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Chris Canfield receives 2025 award from National Association of County Agricultural Agents

Penn State Extension team earns national communication awards

July 24, 2025

Students check out small plants

Ross Student Farms at Penn State host Summer Plant Sale

July 21, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson working in a rain garden

Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson brings a green thumb to Philadelphia

July 21, 2025

Visitors stroll through the pollinator gardens at Ag Progress Days

Gardening questions answered by Master Gardeners at Ag Progress Days

July 16, 2025

Visitors board bus after Ag Progress Days tour

Explore organic crops, ‘slash walls’ and more on Ag Progress Days tours

July 14, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

a group of students take part in sound meditation in the Fullers Overlook barn building

Scranton students enjoy unique experience at Penn State's Fullers Overlook

June 17, 2025

Scott Muirhead (center), lecturer in business administration at Penn State DuBois, stands with Ilona Ballreich (left), program pirector, Sustainable Communities Collaborative, Penn State Sustainability, and Shirley Dahrouge (right), executive director of Downtown DuBois Inc., during the 2025 Campus and Community Sustainability Expo, held April 30 at the Palmer Museum of Art.

Penn State DuBois faculty member represents campus at Sustainability Expo

June 13, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

The exterior of Lion Surplus, a beige building surrounded by crates and boxes.

Hidden Gems: Lion Surplus at Penn State

June 02, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

Mann Lake Table with Penn State Extension beekeeping resources

Penn State Extension expands beekeeping education offerings

May 22, 2025

Gavin Maxson stands with a tree he just planted in front of the Henderson Building

Gavin Maxson receives 2025 Tree Award from Student Sustainability Advisory Council

May 21, 2025

Timber Show grinder-chipper demonstration

Timber expo to shine spotlight on Pennsylvania forest products industry

May 09, 2025

Beekeeping club

The buzz is real: Penn State Schuylkill beekeeping club takes flight

April 29, 2025

tree planting series

Webinar series to focus on successful tree and shrub planting

April 21, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

Tom Flynn points to the Great Tree of Peace.

Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions

April 21, 2025

Meadow with sunlight

Shaver’s Creek Birding Cup to benefit Musser Gap Greenway’s grassland habitat

April 21, 2025

master gardener answers family's questions at Ag Progress Days

Penn State Master Gardeners plant seeds for gardening success

April 18, 2025

Student Farm Harvest Fest

Celebrate Earth Day with the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm

April 18, 2025

Penn State Berks joins City Nature Challenge on April 27

April 16, 2025

Olivia DiPrinzio, who graduated in 2024 with honors in energy engineering and earth science and policy, is now associate director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium.

Penn State grad aims to advance sustainability education across Pennsylvania

April 16, 2025

A head shot of a smiling Travis Lesser.

Lesser tapped as director of curriculum and engagement for Smeal’s CBoS

April 15, 2025

A group of five students smiling

Nominations for John Roe Sustainability Impact Award accepted through April 18

April 10, 2025

Staff and student at Earth Day event

Penn State Berks to host Earth Day event, tree planting, City Nature Challenge

April 09, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill biologist recognized as a PERC Campus Sustainability Champion

April 09, 2025

Susan Freinkel talk: 'How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?' on April 14

April 07, 2025

road-stream-crossing-culvert-replacement

New course helps students plan and design conservation structures on farms

April 02, 2025

Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café

March 31, 2025

Author, nutritionist Marion Nestle to discuss politics of food industry marketing

March 26, 2025

Penn State student helps festivalgoer tap tree stump

Maple-sugaring class at Shaver’s Creek connects students to nature, community

March 25, 2025

A person climbing in a tree

Penn State Sustainability hosts online films depicting stories of resilience

March 25, 2025

Ross Student Farm Garden Grow-How succulents in handmade clay pots.

Ross Student Farm to host 'Garden Grow-How'

March 19, 2025

Student clearing debris on campus

Penn State Berks celebrates decade of sustainability in action on March 26

March 18, 2025

A group of students dressed to sort waste

EcoReps reduce waste at basketball games in February, host Earth Hour in March

March 18, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely at tree planting

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely takes a hands-on approach to conservation

March 12, 2025

A woman poses in front of a Penn State-themed background.

Online energy and sustainability policy degree programs changed this grad’s life

February 26, 2025

A man climbs a rock wall

Penn State Sustainability to screen two short films on access to the outdoors

February 24, 2025

Pennsylvania green grass field under blue sky

Ag conservation conference slated for April 1-3 in Harrisburg

February 17, 2025

Penn State Student Farm

Ross Student Farm to host screening of ‘Farming While Black’ documentary

February 12, 2025

Mohammad Rezaee in lab

Earth and Mineral Sciences has strong participation in Sustainable Labs Program

February 11, 2025

Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni wears a helmet and holds a rope for climbing trees and exploring tree ecology

'Branching Out: The Power of Trees, Forest Ecology and Community Health' March 8

February 10, 2025

Two people in lab coats check a bottle of chemicals

Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs

February 10, 2025

Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance players in costume

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 13-20

February 10, 2025

Students gather in Alumni Hall to listen to a lecture on student food insecurity.

Ross Student Farm to host action-focused Food Justice Summit on Feb. 13

February 10, 2025

Students gather in Alumni Hall to listen to a lecture on student food insecurity.

Penn State student organizations take action to help combat food insecurity

February 06, 2025

A group of people in wheelchairs outdoors

Sustainability film highlights structural inequality in pandemic health outcomes

February 05, 2025

Penn State experts to speak at Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention

January 27, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Bethany Canner, center, at the 2025 PA Farm Show

Master Watershed Steward Bethany Canner leads community events in Lebanon County

January 23, 2025

Students looking at a poster display

Penn State Berks holds Sustainability Expo, open to the public

January 22, 2025

Poster for the film An Injury to One

Spring 2025 Sustainability events highlight resilience and community building

January 14, 2025

Ayodeji “Ayo” Oluwalana

Changing the way Penn Staters think about waste and recycling

January 13, 2025

beekeeping honey bees

Penn State Extension to offer ‘Beekeeping Around the World’ webinar series

January 13, 2025

Kayla Mathew, Katie Chverchko, and Alexandra Karasik representing MKTG 442, partner: Organic Climbing

Sustainable Communities Collaborative Expo draws record attendance

December 17, 2024

People work in a community garden on a beautiful, sunny day with blue skies

Penn State ranks second in the US in 2025 QS sustainability rankings

December 10, 2024

Fir trees decorated with sparkling holiday lights against night sky

Arboretum comes aglow with holiday decorations, winter celebration

December 06, 2024

Master Watershed Steward Tim Matthews and fellow volunteers

Master Watershed Steward Tim Matthews aims to make conservation family-friendly

December 04, 2024

A group of students visit a State College Borough facility

Sustainable Communities Collaborative partnership with Borough flourishes

November 27, 2024

Lucky and the Spotted Lanternfly book cover

Children’s book by Master Gardeners teaches kids about the spotted lanternfly

November 19, 2024

Map of Pennsylvania

'Free Food Map' now on the Penn State Go app

November 14, 2024

Penn State's Old Main Building with snowy foreground.

Holiday Heat Reduction Program aims to save energy during winter break

November 13, 2024

EarthTalks: Chief sustainability officer to discuss decarbonizing the University

November 11, 2024

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Chris Canfield receives 2025 award from National Association of County Agricultural Agents

Penn State Extension team earns national communication awards

July 24, 2025

Students check out small plants

Ross Student Farms at Penn State host Summer Plant Sale

July 21, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson working in a rain garden

Master Watershed Steward Rose Johnson brings a green thumb to Philadelphia

July 21, 2025

Visitors stroll through the pollinator gardens at Ag Progress Days

Gardening questions answered by Master Gardeners at Ag Progress Days

July 16, 2025

Visitors board bus after Ag Progress Days tour

Explore organic crops, ‘slash walls’ and more on Ag Progress Days tours

July 14, 2025

Teresa Kaveny at the Penn State student farm

Penn State 3rd in US, 64th globally in 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

June 17, 2025

a group of students take part in sound meditation in the Fullers Overlook barn building

Scranton students enjoy unique experience at Penn State's Fullers Overlook

June 17, 2025

Scott Muirhead (center), lecturer in business administration at Penn State DuBois, stands with Ilona Ballreich (left), program pirector, Sustainable Communities Collaborative, Penn State Sustainability, and Shirley Dahrouge (right), executive director of Downtown DuBois Inc., during the 2025 Campus and Community Sustainability Expo, held April 30 at the Palmer Museum of Art.

Penn State DuBois faculty member represents campus at Sustainability Expo

June 13, 2025

College of Ag Sciences Dean Troy Ott speaks to attendees at the 2025 Pa. Timber Show

Heard on Campus: College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Troy Ott at Timber 2025

June 12, 2025

Student group stands in front of Hosler Building holding a solar panel.

Penn State students win first place at DOE’s Solar District Cup challenge

June 10, 2025

white fringetree

Master Watershed Stewards offer webinar ahead of native trees and shrubs sale

June 05, 2025

The exterior of Lion Surplus, a beige building surrounded by crates and boxes.

Hidden Gems: Lion Surplus at Penn State

June 02, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle stands on a dock

Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle makes a splash in Luzerne County

May 30, 2025

Streambank fence and buffer

New certification program expands conservation capacity in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2025

Mann Lake Table with Penn State Extension beekeeping resources

Penn State Extension expands beekeeping education offerings

May 22, 2025

Gavin Maxson stands with a tree he just planted in front of the Henderson Building

Gavin Maxson receives 2025 Tree Award from Student Sustainability Advisory Council

May 21, 2025

Timber Show grinder-chipper demonstration

Timber expo to shine spotlight on Pennsylvania forest products industry

May 09, 2025

Beekeeping club

The buzz is real: Penn State Schuylkill beekeeping club takes flight

April 29, 2025

tree planting series

Webinar series to focus on successful tree and shrub planting

April 21, 2025

Geography Coffee Hour to feature Jessica Omukuti on inclusive Net Zero

April 21, 2025

Tom Flynn points to the Great Tree of Peace.

Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions

April 21, 2025

Meadow with sunlight

Shaver’s Creek Birding Cup to benefit Musser Gap Greenway’s grassland habitat

April 21, 2025

master gardener answers family's questions at Ag Progress Days

Penn State Master Gardeners plant seeds for gardening success

April 18, 2025

Student Farm Harvest Fest

Celebrate Earth Day with the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm

April 18, 2025

Penn State Berks joins City Nature Challenge on April 27

April 16, 2025

Olivia DiPrinzio, who graduated in 2024 with honors in energy engineering and earth science and policy, is now associate director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium.

Penn State grad aims to advance sustainability education across Pennsylvania

April 16, 2025

A head shot of a smiling Travis Lesser.

Lesser tapped as director of curriculum and engagement for Smeal’s CBoS

April 15, 2025

A group of five students smiling

Nominations for John Roe Sustainability Impact Award accepted through April 18

April 10, 2025

Staff and student at Earth Day event

Penn State Berks to host Earth Day event, tree planting, City Nature Challenge

April 09, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill biologist recognized as a PERC Campus Sustainability Champion

April 09, 2025

Susan Freinkel talk: 'How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic?' on April 14

April 07, 2025

road-stream-crossing-culvert-replacement

New course helps students plan and design conservation structures on farms

April 02, 2025

Climate justice researcher, author to speak at April Climate Conversation Café

March 31, 2025

Author, nutritionist Marion Nestle to discuss politics of food industry marketing

March 26, 2025

Penn State student helps festivalgoer tap tree stump

Maple-sugaring class at Shaver’s Creek connects students to nature, community

March 25, 2025

A person climbing in a tree

Penn State Sustainability hosts online films depicting stories of resilience

March 25, 2025

Ross Student Farm Garden Grow-How succulents in handmade clay pots.

