by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Auburn Fisheries Pioneer Explains Why Alabama Agriculture Can’t Catch Up by JAMIE CREAMER Sisyphus was a cruel, conniving mythological king of Corinth whose ultimate punishment was an eternity in Hades, pushing a large boulder up a hill, watching it roll back down as...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 25, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Professionals in the turfgrass industry can earn a master’s degree in turfgrass management completely online in the newest distance education degree program available through the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences. The...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 6, 2013 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology
by JAMIE CREAMER Two key research breakthroughs at Auburn University over the summer could prove valuable weapons in the frustrating battle against the rapidly spreading, crop-destroying kudzu bug, and both are in the form of native insects that prey on the invasive...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Sep 1, 2013 | Animal Sciences
Journeys abroad prompt Auburn animal sciences/pre-vet senior to change courses by WENDY REED Katie Brennan was on an island off the coast of Thailand when she started second guessing herself. For 16 of her 19 years, Brennan had been so sure of her future, never...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 30, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
by JAMIE CREAMER The number of Americans who have jumped on the gluten-free bandwagon has soared in recent years, largely in response to a plethora of celebrity testimonials and magazine articles extolling the virtues of eliminating gluten—a protein found in wheat,...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2013 | Poultry Science
by JAMIE CREAMER After more than a decade of research into an increasingly common and costly broiler condition known as green muscle disease, a team of poultry scientists at Auburn University has identified a blood plasma enzyme that could give breeders a noninvasive...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Spicy Chicken Dip Great for Game-Day Party For College of Agriculture student recruiter and alumni relations coordinator Amanda Martin, one of the best parts of football season is tailgating with friends, and her go-to tailgate recipe—Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Dip—is...