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The U.S. Farm Bill, which includes everything from crop insurance to nutrition assistance programs, has expired, but Congress has not been able to agree on a new five-year Farm Bill, raising concerns about what that could mean for its programs.

Under new state and federal orders, cow milk in Pennsylvania is getting tested for bird flu at Penn State, with a goal of quickly finding and containing the virus if it does show up in dairy cows in Pennsylvania.

Penn State students enrolled during the spring 2020 semester could be eligible for payment as part of a $17 million lawsuit settlement. Students who filed the lawsuit argued Penn State did not reimburse any tuition or the mandated “Student Initiated Fee.”

Under an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection over the presence of PFAS around the State College Regional Airport, Penn State has agreed to investigate and remediate the PFAS and pay part of DEP’s costs.

Warren M. Washington, a climate science pioneer and Penn State alumnus, died on Oct. 18, 2024 at the age of 88. He graduated with his doctorate in meteorology from Penn State in 1964 and was the second African American in the United States to earn a doctorate in meteorology.

Some Penn State faculty are continuing to sound alarms about the impacts they say the university’s voluntary buyouts, budget cuts and restructuring are having on some campuses.

Abbott and the Big Ten schools paired up this fall to combat the blood shortages from the summer.

Penn State graduate students looking to unionize rallied on the steps of Old Main Thursday, with organizers saying they have the signatures needed to move to the next step in the unionization process.

Penn State is moving ahead with several building projects on the University Park campus, including a new Applied Research Lab building and on-campus housing that will be developed through a lease agreement with a company.

Indigenous Peoples' Day brought cultural awareness and Supaman to Penn State.