa. recently received the Campbell Excellence in Leadership Award from the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association.
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Tuesday August 01, 2006More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Variety has come to be expected every year at Penn State's Ag Progress Days, being held Aug. 15-17 at Rock Springs. But practitioners and participants are calling this year's edition surprisingly diverse, even for the state's largest outdoor agricultural exposition.