News
December 2008
David Blandford Elected President of Agricultural Economics Society of the United Kingdom
David Blandford has been elected president of Agricultural Economics Society of the United Kingdom for 2010/11. David will join the executive committee for a three year term at the annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland in April 2009. His presidential address will be given at the 2010 meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland.
November 2008
Donna Hawbaker wins Ella Reagle Staff Award
Congratulations to Donna Hawbaker who won this year's College of Agricultural Sciences Ella Reagle Staff Award for outstanding staff assistant service to undergraduate students and faculty in AERS.
September 2008
Penn State Extension Names Ag Entrepreneurship Program Leader
Jeffrey Hyde, associate professor in Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, has been appointed state program leader for entrepreneurial and value-added agricultural systems with Penn State Cooperative Extension.
August 2008
Four New Faculty Join Department
Welcome four new faculty: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Anouk Patel-Campillo, Mark Leach, and Alessandro Bonanno.
Alisha Coleman-Jensen Awarded National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant
Alisha Coleman-Jensen has been awarded a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant titled, "Food Insecurity and Nonstandard Work among Low-income Rural Households, a Longitudinal Analysis." The grant is for one year beginning August 15, 2008.
May 2008
Larson named division head for Engineering, Business, and Computing
Janelle Larson (Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics) has recently been named head of the Engineering, Business and Computing (EBC) Division at Penn State Berks.
March 2008
Land Use Planning 3/2008
Stan Lembeck's philosophy of land use and planning developed over many years.
"Casey discusses Farm Bill with students" 3/27/2008
The Farm Bill making its way through Congress has much to offer Pennsylvania agriculture, but much more needs to be done
"Knowledge Commercialization" Research Wins Penn State Award 3/14/2008
Leland Glenna, assistant professor of rural sociology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 2007 Roy C. Buck Faculty Award in the Agricultural Sciences.
Director Selected for Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center 3/14/2008
Kristen Saacke Blunk has been appointed director of the newly established Agriculture and Environment Science and Policy Center in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Distinguished professors named in College of Agricultural Sciences
Jill Findeis, professor of agricultural, environmental and regional economics and demography has been named a distinguished professor by the University.
February 2008
Faculty Members Honored by University for International Work
Lou Moore and Jim Dunn, both professors of agricultural economics, shared the Kopp Award for faculty.