by Margaret Smith | Oct 1, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, News
By Maggie Smith / Oct 1, 2019 3:51:19 PM News Don Ball, alumni professor in Auburn’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, recently co-authored a book which examines the history and modern uses of forage tall fescue. “The Wonder Grass” takes a...
by Jamie Creamer | Sep 30, 2019 | Feature, Horticulture
By Jamie Creamer / Sep 30, 2019 4:10:41 PM Feature Five and a half months ago, a team of medical specialists came to a grim conclusion: If the comatose patient in UAB Hospital’s neuroscience intensive care unit didn’t die, he would spend the rest of his mentally...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 30, 2019 | E.T. York Lecturer Series, News
By Paul Hollis / Sep 30, 2019 3:26:10 PM News, Events The climate is changing, but farmers are not to blame, the chief scientist of the USDA said recently during a presentation to a group of students and faculty at Auburn University. “There are a lot of reasons for...
by Paul Hollis | Sep 30, 2019 | Alumni Stories, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Research
By Mitch Emmons A recent doctoral graduate in the College of Agriculture’s entomology program has completed the first scientific classification and identification study of a group of insects, phylloxerans – an insect similar to an aphid – that has been...
by William Cahalin | Sep 22, 2019 | News
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:10:00 AM Abbie Adcock Cuny (BA poultry science ’14) works with Chick-fil-A Inc. in the supplier quality and safety division as a liaison between Chick-fil-A operators and poultry suppliers. She...
by William Cahalin | Sep 22, 2019 | News
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:06:28 AM Jay McCurdy (PhD agronomy and soils ’13) has been named recipient of the Crop Science Society of America’s 2017 Early Career Award for making significant contributions to the field within...
by William Cahalin | Sep 22, 2019 | News
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 10:02:27 AM Casey Whitaker (BS ag communications ’14) is communications manager for the Arlington, Virginia–based Animal Agriculture Alliance, an industry organization that helps bridge the...
by William Cahalin | Sep 22, 2019 | News
By Office of Agricultural Communications and Marketing / Nov 7, 2017 9:45:29 AM Sarah Frederick Henson, (BS animal sciences ’05) released her debut novel, “Devils Within,” in October. She is an attorney who recently joined the firm of Grace, Matthews and Debro LLC in...
by Jamie Creamer | Sep 5, 2019 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories, E.T. York Lecturer Series, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
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...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 30, 2019 | Feature, Poultry Science
By Jamie Creamer / Aug 30, 2019 10:34:01 AM News William A. “Bill” Dozier, Auburn University professor and noted poultry nutritionist, will assume a new role Sept. 1 as head of Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science. He also will serve as executive director of the...
by Margaret Smith | Aug 28, 2019 | News, Outreach
By Maggie Smith / Aug 28, 2019 4:48:13 PM News Old Nancy, a 1905 Case steam traction engine that had been on loan to Auburn University for more than four decades, has a new home inside the Museum of East Alabama in Opelika. It was in 1974 that Mrs. A.C. Whatley, whose...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 21, 2019 | News, Poultry Science
By Jamie Creamer / Aug 21, 2019 3:59:33 PM News The American Association of Avian Pathologists has honored Joseph Giambrone, professor emeritus in Auburn University’s Department of Poultry Science, for his many scientific contributions to the prevention and control of...
by Laura Cauthen | Aug 12, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Outreach
By Laura Cauthen / Aug 12, 2019 9:34:09 AM Feature “Greeting Explorers!” reads the salutation as Matt Waters, Auburn environmental science assistant professor, opens his email from the National Geographic Society. Getting these emails, Waters said, is one of the fun...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 8, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Student Spotlight
Eli Russell, a senior in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, brought home four first-place awards from the Weed Science Society of America’s 2019 National WeedOlympics, held recently at the University of Illinois at...
by Josh Woods | Aug 2, 2019 | Animal Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, News
By Joshua Woods / Aug 2, 2019 4:42:28 PM News The Alabama Farmers Federation honored two Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension System professionals for work tangibly affecting farmers and agriculture with inaugural Alfa Awards, presented before hundreds...
by Jamie Creamer | Aug 2, 2019 | Donor Impact Stories, News, Poultry Science, Research
By Jamie Creamer / Aug 2, 2019 8:51:30 AM News AUBURN, Ala.—A gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from the world’s leading provider of innovative poultry processing systems will significantly advance teaching, research and outreach capabilities at the...
by Josh Woods | Aug 1, 2019 | E.T. York Lecturer Series, News
By Joshua Woods / Aug 31, 2019 5:36:03 PM News, Events Auburn University’s College of Agriculture will host Scott Hutchins, deputy under secretary for the USDA’s research, education and economics mission area, as speaker for its E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series...
by Jamie Creamer | Jul 30, 2019 | News, Poultry Science
By Jamie Creamer / Jul 30, 2019 4:45:21 PM News, Poultry Science Sacit “Sarge” Bilgili, interim head of the Department of Poultry Science at Auburn University, is the 2019 recipient of the Poultry Science Association Distinguished Poultry Industry Career Award,...
by Margaret Smith | Jul 29, 2019 | Horticulture, News
By Maggie Smith / Jul 29, 2019 3:33:23 PM News When Alabama Public Television airs the seventh episode in its “Spotlight on Agriculture” series Aug. 5 at 9 p.m. CDT, it will place the spotlight on a cancer intervention program that has changed the lives of hundreds of...
by Paul Hollis | Jul 29, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, News, Research
By Paul Hollis / Jul 29, 2019 1:53:18 PM Feature As agricultural research dollars become increasingly scarce, it’s more important than ever that funded projects provide timely solutions to real-world problems. That’s why the proposals approved for Auburn University’s...
by Margaret Smith | Jul 25, 2019 | News, Research
By Maggie Smith / Jul 25, 2019 11:57:56 AM News Auburn College of Agriculture alumnus Scott Hutchins, deputy under secretary for USDA’s research, education and economics mission area, highlighted Auburn University research when he testified before the U.S. Senate...
