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Board of Trustees approves two agriculture projects at February meeting
Children’s garden, new Auburn University Bee Center approved Two transformational projects for the Auburn University College of Agriculture were approved by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on Friday, Feb. 7. First, the board approved phase one of a new children’s...
Experiment Station researchers leading nutrient management study with $1.3 million grant
Each year, the Alabama poultry industry produces two fully loaded Nimitz-class aircraft carriers’ worth of poultry litter, or about 3.6 billion pounds. Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a...
Researchers fight high mortality rate of largemouth bass
Vaccine development made possible by $300,000 USDA-NIFA grant Largemouth bass producers may soon have a new vaccine for a common pathogen affecting the unusually...
Biosystems Engineering dominates at 2024 ASABE International Meeting
Jeremy Henderson Auburn University's Department of Biosystems Engineering (BSEN) was hard to miss at the 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers...
Mahas part of first team to investigate Southern cotton leafroll dwarf virus management
As John Mahas prepared for a move to start postdoctoral research at Cornell University, he was still wrapping up research in the Auburn University lab where he earned his master’s and doctorate. It was here he focused his work on managing the emerging cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) and its vector, the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. This research led to the publication of two peer-reviewed papers, one of which marked a first in the Southeastern United States.
Auburn fisheries grad student awarded marine policy fellowship
Matt Womble, a master’s student in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has been named a 2016 Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow and will spend next year in Washington, D.C., learning how science is translated into...
Auburn aquatic scientist teams with environmentalist in new book
AUBURN, Ala.—Claude Boyd, veteran professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has a new book out. It is the eighth that the internationally recognized aquatic scientist and water-quality expert has authored, co-authored or...
College of Agriculture, Cuba sign academic exchange treaty
The Auburn University College of Agriculture has entered a historic partnership with the Agrarian University of Havana and the Cuban National Center for Animal and Plant Health that paves the way for faculty and student exchange programs and collaborative research efforts between Auburn agriculture and the Cuban institutions.
Feeling their pain
By Jamie Creamer It was lunchtime in Nepal, and for that, David Rouse is most thankful. He tries not to dwell on the what-ifs. Because what if he, fellow Auburn University fisheries expert Dave Cline and their companions had not stopped for a lunch break at the small...
Living his dream
Brady Peek graduated from Auburn University at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. At 5 a.m. on Monday, May 11, he became a full-time farmer. The new agronomy and soils graduate’s farming operation is in the Limestone County community of Elkmont, where he was born and raised, and encompasses 800 acres of leased farmland.
Biosystems engineering honored for excellence in education
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering has been selected to receive the 2015 University Senate Departmental Award for Excellence in Education, an honor that carries with it a $30,000 grant that will be administered in three yearly...
De La Fuente wins undergrad research mentorship award
AUBURN, Ala.—Leonardo De La Fuente, associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University, is one of two recipients of the 2015-16 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship. He...
Former poultry science department head, Dr. Robert N. Brewer, passes away
The Alabama poultry industry and the Auburn poultry science department have lost a true pioneer and visionary. Dr. Bob Brewer, Professor and Department Head Emeritus, passed away May 10, 2015.
Guertal receives TOCA award for column series in Golf Course Management magazine
Elizabeth Guertal, a professor in turfgrass and nutrient management, received a merit award from the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association last week for her column series, Verdure. Her column appears monthly in Golf Course Management magazine. Guertal’s was...
To market, to market
by NATHAN KELLY One of the best kept secrets of summer barbecues in Auburn is at the corner of Wire Road and Shug Jordan Parkway: the Auburn University Lambert-Powell Meats Laboratory. For students majoring in animal sciences, the meats lab is a place to learn,...
Ecosystems by design
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Growing up in India’s water-scarce environment, Auburn University biosystems engineering professor Puneet Srivastava understood from an early age the importance of clean water. It was his graduate school experience studying ecosystems,...
Cures for what ails you
by JAMIE CREAMER What began in 2006 as a small-scale study to determine whether medicinal herbs had potential as a profitable alternative crop for Alabama growers is now a 4,200-square-foot garden boasting more than 60 species and varieties of plants that humans...
Coleman awarded NIH grant to study disease-causing fungi
Jeff Coleman has been awarded a $268,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify and study the genes within two species of fungi that can cause potentially deadly infections in humans.
Auburn University Soil Judging Team wins 2015 national title
The Auburn University Soil Judging Team is No. 1 in the country after besting 21 other teams from universities across the country during the American Society of Agronomy’s 2015 National Collegiate Soils Contest April 18-24 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
DeVries honored with 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Award
Dennis DeVries, a professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was honored with one of the 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards April 22. The Auburn University Spirit of Sustainability Awards program began in 2013 to recognize Auburn...
Food science students win first place in product development competition
Congratulations to Food Science Students Corena Newton, Gerris Santos-Norris, Avery Smith, and Emma Williams who have placed 1st in the Southeast IFT product development competition
Brantley, DeVries to receive 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards
Two College of Agriculture faculty members are among the five individuals and two groups selected as recipients of Auburn’s 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony Wednesday, April 22, at 3:30 p.m. at Ag Heritage Park’s Farmers...
Auburn, Tuskegee scientists get $500,000 grant to study land loss among African-Americans
AUBURN, Ala.—The USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Institute has awarded a team of researchers from Auburn and Tuskegee universities a $500,000 grant to study heir property and its impact on land loss in rural African-American communities in the South.Conner...
Texas State's Tomasso tapped to lead School of Fisheries at Auburn
AUBURN, Ala.—Joseph R. Tomasso Jr., currently a professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University in San Marcos, has been named director of the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture,...
