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November 30, 2017
Jon Stephens, Plant Pathology minor, receives Penn State Agricultural Council's Youth Leadership Award.
November 20, 2017
PPEM alumni Hunter Swisher and Ben Nason recognized at first Penn State Innovation Showcase on Capitol Hill.
November 17, 2017
Drs. Terrence Bell and Kevin Hockett were awarded funding from the Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program on November 17.
November 14, 2017
Professor Emeritus Dr. James Travis grows organic apples, peaches, and pears in Adams County, PA.
November 10, 2017
Penn State turf network helps PPEM 2016 alumnus and entrepreneur Hunter Swisher launch Phospholutions.
November 6, 2017
B.S. student Melissa Mercado is President of Adult Learners of Penn State and models for family and fellow students persevering hard work.
November 1, 2017
Dr. Carolee Bull was recognized for her professional achievements by her alma mater, Ohio University, during a ceremony in Athens, Ohio, on October 27.
October 31, 2017
Dr. John M. McDowell, Professor at Virginia Tech, visited PPEM October 29-31 as a student-invited colloquium speaker.
October 25, 2017
Merrill Lab alumna Dr. Kira Bowen was presented the Outstanding Alumni Award by the College of Agricultural Sciences on October 25.
October 24, 2017
Dr. Lindsay Triplett from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station visited PPEM October 22-24.
October 24, 2017
The Microbiome Research Center's November mini-symposium will show how artists and scientists can work together to forge a better understanding of the world.
October 21, 2017
Dr. Samuel Martins presented at the 2017 conference, which took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 19-21.
October 16, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Maliheh Safari successfully defended her dissertation on October 16.
October 11, 2017
The Plant Pathology Association (PPA) offers oyster mushroom grow-kits to raise funds to send PPEM graduate students to conferences. Pre-order by October 18.
October 9, 2017
Dr. Manan Sharma, Research Microbiologist at USDA-ARS, visited PPEM October 8-9.
October 5, 2017
PPEM scientists are among those at the forefront of microbiome research.
October 3, 2017
Dr. Carolyn Malmstrom, Associate Professor of Plant Biology at Michigan State, visited PPEM October 1-3.
October 2, 2017
Drs. Davis and alumnus Kasson report on Ailanthus tree lifespan and seed viability in current issue of Forests.
October 2, 2017
Drs. David Geiser and Seogchan Kang receive National Science Foundation grant for first new synthesis of taxonomy for Fusarium in 30 years.
October 2, 2017
Dr. Kutubuddin Molla joined the Yang Lab as Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow on October 2.
September 30, 2017
Dr. Terrence Bell is one of the recipients of the 2017-2018 Teaching Transformation and Innovation Grant Awards.
September 29, 2017
This year's networking event will take place at the Huck Life Sciences Building 3rd floor bridge on October 3, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
September 29, 2017
The upgraded potato processing building at the Larson Agricultural Research Center will provide post-harvest research opportunities.
September 26, 2017
Dr. James Bradeen, Professor and Department Head at the University of MN, visited PPEM September 24-26.
September 19, 2017
Dr. Zhonglin Mou, University of Florida Associate Professor, was PPATH 590 Colloquium speaker on September 18.
September 15, 2017
Plant sciences student Laura Reese spent her spring semester working for NASA in Cape Canaveral, Florida. She performed research in conditions meant to emulate growing plants in space.
September 9, 2017
Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, which includes Plant Pathology Farm, is hub for cutting-edge research and education.
September 7, 2017
Justin Shih passed his Ph.D. oral candidacy exam on September 7.
August 28, 2017
Dr. Samuel J. Martins began work as Bull Lab Research Technologist and Lab Manager on August 28.
August 14, 2017
Postdoctoral scholar Prem Kandel joined the Hockett Lab on August 14.