Ross Student Farm to host 'Garden Grow-How'

March 19, 2025

Student clearing debris on campus

Penn State Berks celebrates decade of sustainability in action on March 26

March 18, 2025

A group of students dressed to sort waste

EcoReps reduce waste at basketball games in February, host Earth Hour in March

March 18, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely at tree planting

Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely takes a hands-on approach to conservation

March 12, 2025

A woman poses in front of a Penn State-themed background.

Online energy and sustainability policy degree programs changed this grad’s life

February 26, 2025

A man climbs a rock wall

Penn State Sustainability to screen two short films on access to the outdoors

February 24, 2025

Pennsylvania green grass field under blue sky

Ag conservation conference slated for April 1-3 in Harrisburg

February 17, 2025

Penn State Student Farm

Ross Student Farm to host screening of ‘Farming While Black’ documentary

February 12, 2025

Mohammad Rezaee in lab

Earth and Mineral Sciences has strong participation in Sustainable Labs Program

February 11, 2025

Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni wears a helmet and holds a rope for climbing trees and exploring tree ecology

'Branching Out: The Power of Trees, Forest Ecology and Community Health' March 8

February 10, 2025

Two people in lab coats check a bottle of chemicals

Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs

February 10, 2025

Gong Lung (Steel Dragon) Kung Fu and Lion and Dragon Dance players in costume

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 13-20

February 10, 2025

Students gather in Alumni Hall to listen to a lecture on student food insecurity.

Ross Student Farm to host action-focused Food Justice Summit on Feb. 13

February 10, 2025

Students gather in Alumni Hall to listen to a lecture on student food insecurity.

Penn State student organizations take action to help combat food insecurity

February 06, 2025

A group of people in wheelchairs outdoors

Sustainability film highlights structural inequality in pandemic health outcomes

February 05, 2025

Penn State experts to speak at Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention

January 27, 2025

Master Watershed Steward Bethany Canner, center, at the 2025 PA Farm Show

Master Watershed Steward Bethany Canner leads community events in Lebanon County

January 23, 2025

Students looking at a poster display

Penn State Berks holds Sustainability Expo, open to the public

January 22, 2025

Poster for the film An Injury to One

Spring 2025 Sustainability events highlight resilience and community building

January 14, 2025

Ayodeji “Ayo” Oluwalana

Changing the way Penn Staters think about waste and recycling

January 13, 2025

beekeeping honey bees

Penn State Extension to offer ‘Beekeeping Around the World’ webinar series

January 13, 2025

Kayla Mathew, Katie Chverchko, and Alexandra Karasik representing MKTG 442, partner: Organic Climbing

Sustainable Communities Collaborative Expo draws record attendance

December 17, 2024

People work in a community garden on a beautiful, sunny day with blue skies

Penn State ranks second in the US in 2025 QS sustainability rankings

December 10, 2024

Fir trees decorated with sparkling holiday lights against night sky

Arboretum comes aglow with holiday decorations, winter celebration

December 06, 2024

Master Watershed Steward Tim Matthews and fellow volunteers

Master Watershed Steward Tim Matthews aims to make conservation family-friendly

December 04, 2024

A group of students visit a State College Borough facility

Sustainable Communities Collaborative partnership with Borough flourishes

November 27, 2024

Lucky and the Spotted Lanternfly book cover

Children’s book by Master Gardeners teaches kids about the spotted lanternfly

November 19, 2024

Map of Pennsylvania

'Free Food Map' now on the Penn State Go app

November 14, 2024

Penn State's Old Main Building with snowy foreground.

Holiday Heat Reduction Program aims to save energy during winter break

November 13, 2024

EarthTalks: Chief sustainability officer to discuss decarbonizing the University

November 11, 2024

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