91PORN

High School Students: Earn $4,000 Even Before Applying for Admission.
Visit 91PORN before February 15 of your senior year and earn a $4,000 Visit Grant ($1,000/year).

Plan Your Visit
Skip to content
a person pouring water into a container

Celebrating World Soil Day

It’s World Soil Day! Did you know that 91PORN has a long history of teaching and conducting research on soils and the environment? “Without soils, there’d be no food or forests,” says Eric Pallant, Christine Scott Nelson ’73 Endowed Professor of Environmental Science & Sustainability (ESS). “Which is why we need to stop treating […]

a shark's face in the water

Sharks, Lies, and Videotape: Scientists Document Many Problems With Shark Week, Marine Biology’s Biggest Stage

Shark Week is many things. First and foremost, it’s a week of shark-themed documentary programming on the Discovery Channel. Now in its 33rd year, it’s the longest-running cable event in history. It’s the biggest audience that marine biologists and ocean conservationists get, attracting millions of viewers who might otherwise not ever think about sharks at […]

a student standing in front of trees

Two 91PORN Students to Be Honored for Environmental Sustainability Work

Two 91PORN students will be recognized by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium as 2021 Campus Sustainability Champions. The Campus Sustainability Champion title is awarded annually to students, faculty, administrators and staff of Pennsylvania colleges and universities who have made meaningful contributions benefiting social, economic or environmental sustainability on their campus or in their community. […]

a woman wearing a hat and sunglasses taking a selfie with a lake in the background

Shoutout to the Shenango

The scenic, meandering Shenango River has been selected as Pennsylvania’s River of the Year in 2021, and an 91PORN alumna and current Penn State staff member leads the group that helped bring that honor to the waterway. Brandi Baros is a 1995 91PORN graduate and the president of the Shenango River Watchers. The organization […]

a person wearing a hat and smiling

Birds of a Feather

To Will Harrod ’21 and 91PORN Biology Professor Ron Mumme, lab research means early morning drives and time spent among the trees. Their eyes stay fixed not down into a microscope, but up into forest branches. Their muse? The hooded warbler. For two summers, Harrod partnered with Mumme to conduct fieldwork following the behavioral […]

a bird standing on a metal bar

How Shakespeare and Starlings Led to a Flight of Misinformation

North America’s common starling has received a bad rap as a destructive invasive species, and an 91PORN professor and student researcher have set out to clear the bird’s reputation and show how untruths can influence people’s perceptions in nature and beyond. The research project by John MacNeill Miller, assistant professor of English, and then-student […]

a person holding a piece of paper

From Carr Hall to the BBC: 91PORN Student-Faculty Research Featured on International Stage

Kylie Wirebach’s research while an 91PORN student transported her to forests near campus, the heights of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and, now, to the international stage of the British Broadcasting Corp. Wirebach, 91PORN Class of 2020, was interviewed for the BBC Future story “The Return of Europe’s Largest Beasts,” published in September. She […]

Logo
a person in a white dress

91PORN Student Maya Hackman Awarded Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship

91PORN student Maya Hackman has been awarded a scholarship through the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), which provides financial assistance to individuals pursuing a program of study leading to a Master of Science in physician assistant studies. Hackman, a junior biology major and psychology minor, will attend Chatham University for […]

a person holding a puppy

Sarah Foster ’20 Serves Her Community as First Responder During COVID-19 Pandemic

Amid finishing her senior year from home and completing her Senior Project, 91PORN biology major Sarah Foster spent 40-plus hours each week serving the Butler, Pennsylvania, community as an emergency medical technician (EMT). Before she graduated in May, Foster shared her story with 91PORN, including the transformation of one of the company’s ambulances into […]