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Beckmann receives NSF CAREER Award
John Beckmann, assistant professor of medical-veterinary entomology and biotechnology in the Auburn University College of Agriculture, recently received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Presented by the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program, the...
Lawson part of team shaping Alabama’s State Wildlife Action Plan
By Kelley Young Alabama is home to unique ecosystems like the Appalachian Plateau, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Black Belt Prairie, and protecting these delicate environments is crucial to maintaining biodiversity across the state. That’s why Auburn University’s...
Endowed Professor Nannan Liu demonstrates excellence in research
A seasoned researcher and administrator in the Auburn University College of Agriculture and one of the top 2% of entomologists in the world got her start in the field because of the kindness of a neighbor.
$750K grant allows faculty to help rural Alabamians
Farmers often lament the land lost to suburban sprawl, but across the South, a land mass roughly the size of New Jersey is stuck in a legal limbo known as heirs’ property.
Agricultural grants boost research funding, equipment purchases
One of several grants offered through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) research program for the current fiscal year will allow for the continuation of groundbreaking research originally established at Auburn University that focuses on using beneficial bacteria for promoting plant growth, plant health, nutrient uptake and insect pest prevention.
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 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 2015 alumni awards program. The honors, formally presented in a ceremony Thursday, April 16,...
Graduate student receives Elanco award for exceptional seminar
Kate Meloche, a graduate student in poultry science, was recently presented with the fall 2014 Elanco Graduate Seminar Scholar Award for her presentation “Wooden breast: A novel myopathy of the Pectoralis major in broiler chickens.”
The Market at Ag Heritage Park to open 2015 season May 14
AUBURN, Ala.—The Market at Ag Heritage Park, Auburn University’s open-air farmers market, will open its 2015 season Thursday, May 14, at 3 p.m. and will continue every Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., through Aug. 27. The market is located near the intersection of South...
Shannon wins honor for distance ed efforts
Dennis Shannon, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by a national distance education coalition for his work in developing a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary online graduate degree program in...
Fisheries graduate student receives prestigious international fellowship
May “Noe Noe” Lwin, a Ph.D. student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and a native of Myanmar in Southeast Asia, was recently awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s 2015-16 Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Now in its 10th...
Teaching virtually
story and video by NATHAN KELLY Reading a description of how an egg forms inside a chicken is one thing. Seeing it in 3-D is a completely different experience. That’s why the Auburn University Food Systems Institute is bringing the animal's insides to life through an...
Improving access to healthy food
Agricultural economics and rural sociology associate professor Michelle Worosz is putting her passions to work to improve food quality and access in the state.
Going global
Office’s mission: raising global awareness in College of Ag by JAMIE CREAMER It was a simple PowerPoint slide welcoming Juliana Lima to the College of Agriculture at Auburn University as a visiting scholar. But when Lima, a Brazilian professor of aquaculture...
Entomology graduate students win at regional competition
Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology recently took home awards at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Feng Liu, a Ph.D. student in Nannan Liu's program, and Adekunle (Kunle)...
Liu's research on mosquito insecticide resistance published in Annual Review of Entomology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, appears in this year’s edition of the leading academic journal in entomology research.
Alabama Extension hosting Deep South Stocker Conference in August
Alabama will host the seventh annual Deep South Stocker Conference Aug. 6-7 in Montgomery. The conference is targeting cattle producers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Dr. Kim Mullenix, who is part of Alabama Extension’s beef cattle team, said that producers need...
Arias, DeVries begin new roles as School of Fisheries assistant directors
Two faculty members in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences have been named to recently established positions as assistant directors of the unit, effective March 1. Cova Arias, professor of aquatic...
Rodning named Outstanding Extension Educator by Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association named the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 72nd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Association Conference in Huntsville. Alabama BCIA recognized Soren Rodning, associate professor in the Auburn...
Animal sciences student awarded graduate fellowship from Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation recently awarded a graduate fellowship and an undergraduate scholarship to two outstanding young people at the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association 2015 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with...
Mike Rowe
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni CURRENT POSITION President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC CURRENT LOCATION Tampa, Florida ABOUT MIKE Mike chose to study agricultural business and...
Four ag faculty awarded promotion, tenure
Four College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2015, Auburn University Provost Timothy Boosinger has announced. Advancing from the academic rank of associate professor to full professor are Kenneth Macklin in the Department...
