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Graduate student designs smart gardening project for countries in crisis
Native Zambian Dorcas Lukwesa wanted to study agricultural sciences because of the seed her farming grandparents planted in her — a budding interest in food and nutrition she couldn’t ignore as she aspired to go to college outside her home country. Now a graduate...
Training better scientists: College offers ample undergraduate research opportunities
Research opportunities for undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture are ample, and students are encouraged to take advantage of them prior to graduate school. Madison Dees needed a job. Rather than pursuing the usual part-time retail or service jobs for...
Training better scientists: College offers ample undergraduate research opportunities
Research opportunities for undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture are ample, and students are encouraged to take advantage of them prior to graduate...
USDA funds biosystems professor’s alternative use for farm wastewater
The USDA recently funded Assistant Professor Brendan Higgins’ project that will transform nutrients found in dairy and swine wastewater into fish feed.
Bullard receives top honor from American Society of Parasitologists
Auburn University fisheries professor honored by American Society of Parasitologists
Unstoppable
Bringing positive change keeps Auburn’s Boyd going and going by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY Auburn University professor Claude Boyd is retiring. Eventually. Just as soon as his final graduate student—the last of more than 115 master’s and doctoral students he...
The business of seafood
The following story appears in the 2014 Auburn-LSU edition of Tailgate Times, an app-based publication of the Auburn University Food Systems Institute. Tailgate Times is published prior to each Auburn home football game. Download the app here and read more stories...
Say what? Auburn scientists say fish speak up when things get noisy
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
2013 catfish numbers reveal challenges facing industry
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
Expert on ethics of scholarly publishing to deliver lecture Oct. 10
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
Auburn fisheries will host expo, field day Sept. 20
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
Wilson selected for National Science Foundation post
Wilson is the first faculty member from the College of Agriculture and the seventh from Auburn University to serve as an NSF program director.
Auburn to host Watershed Stewardship Conference May 30
AUBURN, Ala. —The eighth annual Tallapoosa Basin Conference will take place Friday, May 30, at the Hubbard Center for Advanced Science, Innovation and Commerce at Auburn University. The event will feature experts addressing a range of topics related to water resources...
Fisheries' Wilson wins honor as undergrad research mentor
Auburn aquatic scientist Alan Wilson’s passion for getting students excited about scientific discovery earns him honors as the university’s top undergraduate research mentor.
Auburn's Cliff Webber recognized for conservation efforts
AUBURN, Ala. —Cliff Webber, a retired research fellow and current visiting professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was recently recognized for his contributions to natural resources conservation in Alabama with the W....
2013 catfish report reveals challenges, bright spots for US farmers
AUBURN, Ala.—The recently released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database compiled by Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama producers, are...
Spirit of Sustainability awards honor College of Agriculture faculty, alumnus and student
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Office of Sustainability recently announced its 2014 Spirit of Sustainability Award recipients, naming several individuals affiliated with the College of Agriculture as recipients. Bill Walton and researchers from the Auburn...
Auburn researchers discover evidence of Lombard Effect in fish
AUBURN, Ala.—Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This reaction, known...
Auburn College of Agriculture honors exceptional alumni
AUBURN, Ala. —Nine successful and influential professionals who hold degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as winners in the college’s newly established alumni awards program. The honors, formally presented Friday, April 18,...
Recipe file: David Teichert-Coddington's Cajun barbecued shrimp
Inland Shrimp Farm Owner/Manager Offers Recipe, Cooking Tips Shrimp is frequently what’s for dinner in David and Nadine Teichert-Coddington’s Greene County home, and that isn’t surprising, considering they have 20 ponds filled with thousands of Pacific whites right in...
Fisheries research team leads regional project on potentially toxic algal blooms
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON The first time Alan Wilson looked through a microscope at a drop of pond water, he was fascinated by all the things moving around in it. Still, he never imagined that one day he would make a living researching those microscopic organisms as an...
Farm fresh
Former fisheries faculty practices what he preached raising inland shrimp by JAMIE CREAMER About this time every year, David Teichert-Coddington packs his bag, loads his trailer and hits the road, bound for the Florida Keys. If he were going for a few weeks of R &...
Magnum opus
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...