Hoyum named alumnus of the year
Dr. Raymond A. Hoyum of Alpharetta, Ga., was honored as the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science’s 2015 Alumnus of the Year at a ceremony April 16. Hoyum is a two-time graduate of the department, earning M.S. in agronomy in 1973 and his Ph.D. in agronomy in 1976.
Mahaffee named alumnus of the year
Dr. Walter F. Mahaffee was honored as the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology 2015 Alumnus of the Year at a ceremony April 16. Mahaffee is a three-time graduate of Auburn University, earning his B.S. in microbiology in 1988 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in plant...
Auburn fisheries grad student awarded marine policy fellowship
Matt Womble, a master’s student in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has been named a 2016 Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow and will spend next year in Washington, D.C., learning how science is translated into...
Auburn aquatic scientist teams with environmentalist in new book
AUBURN, Ala.—Claude Boyd, veteran professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has a new book out. It is the eighth that the internationally recognized aquatic scientist and water-quality expert has authored, co-authored or...
College of Agriculture, Cuba sign academic exchange treaty
The Auburn University College of Agriculture has entered a historic partnership with the Agrarian University of Havana and the Cuban National Center for Animal and Plant Health that paves the way for faculty and student exchange programs and collaborative research efforts between Auburn agriculture and the Cuban institutions.
Feeling their pain
By Jamie Creamer It was lunchtime in Nepal, and for that, David Rouse is most thankful. He tries not to dwell on the what-ifs. Because what if he, fellow Auburn University fisheries expert Dave Cline and their companions had not stopped for a lunch break at the small...
Living his dream
Brady Peek graduated from Auburn University at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. At 5 a.m. on Monday, May 11, he became a full-time farmer. The new agronomy and soils graduate’s farming operation is in the Limestone County community of Elkmont, where he was born and raised, and encompasses 800 acres of leased farmland.
Biosystems engineering honored for excellence in education
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering has been selected to receive the 2015 University Senate Departmental Award for Excellence in Education, an honor that carries with it a $30,000 grant that will be administered in three yearly...
De La Fuente wins undergrad research mentorship award
AUBURN, Ala.—Leonardo De La Fuente, associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University, is one of two recipients of the 2015-16 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship. He...
Former poultry science department head, Dr. Robert N. Brewer, passes away
The Alabama poultry industry and the Auburn poultry science department have lost a true pioneer and visionary. Dr. Bob Brewer, Professor and Department Head Emeritus, passed away May 10, 2015.
Guertal receives TOCA award for column series in Golf Course Management magazine
Elizabeth Guertal, a professor in turfgrass and nutrient management, received a merit award from the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association last week for her column series, Verdure. Her column appears monthly in Golf Course Management magazine. Guertal’s was...
To market, to market
by NATHAN KELLY One of the best kept secrets of summer barbecues in Auburn is at the corner of Wire Road and Shug Jordan Parkway: the Auburn University Lambert-Powell Meats Laboratory. For students majoring in animal sciences, the meats lab is a place to learn,...
Ecosystems by design
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON Growing up in India’s water-scarce environment, Auburn University biosystems engineering professor Puneet Srivastava understood from an early age the importance of clean water. It was his graduate school experience studying ecosystems,...
Cures for what ails you
by JAMIE CREAMER What began in 2006 as a small-scale study to determine whether medicinal herbs had potential as a profitable alternative crop for Alabama growers is now a 4,200-square-foot garden boasting more than 60 species and varieties of plants that humans...
Coleman awarded NIH grant to study disease-causing fungi
Jeff Coleman has been awarded a $268,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify and study the genes within two species of fungi that can cause potentially deadly infections in humans.
Auburn University Soil Judging Team wins 2015 national title
The Auburn University Soil Judging Team is No. 1 in the country after besting 21 other teams from universities across the country during the American Society of Agronomy’s 2015 National Collegiate Soils Contest April 18-24 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
DeVries honored with 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Award
Dennis DeVries, a professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was honored with one of the 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards April 22. The Auburn University Spirit of Sustainability Awards program began in 2013 to recognize Auburn...
Food science students win first place in product development competition
Congratulations to Food Science Students Corena Newton, Gerris Santos-Norris, Avery Smith, and Emma Williams who have placed 1st in the Southeast IFT product development competition
Brantley, DeVries to receive 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards
Two College of Agriculture faculty members are among the five individuals and two groups selected as recipients of Auburn’s 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony Wednesday, April 22, at 3:30 p.m. at Ag Heritage Park’s Farmers...
Auburn, Tuskegee scientists get $500,000 grant to study land loss among African-Americans
AUBURN, Ala.—The USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Institute has awarded a team of researchers from Auburn and Tuskegee universities a $500,000 grant to study heir property and its impact on land loss in rural African-American communities in the South.Conner...
Texas State's Tomasso tapped to lead School of Fisheries at Auburn
AUBURN, Ala.—Joseph R. Tomasso Jr., currently a professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University in San Marcos, has been named director of the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture,...
Hoyum named alumnus of the year
Dr. Raymond A. Hoyum of Alpharetta, Ga., was honored as the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science’s 2015 Alumnus of the Year at a ceremony April 16. Hoyum is a two-time graduate of the department, earning M.S. in agronomy in 1973 and his Ph.D. in agronomy in 1976.
Mahaffee named alumnus of the year
Dr. Walter F. Mahaffee was honored as the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology 2015 Alumnus of the Year at a ceremony April 16. Mahaffee is a three-time graduate of Auburn University, earning his B.S. in microbiology in 1988 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in plant...