by William Cahalin | Apr 27, 2012 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University study that tracked changes in male and female college students’ weight, size, shape and body composition not just as freshmen but over the course of their four-year college careers indicates that students are heavier and, yes, fatter...
by William Cahalin | Apr 17, 2012 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences
AUBURN Ala.—A curly-haired, morbidly obese, genetically primitive breed of Hungarian pig that until recently was on the brink of extinction could be key to the eventual prevention of diabetes and heart disease in humans, Auburn University researchers contend. The...
by William Cahalin | Apr 14, 2012 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN—The sixth annual David Partridge Memorial Big Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, May 5, beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Auburn University’s North Station research ponds near the Auburn campus. Tournament proceeds go to the David Partridge Memorial Endowment at...
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by William Cahalin | Apr 9, 2012 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
BELLE MINA—A new, 4,000-square-foot administrative building made possible by a $1 million donation from the Alabama Farmers Federation officially opened for business at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina during an April 6 ribbon-cutting...
by William Cahalin | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
AUBURN—Golfers, anglers and marksmen from the Auburn area and beyond are invited to participate in two days of friendly competition Wednesday and Thursday, May 2 and 3, during the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s 15th annual Ag Classic. Ag Classic debuted in...
by William Cahalin | Apr 5, 2012 | Animal Sciences, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s distance education program is expanding its offerings this fall to include two new weed science courses, and a new online master’s degree in soil, water and environmental sciences will be available soon,...
by William Cahalin | Mar 27, 2012 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Werner G. Bergen, nutritional biochemist and professor in the Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the preeminent worldwide scientific organization for nutritional sciences. The...
