• Unique Air-Quality Monitoring Facility Opens
• American Beef Worries May Be Gone, but BSE Not Forgotten
• Researchers Explore Pennsylvnaia's Ginseng Culture
• Legislature Celebrates Penn State's Land-Grant Mission
• New Ice Cream Flavor Marks Sesquicentennial
• Livestock Evaluation Center Built on Collaboration
• Have You Seen This Fish?
• Industry, Extension Join to Promote Wine Industry
• Researcher's Process May Yield U.S. Industry

Creating Forest Ambassadors

by Jeff Mulhollem
A network of dedicated volunteers spreads the word about forest stewardship to the state's landowners.

Fighting Hunger, Feeding Health

by Gary Abdullah
The college's nutrition education programs teach good eating for good health.

• Life in the Nutritional Trenches
• New CD-ROM Offers Kids Interactive Nutrition Education
• Creating Health from the Grass Roots

Rising to the Occasion

by Chuck Gill
The college does its part for homeland security.

Students of Biosecurity

Net Worth

by Gary Abdullah
Extension helps small businesses and local governments seize the promise of the Internet.

• Jackson Named Director of Cooperative Extension
• College Faculty Named Distinguished Professors
• Marini Named Head of Horticulture Department
• Smith Named Head of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology