News For December 2002
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Friday December 20, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ice cream usually is considered "fun food," but industry and medical developments make it serious business at the 111th annual Penn State Ice Cream Short Course, Jan. 6-16 at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Dr. Marc Abrams, professor of forest ecology and tree physiology in Penn State's School of Forest Resources, has received the 2002 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence in Research.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most people recognize the importance of living trees, but too many don't see the value of dead trees, according to a Penn State forestry expert.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When Yogi Berra said "it ain't over'til it's over," obviously he wasn't talking about the most recent drought in Pennsylvania, but Bryan Swistock believes he could have been.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The 2003 version of the Pennsylvania Farm Show will be bigger and better than ever -- expanded from six to eight days and taking place in the newly renovated and greatly expanded complex -- and Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will take advantage of the broader stage to show off what it has to offer students.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The first time the funny-looking little fish with the raised, frog-like eyes and thick lips was seen in the Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie was in 1996, when a few of the mottled, flat-faced creatures from Eurasia turned up in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission sampling nets.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A Penn State natural resources educator has created a Web site for teachers whose curricula include sustainable forestry and natural history. The site can be found at http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu.
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Tuesday December 17, 2002More »
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Here in the East, where most shingles are made of asphalt and people give little thought to the advantages of shingles made of cement, the significance of Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researcher Paul Blankenhorn's work may not be obvious.