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According to its annual impact report, PennTAP provided 431 cases of technical assistance to clients across all 67 Pennsylvania counties in 2009. Clients reported $46.3 million in economic benefits and 477 jobs created or retained. In 2008, clients reported just more than $23 million in economic impact....

Recycling and energy conservation have become part of the daily routine for many homeowners. You might even think you're doing your best for the environment. But what about those food scraps and plant materials you're dumping in the trash can? Organic materials from your garden and kitchen should be recycled in a different way, according to an ...

If breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, then Agnes Lim is a very important person. The Penn State Food Science major, who graduated from the College of Agricultural Sciences last spring, landed two internships with the Kellogg Company, the world's leading producer of cereal and other nutritious breakfast foods, in the fall of ...

Beginning Tuesday July 27, the area around the former Phi Delta Theta fraternity house (located near the intersection of Burrowes and Pollock roads at the east end of the IST Building) will be closed permanently. The area is being closed to allow contractors to begin the abatement and demolition process. All vehicles must be removed from this area ...

The HUB-Robeson Center is experiencing unexpected power outages to lighting and networking equipment again today (July 26). The Computer Store HUB location will be closed during this outage. Penn State has crews working on the power issues. The 12 Willard location and the online store remain open....

A series of topics about the transition from childhood to adulthood for those with autism will be featured at Penn State's 2010 National Autism Conference, Aug. 2-6 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. ...

Visitors to Penn State's Ag Progress Days Aug. 17-19 can learn about the hazards of confined-space manure storages and how to reduce the risks associated with entering them. Addressing the health and safety of farmers, Ag Progress Days also will feature farm accident rescue simulations involving agricultural equipment, including demonstration of ...

Hop-hop sensations B.o.B and Travie McCoy will perform at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, July 30, and cost $35. B.o.B has established himself as one of the most promising talents in hip-hop through hits such as "Nothin' on You" and "Airplanes" featured on his debut album, ...

A $1 million commitment from the estate of Cathleen McFarlane-Ross, longtime friend of Penn State, will establish two endowments to benefit students and faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. McFarlane-Ross's gift honors her late husband, industrialist Norris "Mac" McFarlane, ...

It's no secret to any dog- or cat-lover that humans have a special connection with animals, but in a new journal article and forthcoming book, paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman of Penn State argues that this human-animal connection goes well beyond simple affection. Shipman proposes that the interdependency of ancestral humans with other animal ...

As one of the nation's leading agricultural expositions, Penn State's Ag Progress Days, set for Aug. 17-19 at Rock Springs, is well-known for presenting agriculture's technological and research innovations. And young people attending the outdoor event can take part in science-based, hands-on exhibits that combine education and fun as they reveal ...

A power outage occurred in the central portion of Penn State's University Park campus at approximately 12:40 p.m. Thursday (July 22), affecting Thomas Building, the HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State Bookstore, HUB parking deck, Grange Building, Pollock Hall and the Millennium Science Complex construction site. Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday power was ...

Single game tickets for the upcoming football season started July 26. The sale takes place exclusively at www.GoPSUSports.com. Tickets are available for all seven games in Beaver Stadium, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as home of the Nittany Lions. There is a limit of two tickets for the Oct. 9 Homecoming contest with Illinois (noon) ...

Penn State's efforts to address Colony Collapse Disorder, a nationwide phenomenon in which the adult honeybees of a hive disappear, often spelling death for the colony, will benefit from a gift of $100,000 to aid pollinator research. Honey distributor Dutch Gold Honey and William and Kitty Gamber, of Lancaster, Pa., have each contributed $50,000 ...

College students who have studied overseas often return home finding that their experiences transformed them. Many Penn State students' global education focuses on service-learning projects in developing nations. The results of their extended visits have transformed entire villages with improved quality of life. A Big Ten Network series premiering ...

Another of Penn State's traditional opponents is returning to the 2012 football schedule. Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley and Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk announced today that Nittany Lions and Midshipmen will meet on Sept. 15, 2012 in Beaver Stadium. Penn State and Navy have played 37 times previously, but the ...

UPDATE, 1:57 p.m.: Police have determined that the package found on the Old Main patio this afternoon is not dangerous. The package is a project built by a summer science camp and accidentally left behind....

A new report published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics indicates that changes to the nature of the relationships between researchers and mathematics educators could benefit both. Fran Arbaugh, associate professor of mathematics education in Penn State's College of Education, is lead author of the report....

The Big Ten Network will air five consecutive days of the Nittany Lions' most memorable victories and events from the past year and campus programming during Penn State Week, July 26-30. The Nittany Lion basketball, Lady Lion basketball, football, men's gymnastics, women's soccer, men's and women's track and field/cross country and women's ...

A study conducted by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has shown that eggs produced by chickens allowed to forage in pastures are higher in some beneficial nutrients. In the research, titled "Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens," which was published online this year in the ...