Broadband researcher believes lack of access offers opportunity
11/20/18
Faculty member's yearlong study focuses on availability and cost of internet access in Pennsylvania — and the potential for investment to solve the problem.
Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Raising awareness of beef and dairy industries is goal of Collegiate Cattlewomen
11/20/18
The Penn State Collegiate Cattlewomen club is dedicated to raising public awareness about the beef and dairy industries while helping its members become more educated stewards of animal agriculture through community service, public awareness events and fundraisers.
Penn State Extension program for beginning farmers wins national accolades
11/19/18
A Penn State Extension project aimed at supporting the next generation of farmers recently received an award for excellence from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents during its annual conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Penn State creates model nutrient management plan for Bay drainage golf courses
11/19/18
Lost Creek Golf Club in Juniata County is unusual because a high quality, extremely productive wild trout stream runs through it, and Penn State turfgrass scientists recently developed a nutrient management plan for the course to protect the creek.
Color coded — matching taste with color
11/15/18
Color can impact the taste of food, and our experiences and expectations can affect how we taste food, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest this may have implications for how food and beverage industries should market their products.
'Kosovo Chose Me': Faculty relates experience as first black Fulbright in Kosovo
11/15/18
Nicole Webster, associate professor of youth and international development in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, recounts her experience as the first black Fulbright scholar in Kosovo.
Penn State food safety experts to help make Ethiopian dairy food supply safer
11/14/18
Food safety specialists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will collaborate with scientists at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and Kansas State University on a project to improvethe safety and quality of Ethiopian dairy foods.
Your turkey doesn't need a shower: No-nos when it comes to holiday bird prep
11/13/18
Talking (Thanksgiving) turkey: Some methods of handling and cooking turkey, which have been passed down from generation to generation, may be setting the table for foodborne illness, according to a food safety specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
'Scaring' soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later
11/13/18
By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were under siege, encountering a wide range of stresses. Then, after selectively cross breeding those plants with the original stock, the progeny "remember" the stress-induced responses to become more vigorous, resilient and productive plants, according to a team of researchers.
Anopheles mosquitoes could spread Mayaro virus in U.S., other diverse regions
11/12/18
Mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are well known as primary vectors of malaria. But a new study suggests that Anopheles species, including some found in the United States, also are capable of carrying and transmitting an emerging pathogen, Mayaro virus, which has caused outbreaks of disease in South America and the Caribbean.
Early choices set Scholar alumna down life-changing path in medicine
11/12/18
Schreyer Scholar alumna and Penn State MD/PhD student Kristin Lambert aspires to practice bench-to-bedside medicine and to mentor current honors students.
Grant supports research to combat white-nose syndrome in bats
11/12/18
Penn State research aimed at combating white-nose syndrome in bats has received funding from the Bats for the Future Fund, a public-private partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Company, and the Avangrid Foundation. Virologist Marilyn Roossinck, professor of plant pathology and environmental microbiology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, received a grant of more than $263,000 to study how a virus that infects the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome influences the virulence of the fungus.
Gates Foundation grant to support research on satellite crop surveillance
11/9/18
A research team in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Led by David Hughes, associate professor of entomology and biology, the group will study the potential role of satellites in diagnosing crop pest and disease problems on African smallholder farms.
Re-Imagining Energy: Catching Carbon
11/9/18
Penn State researchers are working on new technology to capture CO2 before it gets into the atmosphere and either sequester it or use it to create new products. Part three of a five-part series.
Inaugural research symposium offers chance for undergraduates to showcase skills
11/8/18
An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields. The event features research from more than 30 participants through Penn State’s WISER/MURE/FURP program. The symposium will be held from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the atrium of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus.