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Penn State men's lacrosse attackman TJ Sanders

Sanders named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week

3/6/15

Following a six-point performance in a 14-11 home victory over No. 16/11 Penn on Saturday, Penn State men's lacrosse junior TJ Sanders (Orillia, Ontario) captured Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week accolades. This is the first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor for a Nittany Lion.

People gatherd in an agricultural field, watching as one person digs into the soil.

Talk on perennial grains, cover crops will kick off cropping systems symposium

3/6/15

Sieglinde Snapp, a professor of soils and cropping systems ecology and associate director of the Center for Global Change at Michigan State University, will present a talk on March 27 titled “Cover Crops and Perennial Grains for Future Cropping Systems.” Her talk, which will take place at 12:20 p.m. in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, is part of the 2015 Sustainable Ag Seminar Series organized by the Sustainable Ag Working Group in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

Penn State's Dominic DiFulvio competes on the parallel bars during the Nittany Lions' 2015 meet with Iowa.

No. 3 men's gymnastics heads to Puerto Rico Challenge

3/5/15

The No. 3 Penn State men's gymnastics team is traveling to San Juan, P.R., to compete in the Puerto Rico Gymnastics Challenge Friday, March 6. Penn State will compete against the Puerto Rican national team, No. 5 Michigan and No. 18 Temple.

Penn State men's gymnast Alexis Torres on the still rings at Rec Hall during a meet against Army.

Men's gymnastics sweeps Big Ten weekly awards

3/5/15

Following their performances Friday night against Iowa, Thad Lawson (Chesapeake, Va.) has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Alexis Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico) has been named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. This is the second career award for both Lawson and Torres.

Penn State fencer Kaito Streets raises his arms after a victory at the National Collegiate Championships

Fencers head to NCAA Regionals

3/5/15

The Penn State men's and women's fencing teams are gearing up to travel to North Carolina this weekend for the Mid-Atlantic/Southern NCAA Regional competition on March 7.

Penn State infielder Taylor Skerpon fields a groundball

Baseball begins spring break trip to Charleston

3/5/15

Penn State opens its spring break trip of eight games in 10 days with a three-game series against Charleston Southern in CSU Ballpark Friday-Sunday. First pitch Friday has been moved two hours earlier to 4 p.m.

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Festival will bring Malaysian ambassador, 600 students to Penn State

3/5/15

Penn State will host more than 600 Malaysian students for the first ever East Coast Festival on March 6 to 8. The festival will bring Malaysian students studying in America and Canada as well as a delegation from the Embassy of Malaysia to University Park for a weekend of sports, debate and a Battle of the Bands.

k-12 food service

Penn State researcher analyzes outsourcing K-12 school food services

3/5/15

While studies have recognized the need for schools to outsource food services, there is little research on how school officials can determine whether or not to outsource their food service operations, particularly by understanding the costs and benefits of this decision. Additionally, there is a major market opportunity for food service companies to manage operations at schools.

front view Temperature Management System

'Tip of the iceberg' in concussion treatment

3/5/15

In an attempt to find a better approach to treating and preventing sports-related concussions, a Penn State faculty member is using cutting-edge medical technology to explore the effects of cooling helmets on brain injuries.

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