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March 31, 2017
Dr. David Beyer was recognized for Extension Excellence in Gamma Sigma Delta chapter ceremony on March 30.
March 31, 2017
Composters discussed composting theory and practical applications at Mushroom Review workshop held on March 31.
March 30, 2017
In August 2017 Paul Esker will join PPEM as Assistant Professor specializing in epidemiology and field crop extension.
March 29, 2017
Ryan Trexler joins the Bell lab as Research Technologist on March 29.
March 28, 2017
Undergraduate Lianna Wodzicki was awarded 2nd Place in the Gamma Sigma Delta Research Exposition held March 28.
March 26, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Maliheh Safari received 2nd Place award in 2017 Graduate Exhibition.
March 23, 2017
Undergraduate Elena Christian (McNellis Lab) won first place in the APS-Potomac Division Poster competition on March 23.
March 20, 2017
Elizabeth Cieniewicz, Ph.D. student, Cornell University-Geneva campus, was a seminar exchange program speaker on March 20.
March 17, 2017
Michael and Diane Katzaman, of Wernersville, have pledged an estate gift of approximately $1.7 million to be evenly divided between the Agriculture Fund, which supports Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, and a micro-scholarship fund administered through the University's Office of Undergraduate Education.
March 17, 2017
Congratulations to Phillip Martin, a 2017 awardee of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
March 15, 2017
Alumna Carla Garzón visits PPEM faculty and students and delivers PPATH 590 seminar on March 13.
March 13, 2017
M.S. student Siyi Ge and Dr. John Pecchia obtain valuable morel cultivation research results at Chinese Morel Industry Conference.
March 10, 2017
Alumnus Dr. Jairo Castaño Zapata (Ph.D., 1981), was recognized by Colombia's Ministry of Education on March 10.
March 1, 2017
Dr. Laura Ramos-Sepúlveda presented in Costa Rica at the APS meeting which incoming faculty member Dr. Paul Esker helped to organize.
March 1, 2017
Dr. Thomas K. Mitchell, former undergraduate in the Royse Lab, was promoted to full professor at Ohio State in February 2017.
February 27, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Bastian Minkenberg successfully defended his dissertation on Feb. 27.
February 23, 2017
New construction and renovations are giving a boost to Penn State research and extension programming related to mushrooms, one of Pennsylvania's top agricultural crops.
February 16, 2017
Sara Getson came to Penn State and developed an unexpected academic passion — fungi.
February 7, 2017
Cristina Rosa visited southeast Asia as part of the Asian vegetable and mango IPM IL program.
February 3, 2017
A University-wide effort to promote the study of microbiomes at Penn State has led to the creation of a center for microbiome research, a fast-growing area of scientific inquiry. Microbiomes are the communities of microorganisms that live on or in people, plants, soil, oceans and the atmosphere.
February 2, 2017
Carolee Bull and Laura Ramos-Sepúlveda were among collaborators for Spanish-growers session at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention on Feb. 1.
January 31, 2017
M.S. student Genna Tesdall's research project was one of five student research projects awarded funding in the Fall 2016 grant cycle.
January 27, 2017
Ph.D. student Phillip Martin organized a Jan. 27 PPEM group tour to learn about the fruit industry in Adams County.
January 26, 2017
See photos from the PPEM Annual Winter Party held at Celebration Hall on Jan. 26.
January 20, 2017
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Freddy Magdama for successfully defending his dissertation on Jan. 20.
January 17, 2017
Carolee Bull gives memorial lecture at Southern African Society for Plant Pathology congress and plans 2017 collaborative research.
January 12, 2017
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Anita Behari for passing her comprehensive exam on Jan. 12.
January 9, 2017
McNellis lab undergraduate Elena Christian receives $2000 for her Spring 2017 student research proposal.
January 9, 2017
Geiser Lab undergraduate Clara Miller receives $2000 for her Spring 2017 student research proposal.
January 1, 2017
Dr. Yongho Jeon and his family arrive to begin sabbatical year in Kang lab.
