Tag: Penn State University
Penn State teams excel in food science competitions
Three teams of food science students from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences came out on top in national product-development competitions and a trivia bowl in June.
Penn State Erie offers new minor in entrepreneurship
Penn State Erie is now offering a new minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Penn State Dairy Science Club named Outstanding Chapter
Penn State’s Dairy Science Club was named the Outstanding Chapter at the American Dairy Science Association Student Affiliate Division annual meetings.
Blood for bats
Blood-sucking bats, mythical or real-life? Penn State animal science students collect bovine blood for Philadelphia Zoo's colony of vampire bats.
‘Little I’ celebrates 100 years
For 100 years, students at Penn State have gained experience handling large animals by showing at Penn State's Little International Livestock Exposition.
Western Pa. farmers drill down into soil health
Penn State Extension held a Western Pennsylvania No-till and Soil Health Crops Day March 2 in West Middlesex. Topics included nutrient and weed management.
Researchers trying to develop deeper crop roots
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences received a grant to design a low-cost, integrated system that can screen for deeper-rooted crops.
Penn State turf paved graduate’s path to Super Bowl LI
Collin Meyers, a 2010 graduate of the turfgrass science program in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will accompany the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Managing fluids used in shale wells
Penn State University’s Marcellus center reports between 5 and 25 percent of the cost to drill and develop a shale well is in managing the fluids.
Penn State offers new FSMA website
Penn State Extension recently launched a new Food Safety Modernization Act information website to help producers determine what their farms and businesses must do to comply with new regulations.