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Representatives from Westinghouse and Penn State met at Westinghouse headquarters in Cranberry to sign a memorandum of understanding and enter a partnership focused on researching and developing micro-reactors for clean, sustainable energy. From left: Jason Beebe, director of the Global Transformation Office at Westinghouse; Michael Valore, senior director of advance reactor commercialization, Westinghouse; Mike Shaqqo, senior vice president of advanced reactors, Westinghouse; Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research at Penn State; Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering; Geanie Umberger, associate vice president for research and director of industry research collaborations at Penn State; Saya Lee, assistant professor of nuclear engineering; Elia Merzari (back), associate professor of nuclear engineering; and Hilary Ruby, director of transformation for the Americas Operating Plant Services Business Unit at Westinghouse. Credit: Provided by Westinghouse. All Rights Reserved.

May 19, 2022

Westinghouse and Penn State to explore advancing sustainable micro-reactors
View of part of the experimental tomato field at the Penn State Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center with the data loggers connected to the soil moisture sensors. Credit: Francesco Di Gioia/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

May 17, 2022

Internet-based precision irrigation system shows promise for fresh-market tomato
Recreational deer hunting is the primary tool that’s available to state wildlife agencies to manage the resource, and the states have relied on revenues from the sales of hunting licenses largely to pay for wildlife conservation for more than a century. With fewer hunters, the challenge will be to find new tools to achieve management goals, according to a leading deer researcher. Credit: Joe Kosack/Pennsylvania Game Commission. All Rights Reserved.

May 10, 2022

Future of deer management clouded by coming steep decline in hunter numbers

May 05, 2022

People are seeing more black bears in Ferguson and across PA this spring. Here’s why

May 03, 2022

Entrepreneurs compete for better future at Tech Tournament

April 29, 2022

Contagious Bird Flu Presents Low Risk to People After Colorado Case
Penn State Extension will offer a unique webinar series focusing on tick and Lyme disease education as it relates to the interactions people have with their animals, including working and hunting dogs, horses, and household pets. Credit: Joyce Sakamoto. All Rights Reserved.

April 29, 2022

It's tick season: Learn to protect yourself and your animals with free webinars

April 29, 2022

Anthony Fauci said the pandemic was over in U.S., then backpedaled. What do experts say?
Laura Rolon, graduate student in the Department of Food Science, part of the research team studying how microbial biofilms protect Listeria monocytogenes, examines microbiota isolation plates in the lab. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 29, 2022

Microbiologists get grant to study biofilms guarding foodborne pathogen Listeria

April 29, 2022

No evidence that brown paper bags will ward off wasps

April 28, 2022

SU to award 4 honorary degrees during 2022 commencement
Plant Biology graduate student Lily Cherry (left) and assistant professor Liana Burghardt dig up alfalfa plants from the alfalfa variety trials at Rock Springs. Credit: Regina Bledsoe. All Rights Reserved.

April 28, 2022

New plant science team gets grants from USDA-NIFA for research on soil microbes

April 28, 2022

Syracuse University to Award 4 Honorary Degrees at 2022 Commencement

April 26, 2022

COVID is spreading in deer. What does that mean for the pandemic?
Grevillea tree seedlings planted at the Machakus tree nursery. Credit: PlantVillage. All Rights Reserved.

April 22, 2022

PlantVillage Team awarded $1M in Elon Musk XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition
Edward Amoah Credit: Daniel Lesher / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 21, 2022

Ecology grad student awarded $100K XPRIZE in Carbon Removal Competition

April 19, 2022

Help for Ukraine scholars: Higher education rallies to provide jobs, support
Squire Booker, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State, Holder of the Eberly Family Distinguished Chair in Science, and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 18, 2022

Booker receives Hans Neurath Award from Protein Society

April 14, 2022

PlantVillage receives Cisco Foundation grant to help communities capture carbon
Dr. Dino J. Ravnic Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 13, 2022

Ravnic named first Huck Chair in Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Sciences
A woman working on potting at the PlantVillage tree nursery located in Busia County, Kenya. Credit: PlantVIllage. All Rights Reserved.

April 13, 2022

PlantVillage receives Cisco Foundation grant to help communities capture carbon

April 12, 2022

Pennsylvania Wants You to Stop the Spotted Lanternfly Before It Hatches

April 10, 2022

Covid-19 update with Dr Andrew Read
Drawing of a scientist working with human skeletal remains and ancient DNA. Credit: Marija Stojkovic. / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 07, 2022

First European farmers' heights did not meet expectations