David Blandford, head of agricultural economics and rural sociology, lectured on global food and agricultural systems and international agricultural trade in The Netherlands at the University of Wageningen, and on trade issues at the Ministry of Agriculture in The Hague.
He also lectured on developments in the world dairy industry and international trade at Massey University, New Zealand; the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research; the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture; and the New Zealand Treasury.
Jim Clark, extension agent in McKean County, Sam Crossley, Potter County extension director, and Susan Alexander, extension agent in Jefferson County, received first place in the National Team Newsletter Award from the National Agricultural Agents Association for the North Central Agriculture Newsletter.
Elizabeth Hanley, associate professor of kinesiology, gave an invited lecture on "The Perennial Dilemma: Artistic Sports in the Olympic Games," for the British Olympic Academy, Lilleshall National Training Centre, England.