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September 06, 2023

How Europeans' White Skin Changed Over Time: According To A Study, Pale Skin Only Became Widespread In The Area 8,000 Years Ago
New long-term research led by Penn State has revealed that hardwood trees, such as maple, willow and birch, may be less vulnerable to spotted lanternflies than initially thought. Credit: Brian Walsh, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

September 05, 2023

Invasive spotted lanternfly may not damage hardwood trees as previously thought
The workshop included training about how and why gender is considered a social construct, how gender norms influence agricultural production, and what time poverty is. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

September 05, 2023

Penn State researchers explore how gender affects agriculture in Ghana
Penn State’s 2023 Great Insect Fair will highlight the theme, “Bugs in the System.” The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Snider Agricultural Arena on the University Park campus. Credit: Contributed photo. All Rights Reserved.

September 05, 2023

Penn State’s Great Insect Fair returns to Snider Ag Arena on Sept. 30

September 03, 2023

Climate change strains Pa. farmers with extreme heat, floods, droughts

September 02, 2023

Unraveling the Mysteries Of The Y Chromosome

September 01, 2023

Penn State College Of Agriculture Dean Richard Roush Steps Down
The addition of solitary bee hotels, such as this one at the Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Arboretum at Penn State, can add nesting sites for wild bees. Credit: Harland Patch. All Rights Reserved.

September 01, 2023

New updates come to 'Beescape,' an online tool for supporting pollinators
Growing Impact features a research team that is investigating how fungi could be a solution that converts plastic waste into useful products. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

September 01, 2023

'Growing Impact' podcast discusses fungi as a possible plastic waste solution

September 01, 2023

Lancaster County beekeepers on alert as yellow-legged hornets appear in Georgia

September 01, 2023

Roush Stepping Down as Penn State Ag Dean
Richard Roush, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, has led the college since 2014. He will step down as dean and serve as a special adviser to the interim dean through the end of the year. Credit: Michael Houtz / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 31, 2023

Richard Roush to step down as dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences

August 30, 2023

3D Printing Industry News Sliced: Element Materials, Farsoon, Mechnano, enable 3D, Renishaw, and more

August 29, 2023

Why aren’t spotted lanternflies out enforce in Central Pennsylvania this summer?
Researchers found that study participants enjoyed many typical American foods better or at least as much as the original versions when some of the saturated fat, salt and sugar was replaced with healthier herbs and spices. Credit: Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

August 29, 2023

Herbs and spices tout taste and health as saturated fat, salt replacements

August 29, 2023

5 questions with a researcher: “Printing replacement organs is the ultimate goal”
InsectEye is a camera-based, non-lethal monitoring system for flying insects developed by Penn State researchers. Insects fly into the netting, and then move through a camera chamber, before flying away. This prototype was tested in the Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Arboretum at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 28, 2023

Penn State receives $3M grant to address insect biodiversity crisis
Strategic Plan Goal 2 Seed Fund Recipients from left to right, top to bottom: Djibril Ba, Roderick Clark, Neerav Goyal, Fadia Kamal, Gregory Lewis, Guodong Liu, Cayce Onks, Jian Wang, and Nelson Shu-Sang Yee. Credit: Penn State College of Medicine / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 25, 2023

College of Medicine faculty receive biomedical artificial intelligence grants
In this study, Francesco Di Gioia, assistant professor of vegetable crop science, and his colleagues at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory looked at the mineral content of different microgreens. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 25, 2023

Select microgreens in custom diet may help deliver desired nutrients
The Penn State community celebrated Campus Pride Month in April 2023 with events University wide, including the annual Pride March and Rally held on the University Park campus. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 24, 2023

Penn State again named among nation's most LGBTQ-friendly universities
Douglas E. Wolfe has been named associate vice president of Research, director of strategic initiatives, at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 24, 2023

Douglas Wolfe named AVP for Research, director of strategic initiatives
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

August 23, 2023

Penn State is tops in USDA predoctoral fellowship program awards
y chromosome

August 23, 2023

DNA sequence of the human Y chromosome fully determined for first time
Erika Ganda, assistant professor of food animal microbiomes and executive committee member of Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Center, is a veterinarian from Brazil. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 23, 2023

Animal microbiome researcher awarded $1.3M to study pathogenic threats