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Better than he found it: Patterson steps down as agriculture dean, experiment station director
Effective Jan. 1, Paul Patterson is stepping away from his roles as dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. He led both to record numbers in the areas of teaching, research and outreach since he assumed the...
Graduation marshal Rachel Robinson sets sights on vet school
Auburn University Marching Band member Rachel Robinson has one more march to make. The animal sciences (pre-vet) major is the student marshal for the College of Agriculture at the 2024 winter commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14. Robinson’s time as an...
Rypel named director of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
Andrew L. Rypel will serve as director of the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, effective March 22. He comes from the University...
Auburn research looks to control deer feeding on row crops
When can there be too many deer even for a hunting enthusiast? When that same enthusiast is a row-crop farmer, and the deer are using their fields as an all-you-can-eat...
Measuring the impact of natural light on chicken production
The average broiler chicken lives 6–8 weeks and spends much of that time indoors, but researchers at Auburn University are investigating the use of natural light in...
College offers live virtual tours for prospective students
The dorms, classrooms, dining halls, offices and fields may all be empty, but the College of Agriculture at Auburn University is still giving live tours.
College of Agriculture Fills Role in Food Chain During COVID-19 Pandemic
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture continues research activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Unlimited Career
Chasity Westry, Auburn University alumni success story with a degree in Food Science.
The (re)connection: how alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
How alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
Taking stage: student finds success in unconventional double major
At first glance, most people probably wouldn’t think agricultural communications and theatre have anything in common. But Zac Moss, an Auburn University junior from Huntsville who is majoring in both fields, says otherwise.
Poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
Auburn poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
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Just Plain[s] Special
Animal and dairy sciences alumnus plays a valuable part in the unique place Dr. Frank Pierce has chosen to call home. Georgia veterinarian and Auburn alum makes a name for himself.
Chocolate Chips and Chili
Food science alumna Beth Westmoreland Miller shares her success with Nestle — along with a couple of family recipes.
Research to advance climate-smart irrigation for agriculture
Di Tian, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences is the lead researcher in a $500,000 three-year interdisciplinary project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Integrated research looks at human side of science
Left to right, Denis Nadolnyak, Ruiqing Miao and Michele Worosz, all of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, are members of research teams that received grants from the National Science Foundation.
Horticulture’s Kessler makes a comeback, lives to ride again
Auburn horticulture’s Kessler recovers from April 13 near-fatal bike wreck, returns for fall semester.
USDA chief scientist, Auburn alum presents Fall York Lecture Sept. 26
The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series will present U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Scott Hutchins as the Fall 2019 York Lecturer Thursday, Sept. 26, in Auburn. In the lecture, set for 4 p.m. in the...
Dozier new Department of Poultry Science head at Auburn
Bill Dozier new poultry science department head, Miller Center executive director at Auburn University, AL
For the love of mud: as Nat Geo Explorer, Auburn’s Waters probes polluted lake’s past through sediment
As Nat Geo Explorer, Auburn’s Waters probes polluted lake’s past through sediment
The tools for fighting cancer: how gardening has become a wellness practice
The tools for fighting cancer: how gardening has become a wellness practice
Beneficial bacteria eyed as alternative to nitrogen on bermudagrass hay
Auburn University researchers are examining the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative to nitrogen on bermuda grass hay.
Auburn researcher working to improve cattle fertility
Fernando Biase, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, is leading a project that will create a basis of knowledge allowing for the development of strategies to improve fertility in beef cattle.
Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops
Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama?
A fertile imagination: abundant creative energy fuels medical entomologist’s passions for advanced biotechnology fantasy art
“The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?”—Seneca, first-century Roman Stoic philosopher
Pilgrim’s Classroom honors company for $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
A teaching space inside the flagship building at Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center is now the Pilgrim’s Education Classroom. The university’s Board of Trustees approved the designation at its June 7 meeting in Auburn in...
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
College offers live virtual tours for prospective students
The dorms, classrooms, dining halls, offices and fields may all be empty, but the College of Agriculture at Auburn University is still giving live tours.
College of Agriculture Fills Role in Food Chain During COVID-19 Pandemic
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture continues research activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Unlimited Career
Chasity Westry, Auburn University alumni success story with a degree in Food Science.
The (re)connection: how alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
How alumni are staying close to their college home, no matter how far they go
Taking stage: student finds success in unconventional double major
At first glance, most people probably wouldn’t think agricultural communications and theatre have anything in common. But Zac Moss, an Auburn University junior from Huntsville who is majoring in both fields, says otherwise.
Poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
Auburn poultry science department represented well at poultry forum and conference
Just Plain[s] Special
Animal and dairy sciences alumnus plays a valuable part in the unique place Dr. Frank Pierce has chosen to call home. Georgia veterinarian and Auburn alum makes a name for himself.
Chocolate Chips and Chili
Food science alumna Beth Westmoreland Miller shares her success with Nestle — along with a couple of family recipes.
Research to advance climate-smart irrigation for agriculture
Di Tian, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences is the lead researcher in a $500,000 three-year interdisciplinary project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Integrated research looks at human side of science
Left to right, Denis Nadolnyak, Ruiqing Miao and Michele Worosz, all of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, are members of research teams that received grants from the National Science Foundation.
Horticulture’s Kessler makes a comeback, lives to ride again
Auburn horticulture’s Kessler recovers from April 13 near-fatal bike wreck, returns for fall semester.
USDA chief scientist, Auburn alum presents Fall York Lecture Sept. 26
The Auburn University College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series will present U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Scott Hutchins as the Fall 2019 York Lecturer Thursday, Sept. 26, in Auburn. In the lecture, set for 4 p.m. in the...
Dozier new Department of Poultry Science head at Auburn
Bill Dozier new poultry science department head, Miller Center executive director at Auburn University, AL
For the love of mud: as Nat Geo Explorer, Auburn’s Waters probes polluted lake’s past through sediment
As Nat Geo Explorer, Auburn’s Waters probes polluted lake’s past through sediment
The tools for fighting cancer: how gardening has become a wellness practice
The tools for fighting cancer: how gardening has become a wellness practice
Beneficial bacteria eyed as alternative to nitrogen on bermudagrass hay
Auburn University researchers are examining the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative to nitrogen on bermuda grass hay.
Auburn researcher working to improve cattle fertility
Fernando Biase, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, is leading a project that will create a basis of knowledge allowing for the development of strategies to improve fertility in beef cattle.
Survey endorses local branding of Alabama specialty crops
Would you be more willing to buy a bag of sweet potatoes, basket of peaches or a jar of honey if you knew from the label that it was grown in Alabama?
A fertile imagination: abundant creative energy fuels medical entomologist’s passions for advanced biotechnology fantasy art
“The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?”—Seneca, first-century Roman Stoic philosopher
Pilgrim’s Classroom honors company for $500,000 Miller Poultry Center gift
A teaching space inside the flagship building at Auburn University’s Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center is now the Pilgrim’s Education Classroom. The university’s Board of Trustees approved the designation at its June 7 meeting in Auburn in...
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl
Auburn turf management major recounts super week at Super Bowl