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Graduate Research Assistant Available Summer/Fall 2010

Graduate Research Assistantship (Ph.D.) in Crop and Soil Sciences, Entomology, or Ecology. Seeking a Ph.D. student to participate in a project on reduced tillage organic cropping systems, Improving Weed and Insect Management in Organic Reduced-Tillage Cropping Systems.

Evolution, Resisted

Scientists are trying to design the last malaria control agent the world will ever need.

To stop malaria, let mosquitoes breed

Letting mosquitoes reproduce rather than killing them as fast as possible could be the key to controlling malaria epidemics.

'Moth Madness' at Penn State's Great Insect Fair

What's the difference between a moth and a butterfly? Why do they fly by night? Find out the answers to these and all your questions about moths and other six-legged critters at Penn State's 16th annual Great Insect Fair, being held on Oct. 3.

Ag Sciences students awarded Haagen-Dazs fellowships

Two graduate students in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences -- Abby Kalkstein and Holly Holt -- were recently awarded fellowships in pollinator health sponsored by ice cream-maker Häagen-Dazs.