Dairy U event planned for May
Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop for youth, will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on Auburn’s campus. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension...
April dairy goat program offers hands-on learning opportunity
Dairy Goat U, a hands-on, educational event for youth, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville, Alabama. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and...
Chen recognized for contributions to International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...
Srivastava named Auburn’s eminent scholar in agriculture, environment
Puneet Srivastava, professor of ecological engineering in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, has been named the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and the Environment at Auburn following an internal search. College of Agriculture...
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 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 2015 alumni awards program. The honors, formally presented in a ceremony Thursday, April 16,...
Graduate student receives Elanco award for exceptional seminar
Kate Meloche, a graduate student in poultry science, was recently presented with the fall 2014 Elanco Graduate Seminar Scholar Award for her presentation “Wooden breast: A novel myopathy of the Pectoralis major in broiler chickens.”
The Market at Ag Heritage Park to open 2015 season May 14
AUBURN, Ala.—The Market at Ag Heritage Park, Auburn University’s open-air farmers market, will open its 2015 season Thursday, May 14, at 3 p.m. and will continue every Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., through Aug. 27. The market is located near the intersection of South...
Shannon wins honor for distance ed efforts
Dennis Shannon, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been recognized by a national distance education coalition for his work in developing a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary online graduate degree program in...
Fisheries graduate student receives prestigious international fellowship
May “Noe Noe” Lwin, a Ph.D. student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and a native of Myanmar in Southeast Asia, was recently awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s 2015-16 Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Now in its 10th...
Teaching virtually
story and video by NATHAN KELLY Reading a description of how an egg forms inside a chicken is one thing. Seeing it in 3-D is a completely different experience. That’s why the Auburn University Food Systems Institute is bringing the animal's insides to life through an...
Improving access to healthy food
Agricultural economics and rural sociology associate professor Michelle Worosz is putting her passions to work to improve food quality and access in the state.
Going global
Office’s mission: raising global awareness in College of Ag by JAMIE CREAMER It was a simple PowerPoint slide welcoming Juliana Lima to the College of Agriculture at Auburn University as a visiting scholar. But when Lima, a Brazilian professor of aquaculture...
Entomology graduate students win at regional competition
Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology recently took home awards at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Feng Liu, a Ph.D. student in Nannan Liu's program, and Adekunle (Kunle)...
Liu's research on mosquito insecticide resistance published in Annual Review of Entomology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, appears in this year’s edition of the leading academic journal in entomology research.
Alabama Extension hosting Deep South Stocker Conference in August
Alabama will host the seventh annual Deep South Stocker Conference Aug. 6-7 in Montgomery. The conference is targeting cattle producers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Dr. Kim Mullenix, who is part of Alabama Extension’s beef cattle team, said that producers need...
Arias, DeVries begin new roles as School of Fisheries assistant directors
Two faculty members in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences have been named to recently established positions as assistant directors of the unit, effective March 1. Cova Arias, professor of aquatic...
Rodning named Outstanding Extension Educator by Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association named the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Extension Educator at the 72nd Annual Alabama Cattleman’s Association Conference in Huntsville. Alabama BCIA recognized Soren Rodning, associate professor in the Auburn...
Animal sciences student awarded graduate fellowship from Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Foundation recently awarded a graduate fellowship and an undergraduate scholarship to two outstanding young people at the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association 2015 Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with...
Mike Rowe
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Alumni CURRENT POSITION President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC CURRENT LOCATION Tampa, Florida ABOUT MIKE Mike chose to study agricultural business and...
Four ag faculty awarded promotion, tenure
Four College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2015, Auburn University Provost Timothy Boosinger has announced. Advancing from the academic rank of associate professor to full professor are Kenneth Macklin in the Department...
Dairy U event planned for May
Dairy U, an educational, hands-on workshop for youth, will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit on Auburn’s campus. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension...
April dairy goat program offers hands-on learning opportunity
Dairy Goat U, a hands-on, educational event for youth, will take place Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stone Hollow Farmstead in Harpersville, Alabama. Sponsored by the Auburn University College of Agriculture, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and...
Chen recognized for contributions to International Peanut Genome Project
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...
Srivastava named Auburn’s eminent scholar in agriculture, environment
Puneet Srivastava, professor of ecological engineering in Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering, has been named the Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar in Agriculture and the Environment at Auburn following an internal search. College of Agriculture...