UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Long before she led reforestation efforts in her native Lebanon, Maya Nehme was a graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, researching ways to combat invasive species threatening forests.

Even then, her vision extended beyond the lab - helping to inspire what would become the college's international agriculture and development graduate dual-title degree program, known as INTAD. Nearly two decades after Nehme graduated with a doctorate in entomology in 2009, the INTAD program enrolls 30 to 40 students each year across 15 graduate programs, preparing future leaders to tackle global challenges. ...