by Paul Hollis | Mar 27, 2020 | News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis / Mar 27, 2020 10:21:23 AM News Ash Bullard, a professor of parasitology and taxonomy in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences has been named a recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal,...
by Josh Woods | Mar 17, 2020 | News
Effective late yesterday, Auburn University has adopted a new operational model in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus among our university family and the communities around us. This extraordinary effort is made solely with the interest of everyone’s...
by Paul Hollis | Mar 17, 2020 | News
By Paul Patterson / Mar 17, 2020 11:53:23 AM News Effective late March 16, Auburn University has adopted a new operational model in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus among our university family and the communities around us. This extraordinary effort...
by Josh Woods | Feb 28, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Donor Impact Stories, Feature, Poultry Science
By Meghan McDonald / Feb 28, 2020 9:34:04 AM Feature Ray Hilburn (’78), associate director of the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, began mentoring College of Agriculture students eight years ago. “I decided to participate to give back to the College of Agriculture...
by Margaret Smith | Feb 24, 2020 | News
By Maggie Smith / Feb 24, 2020 10:37:06 AM News Auburn University’s Women in Agriculture will host its 2020 Spring Luncheon Monday, April 6, in Auburn, and is inviting all women involved in or associated with agriculture at any level to attend the luncheon. The...
by Margaret Smith | Feb 19, 2020 | Feature, Student Spotlight
By Maggie Smith / Feb 19, 2020 9:25:57 AM Feature 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...
by Margaret Smith | Feb 10, 2020 | Horticulture, News
For the second year in a row, the Auburn University Horticulture Club took home the Outstanding Club Award at the Southern Region of the American Society of Horticultural Sciences’ annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Six Auburn students attended the conference and...
by Margaret Smith | Feb 5, 2020 | News
By Maggie Smith / Feb 5, 2020 9:35:39 AM News The Auburn University College of Agriculture recently hosted a graduate student recruiting fair for the first time in recent years. “The graduate student recruiting fair was organized as part of our effort to advance...
by Paul Hollis | Feb 3, 2020 | News
By Paul Hollis / Feb 3, 2020 2:07:14 PM College of Agriculture, News, Events AUBURN, Ala.—Cow-calf producers and members of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association across the state will gather to gain valuable insight on how to be more successful in the beef cattle...
by Margaret Smith | Jan 31, 2020 | Horticulture, News
The Department of Horticulture is set to receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on this year’s Tiger Giving Day, set for Feb. 19. The funds will be used to support new on-campus hydroponic container gardens. These high-tech gardens will...
by Margaret Smith | Jan 29, 2020 | Feature, Poultry Science
By Maggie Smith / Jan 29, 2020 10:00:23 AM News Twenty-one Department of Poultry Science students presented their research findings at the International Poultry Scientific Forum and American Feed Industry Association’s Pet Food Conference earlier this week in Atlanta....
by Margaret Smith | Jan 28, 2020 | Animal Sciences, News
By Maggie Smith / Jan 28, 2020 9:24:29 AM News Kim Mullenix, associate professor of animal sciences and beef extension specialist, was recently awarded the Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Award – Education by the Southern Section of the American Society of...
by Margaret Smith | Jan 22, 2020 | News
By Maggie Smith / Jan 22, 2020 10:19:30 AM News Seven College of Agriculture students were recently awarded scholarships by the Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association at the Gulf States Horticultural Expo in Mobile. The scholarship recipients include horticulture...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jan 7, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Animal Sciences, Feature
By Mary Catherine Gaston / Jan 7, 2020 2:54:08 PM Feature Animal and dairy sciences alumnus plays a valuable part in the unique place he’s chosen to call home Plains, Georgia, is a special place. Of course, the whole world knows Plains as the home of America’s 39th...
by Jamie Creamer | Dec 20, 2019 | Alumni Stories, Feature
By Jamie Creamer / Dec 20, 2019 3:05:51 PM Feature ’13 Auburn food science grad lives dream finds sweet job with Nestlé Beth Westmoreland Miller baked her first batch of Nestlé® Toll House® chocolate chip cookies when she was 10 years old. OK, so maybe she didn’t...
by Paul Hollis | Dec 2, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis / Dec 2, 2019 12:19:40 PM Climate Change, College of Agriculture, Feature, News On the heels of the hottest, driest fall in Alabama’s history, Auburn University researchers are working to find ways to improve water-use efficiency for farmers. Growers...
by William Cahalin | Nov 22, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
In the year 1919: World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Congress ratified the18th Amendment, authorizing Prohibition, and the 19th, giving women the right to vote. The Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Ford Motor Co....
by Margaret Smith | Oct 24, 2019 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Two College of Agriculture faculty members were recognized last night at the Auburn University Office of the Provost Professorship Dinner and Ceremony. Rex Dunham, alumni professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was recognized as the...
by Paul Hollis | Oct 18, 2019 | News, Poultry Science
By Paul Hollis / Oct 18, 2019 2:04:26 PM Events, Poultry Science The College of Agriculture’s Department of Poultry Science recently unveiled a sculpture presented by Aviagen, one of the world’s largest poultry breeding service companies. Aviagen privately...
by Paul Hollis | Oct 8, 2019 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Feature, Research
By Paul Hollis Grants from the National Science Foundation are some of the most prestigious and competitive researchers can receive, with only one out of every five proposals ultimately being approved for an award. So for one department in Auburn University’s College...
by Jamie Creamer | Oct 1, 2019 | Animal Sciences, News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Jamie Creamer / Oct 1, 2019 3:57:49 PM News Veteran College of Agriculture faculty members Rex Dunham and Russ Muntifering have been announced as 2019 recipients of two of Auburn University’s highest faculty awards. Dunham, Alumni Professor in the School of...