Fish pathogen remains viable in biofilm, Auburn research shows
AUBURN, Ala.—A team of Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers studying the development of biofilm formed in aquaculture settings by the highly contagious fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare has taken the first-ever microscopic image of the biofilm—a...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff for 2013
AUBURN, Ala.—Fifteen Auburn University College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who collectively brought in more than $5.84 million in extramural research funding in 2013 were among the more than two dozen faculty and staff members...
Jensen named interim director of School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Longtime Auburn University faculty member and administrator John Jensen has been named interim director of the newly renamed School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, effective Sept. 1, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has...
Unstoppable
Bringing positive change keeps Auburn’s Boyd going and going by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY Auburn University professor Claude Boyd is retiring. Eventually. Just as soon as his final graduate student—the last of more than 115 master’s and doctoral students he...
The business of seafood
The following story appears in the 2014 Auburn-LSU edition of Tailgate Times, an app-based publication of the Auburn University Food Systems Institute. Tailgate Times is published prior to each Auburn home football game. Download the app here and read more stories...
Say what? Auburn scientists say fish speak up when things get noisy
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
2013 catfish numbers reveal challenges facing industry
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
Expert on ethics of scholarly publishing to deliver lecture Oct. 10
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
Auburn fisheries will host expo, field day Sept. 20
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
Wilson selected for National Science Foundation post
Wilson is the first faculty member from the College of Agriculture and the seventh from Auburn University to serve as an NSF program director.
Auburn to host Watershed Stewardship Conference May 30
AUBURN, Ala. —The eighth annual Tallapoosa Basin Conference will take place Friday, May 30, at the Hubbard Center for Advanced Science, Innovation and Commerce at Auburn University. The event will feature experts addressing a range of topics related to water resources...
Fisheries' Wilson wins honor as undergrad research mentor
Auburn aquatic scientist Alan Wilson’s passion for getting students excited about scientific discovery earns him honors as the university’s top undergraduate research mentor.
Auburn's Cliff Webber recognized for conservation efforts
AUBURN, Ala. —Cliff Webber, a retired research fellow and current visiting professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was recently recognized for his contributions to natural resources conservation in Alabama with the W....
2013 catfish report reveals challenges, bright spots for US farmers
AUBURN, Ala.—The recently released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database compiled by Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama producers, are...
Spirit of Sustainability awards honor College of Agriculture faculty, alumnus and student
AUBURN, Ala.—The Auburn University Office of Sustainability recently announced its 2014 Spirit of Sustainability Award recipients, naming several individuals affiliated with the College of Agriculture as recipients. Bill Walton and researchers from the Auburn...
Auburn researchers discover evidence of Lombard Effect in fish
AUBURN, Ala.—Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This reaction, known...
Auburn College of Agriculture honors exceptional alumni
AUBURN, Ala. —Nine successful and influential professionals who hold degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have been selected as winners in the college’s newly established alumni awards program. The honors, formally presented Friday, April 18,...
Recipe file: David Teichert-Coddington's Cajun barbecued shrimp
Inland Shrimp Farm Owner/Manager Offers Recipe, Cooking Tips Shrimp is frequently what’s for dinner in David and Nadine Teichert-Coddington’s Greene County home, and that isn’t surprising, considering they have 20 ponds filled with thousands of Pacific whites right in...
Fisheries research team leads regional project on potentially toxic algal blooms
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON The first time Alan Wilson looked through a microscope at a drop of pond water, he was fascinated by all the things moving around in it. Still, he never imagined that one day he would make a living researching those microscopic organisms as an...
Farm fresh
Former fisheries faculty practices what he preached raising inland shrimp by JAMIE CREAMER About this time every year, David Teichert-Coddington packs his bag, loads his trailer and hits the road, bound for the Florida Keys. If he were going for a few weeks of R &...
Magnum opus
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...
Fish pathogen remains viable in biofilm, Auburn research shows
AUBURN, Ala.—A team of Auburn University College of Agriculture researchers studying the development of biofilm formed in aquaculture settings by the highly contagious fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare has taken the first-ever microscopic image of the biofilm—a...
Auburn College of Ag, AAES honor top faculty, staff for 2013
AUBURN, Ala.—Fifteen Auburn University College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who collectively brought in more than $5.84 million in extramural research funding in 2013 were among the more than two dozen faculty and staff members...
Jensen named interim director of School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Longtime Auburn University faculty member and administrator John Jensen has been named interim director of the newly renamed School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, effective Sept. 1, College of Agriculture Dean Bill Batchelor has...