Penn State Extension launches spotted lanternfly survey for the 2023 season
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The Penn State Extension Grape and Wine Team is calling on farmers and vineyard owners in the mid-Atlantic region to participate in a survey aimed at tracking the spread and severity of spotted lanternfly populations during the 2023 season.
Student groups win top prizes at 2023 Ag Springboard pitch contest
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Two Penn State student teams took home cash prizes from the 2023 Ag Springboard student business pitch contest held during the spring semester.
Acoustics graduate student receives four-year fellowship in nuclear engineering
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Carter Paprocki, a second-year doctoral student in acoustics at Penn State, was named the recipient of the Rickover Fellowship in Nuclear Engineering. Administered by the South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation in conjunction with the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Energy, the fellowship includes four years of full tuition and stipend funding and a job at a U.S. Naval nuclear laboratory after graduation.
Interim architecture department head to retire after 35 years at Penn State
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Dan Willis, interim department head and professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, is retiring June 30 after 35 years at Penn State.
Andrew Read named interim senior vice president for research
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Andrew Read, director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, has been selected to serve as interim senior vice president for research at Penn State beginning on July 1.
Lora Weiss selected to serve as CHIPS R&D director
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Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research, has been selected to serve as director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office for a two-year appointment beginning July 1.
Schuylkill County farmers worried about lack of rain
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While sporadic thunderstorms can bring some relief, AccuWeather's long-range forecast shows little rain until late June over the region that includes Schuylkill County. This article, originally published by the (Pottsville) Republican & Herald, quotes Dwane Miller, agronomy educator with Penn State Extension.
Amir Sheikhi honored with ‘Young Innovator’ award
| news.engr.psu.edu
Amir Sheikhi, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Penn State, was honored with the Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Award at the Terasaki Innovation Summit, held March 8-10 in Los Angeles.
Heard on Campus: Martha Nelson on the SARS-CoV-2 virus in deer
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Eberly alumna Martha Nelson spoke about COVID transmission among deer and humans at the 2023 EEID conference held at Penn State.
Fledgling owlet joins family of birds at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center
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A fledgling great horned owl named Sunny is the newest resident of the Klingsberg Aviary at Shaver’s Creek, where staff have been taking turns keeping it company inside its outdoor enclosure.
Geographer researches food biodiversity sustainability on sabbatical in France
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Karl Zimmerer, Penn State professor of geography, is wrapping up a sabbatical as a visiting scientist at the Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions, or MAK’IT, in Montpellier, France.
Model turbine kits provide hands-on experience for Hazleton engineering students
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Students in the bachelor of science in engineering with the alternative energy and power generation track degree program at Penn State Hazleton gained an authentic, hands-on learning experience with model wind and hydropower turbine kits.
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