2007 Undergraduate Research Exposition

Undergraduate researcher Matthew Gardner, Animal Bioscience major, explains his work to judges at the annual College of Agricultural Sciences/Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate and Undergraduate Research Expo was held March 21-22, 2007.

This annual Expo provides both graduate and undergraduates with the opportunity to share their research with a larger audience -- those not in the same areas of professional interest. The Expo's purpose is to communicate the value of science to a general audience in terms that the public can understand, and to those in other areas of professional interest.

Undergraduate and graduate students advised by a faculty member in the College of Agricultural Sciences are eligible to participate. About $2500. in prize monies is awarded annually.

Click HERE to learn more about the Undergraduate Research Expo in the Ag Sciences at Penn State.

Honeybee Podcast

A mysterious affliction is killing honey bees across the United States, and a beekeeping specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says there might not be enough bees this spring to pollinate the nation's crops.

To hear this podcast click HERE

For more information about honeybees visit the Web site of the Department of Entomology.

Beyond the Borders

This video will give an excellent idea of the value students find in studying and traveling abroad as part of their college educational experience. The College of Agricultural Sciences provides a wide range of opportunities and support to students to engage these trips.

For more information about international programs in Ag Sciences visit these Web sites:

International Programs for Undergraduate Students

Majors and Minors in Ag Sciences at Penn State

Penn State Ag Sciences is about doing. It's more that just classroom knowledge. It's a place where hardworking students can become part of the teaching instead of just being taught. If you love the outdoors, love a challenge, enjoy meeting new people, if you want to make a global difference, then the College of Agricultural Sciences may have what you're looking for.

This video will offer a glimpse of the many majors and minors in the College. For more information visit thinkagain.psu.edu.

Think Outside the Barn. Think AG.

International Experience and Study Abroad

Students in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State find extensive opportunities to travel and study abroad. Students find support in terms of experienced faculty and staff and in dollars. Whether part of the Vets-in-the-Wild program in Africa or studying in Europe, Asia, or Central and South America, students will find exciting and challenging opportunities.

This video is made from images provided by students in the college made during their own international travels. For more information about international education check out these links:

International Education

International Programs

Think Again, Think Outside the Barn, Think AG

The College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State does a lot of things people don't normally associate with the word agriculture. There's farming, animals, crops and all those traditional production and research areas that support our way of life. But there's much more. Alternative fuel research, toxicology, immunology, satellite data, NASA, oceans, mountains and more.

The college's new ThinkAgain viewbook helps open a door to thinking about agriculture and agricultural sciences in a bigger way. This video version give you a glimpse. For more information about Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences visit thinkagain.psu.edu!