News For March 2001
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Friday March 30, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- This is no ordinary class reunion.
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Friday March 30, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As part of a renewed research initiative in the quality and uses of cereal grain, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently appointed Koushik Seetharaman as assistant professor in the department of food science. Seetharaman's research will focus on cereal foods manufacturing, structure-function relationships in foods and the adoption of genetically enhanced grains and ingredients.
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Friday March 30, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Water is a paradox: a low-cost public resource that can be priceless and indispensable. A new publication from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is intended to educate Pennsylvania citizens about water's uses and value to individuals and society.
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Thursday March 29, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Common-sense precautions and good biosecurity are the best defenses livestock producers can mount against foot-and-mouth disease, says a veterinary scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Thursday March 22, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two producers from Pennsylvania and one from New Jersey were honored as 2001 Master Farmers at a ceremony held March 5 at the Harrisburg Marriott in Harrisburg, Pa.
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Thursday March 22, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Leaders of industry, government and academic research will discuss emerging opportunities in the state's food industry at the Third Annual Pennsylvania Food Industry Conference, to be held April 3 at the Eden Resort Inn and Conference Center in Lancaster, Pa.
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Thursday March 22, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Rural Leadership (RULE) Program is accepting applicants for a two-year leadership training initiative.
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Tuesday March 20, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will offer two food safety workshops for food service professionals on consecutive days in May.
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Monday March 19, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Young people leaving the nest are particularly vulnerable to making shaky decisions. Teachers, home schoolers or parents may be interested in a new 4-H curriculum that teaches high school students how to choose and rent their first apartment.
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Monday March 12, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as "mad cow disease," is front-page news in the U.S. as European countries struggle to control the disease's spread in their cattle. But an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says American shoppers don't have to worry when buying beef.
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Friday March 09, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Hemlock trees in Pennsylvania and the Northeast are declining and dying, and many experts are blaming an aphid-like insect known as the hemlock woolly adelgid. However, identifying a culprit is not that simple, according to a tree-pest specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Friday March 09, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In recent years, we've seen a steady flow of highly publicized tragedies involving disenfranchised young people. On March 5, the nation learned that a 15-year-old boy took out a gun, killed two students and injured 13 others at Santana High School near San Diego. Just two days later, an eighth-grade girl at a Roman Catholic school in Williamsport, Pa. shot and wounded another girl during a lunchtime dispute. Probably the most infamous event took place on April 20, 1999, when two teenagers from Columbine High School in Colorado killed 12 other students and a teacher and wounded about two dozen others before committing suicide. In the aftermath of such episodes, the question "Can this happen here?" resonates in communities throughout the country.
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Friday March 09, 2001More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Eight undergraduates in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently earned national awards in all animal areas -- poultry, livestock and dairy.