Research and Outreach

First step in recreating a prairie is highly promising.

Biology students tour Arboretum.

Healing Gardens Quilt Exhibit

Insights about the healing powers of nature and art were presented in a unique program jointly sponsored by the Arts and Health Outreach Initiative [AHOI] of Penn State, the HUB-Robeson Galleries, and the Arboretum.

Research and Outreach

Source: Howard Nuernberger

An aerial view of the Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center located in the Arboretum

This page provides information about Arboretum research projects and activities being conducted by Penn State faculty, staff, and students, and reports about outreach activities related to that research.

The first research facility, the hybrid chestnut seed orchard, was established on June 24, 2002.

The first outreach facility to be developed in the Arboretum is the Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center, which officially opened on September 12, 2003.

Biology students have been using the Arboretum as a classroom on field trips for Biology 110 (Basic Concepts and Diversity). This course is offered through LEAP, the Learning Edge Academic Program, a bridge program for incoming freshman that allows them to get a summer start at navigating the University.

Please check our home page regularly for announcements about open houses and University events related to future developments in the Arboretum.