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April 25, 2017
Congratulations to M.S. student Melissa Finley for successfully defending her thesis on April 25.
April 25, 2017
Three graduate students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences -- Phillip Martin, Ismaiel Szink and Rachel Rozum -- recently received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
April 24, 2017
Emily Pfeufer (M.S. 2010, Ph.D. 2014) is Assistant Extension Professor in Dept. of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky.
April 22, 2017
Dr. Carolee Bull discussed her research in a lightning talk for the Blue-White Science Expo on April 22.
April 18, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Bastian Minkenberg was selected for Penn State's Alumni Association Dissertation Award of $5,000.
April 17, 2017
Mushroom Science and Technology minor Aarushi Rana aims to make life better in Mumbai, India.
April 17, 2017
Cláudio Maurício Vrisman, Ph.D. student from Ohio State, was a seminar exchange program speaker on April 17.
April 17, 2017
Yahoo News reports on the “CRISPR Revolution" and Yinong Yang's gene-edited mushrooms.
April 13, 2017
The Dept. of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology held its 2017 Annual Awards Ceremony on April 13.
April 12, 2017
Commitment to outreach a major focus of Rosenthal's 2017-2018 NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Fellowship.
April 10, 2017
Dr. Brian Staskawicz delivered the Richard R. Nelson Memorial Lecture on April 10.
April 6, 2017
Drs. Carolee Bull and Laura Ramos-Sepúlveda began mushroom research collaboration with Lincoln University on April 6.
April 4, 2017
Dr. Erica Goss, Assistant Professor, University of Florida, was PoppR Workshop instructor and colloquium speaker on April 3.
April 3, 2017
December 2016 graduate Yueying Chen begins work as postdoctoral fellow at Kansas State on April 3.
April 1, 2017
Visiting Professor Brenda D. Wingfield brings mentorship and enhances University of Pretoria collaboration beginning April 1.
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.
