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Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Alumni News
October 28, 2020
A Disturbing Twinkie That Has, So Far, Defied Science
Penn State plant pathology alumnus Matt Kasson attempts to culture fungi from eight-year-old Twinkie.
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May 15, 2020
Spring 2020 Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Graduates
Meet some of PPEM's 2020 Ph.D., M.S., Intercollege, and World Campus graduates, as well as undergraduates who minored in Plant Pathology and/or Mushroom Science and Technology or who worked in PPEM labs.
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April 27, 2020
Alumnus-owned distillery provides sanitizer to Centre County first responders
As the co-owner of Big Spring Spirits, a craft distillery in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Penn State alumnus Kevin Lloyd’s product lineup typically includes such beverages as rum, whiskey and gin. However, in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the distillery has added a new bottle to the shelf: hand sanitizer.
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October 28, 2019
Alumnus secures $1.5 million for Start-Up
Hunter Swisher, 2016 plant sciences graduate and entrepreneur, recently secured up to $1.5 million in new investment funding for Phospholutions, his startup fertilizer solution company.
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