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Home food preservation, done correctly, is a great way to save harvest

8/10/18

Increasing interest in eating locally grown, fresh produce has led to renewed popularity of home food preservation, a practice that can help prevent food waste and save on family food budgets, according to Penn State Extension. If not done properly, however, the practice can lead to foodborne illness.

Penn State helps to assemble expert task force to combat spotted lanternfly

8/6/18

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences helped to assemble a multistate, interdisciplinary task force of more than 80 university, regulatory and agricultural industry representatives to fight the looming threat presented by the spotted lanternfly.

"Cloud Countries" a new work by Ann Tarantino

Tarantino’s new works enter the public eye

8/6/18

“Razzle Dazzle” and “Cloud Countries” are two of Penn State School of Visual Arts professor, Ann Tarantino’s, latest public art installments that signify a shift in how and when the prolific artist’s work can be consumed.

A group of young people stand on a stage holding up individual numbers that spell “$7,036,560.82” and letters that spell out “FOR THE KIDS.”

Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises $7 million in 2017-18 to fight childhood cancer

8/3/18

As Four Diamonds Mini-THON commemorates 25 years of helping families in the fight against childhood cancer, the program is celebrating the success of students, teachers and the community in raising more than $36 million over the last quarter century.

Penn State DuBois announces courses for professionals in St. Marys

8/3/18

Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education is offering technical workshops and supervision courses this fall at the Community Education Center, located at 4 Erie Ave. in St. Marys. These programs aid those employed in the manufacturing industry, as well as other businesses that need important and up-to-date training for their supervisors.

Frankly-Deep hot sauce gets a 'boost' from Penn State Brandywine

8/2/18

Hot sauce producer Frankly-Deep recently gained support from Penn State Brandywine, as the local small business was named a Brandywine Boost grant recipient.

Helping pollinators highlighted at Ag Progress Days Yard and Garden Area

7/30/18

The benefits of creating pollinator-friendly landscapes is a focus of the Yard and Garden Area this year at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 14-16.

ERIE conference at Penn State Behrend focuses on local economic efforts

7/27/18

Erie is suddenly flush with economic development efforts: Erie Refocused, Emerge 2040, the Erie Downtown Development Corp., and the Innovation Beehive Network, among others. This year's ERIE conference at Penn State Behrend looked at what's working, and where community planners still need to focus.

Two researchers use a seine net to collect crayfish in a lake.

Pennsylvania Sea Grant receives $800,000 to combat invasive species

7/27/18

An $800,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will support a two-year effort to control and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species across Pennsylvania. The project will be led by the Pennsylvania Sea Grant program at Penn State Behrend.

Penn State's Summer Academy is changing lives -- and attitudes

7/12/18

The Summer Academy for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a three-week program that functions with the help of a not-so-small village. The network of people and organizations that make up the moving parts of the Summer Academy stretches as far as the national level and hits as close as home.

The exterior of Building 2 at Penn State Behrend's Knowledge Park.

Knowledge Park selected as new site for 200 Erie Insurance employees

7/10/18

Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park will have a new occupant this fall when Erie Insurance relocates more than 200 employees of its commercial and personal lines processing departments.

Vegetable equipment demonstrations coming to 2018 Ag Progress Days

7/6/18

Farmers looking to diversify by growing and marketing vegetables can get a good look at the equipment needed to launch a successful vegetable operation by attending Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 14-16. A new vegetable demonstration area will show visitors the latest equipment for planting, harvesting and irrigation.

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Home food preservation, done correctly, is a great way to save harvest

Penn State helps to assemble expert task force to combat spotted lanternfly

Tarantino’s new works enter the public eye

Four Diamonds Mini-THON raises $7 million in 2017-18 to fight childhood cancer

Penn State DuBois announces courses for professionals in St. Marys

Frankly-Deep hot sauce gets a 'boost' from Penn State Brandywine

Helping pollinators highlighted at Ag Progress Days Yard and Garden Area

ERIE conference at Penn State Behrend focuses on local economic efforts

Pennsylvania Sea Grant receives $800,000 to combat invasive species

Penn State's Summer Academy is changing lives -- and attitudes

Knowledge Park selected as new site for 200 Erie Insurance employees

Vegetable equipment demonstrations coming to 2018 Ag Progress Days

Franklin County Extension office to host spotted lanternfly meeting at Mont Alto

Free computer literacy workshops offered at Penn State Fayette Library

From Dieruff to Denmark: Lehigh Valley program has local students going places

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