Penn State was founded in 1855 as a publicly supported agricultural college. It brought science to bear on age-old problems of food and fiber production. It broadened its mission a few years later, after Congress passed the Morrill Land-Grant Act (1862)
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Penn State was founded in 1855 as a publicly supported agricultural college. It brought science to bear on age-old problems of food and fiber production. It broadened its mission a few years later, after Congress passed the Morrill Land-Grant Act (1862) 
