by Jamie Creamer | Jun 19, 2018 | News, Research
Jun 19, 2018 1:35:20 PM News by Jamie Creamer College students who participate in hands-on, faculty-mentored research en route to their bachelor’s degrees cite multiple personal and professional benefits the experience delivers, from strengthening their...
by William Cahalin | Jun 19, 2018 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
Dalton Richardson received an MS in Rural Sociology at Auburn University before joining the Sociology PhD program at the University of Oregon, where he is currently a Graduate Teaching Fellow. His research interests include rural life in the United States,...
by Jamie Creamer | Jun 14, 2018 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
College students who participate in hands-on, faculty-mentored research en route to their bachelor’s degrees cite multiple personal and professional benefits the experience delivers, from strengthening their time-management, critical-thinking and communication skills...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 4, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Feature, Poultry Science, Research
Jun 4, 2018 10:38:15 AM Feature By Paul Hollis The poultry industry in Alabama contributes more than $15 billion to the state’s economy each year, but along with the revenue and jobs, it also produces about 1.8 million tons of waste, or litter, annually. Ensuring this...
by Laura Cauthen | Jun 4, 2018 | News, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Laura Cauthen / Jun 4, 2018 10:29:30 AM News Bill Deutsch, a retired Auburn University aquatic ecologist who has spent almost three decades exploring, restoring and championing Alabama’s 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, will unveil his debut book, Alabama...
by Laura Cauthen | May 30, 2018 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News
By Laura Cauthen / May 30, 2018 4:09:34 PM News The Auburn University College of Agriculture and the City of Auburn are teaming up to host Bee Auburn 2018 June 18 – 22. The week, which coincides with National Pollinator Week 2018, celebrates pollinators and their...
by Laura Cauthen | May 29, 2018 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Lawn & Garden, News
By Laura Cauthen / May 29, 2018 4:23:35 PM News The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an...
by Laura Cauthen | May 29, 2018 | Animal Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight
By Laura Cauthen / May 29, 2018 3:58:18 PM Feature Sometimes when you think you’ve got life all mapped out, providence sends you in a different direction. Grady Smith, senior pastor of Gateway Baptist Church in Montgomery, knows all about that kind of journey. Smith...
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by Jamie Creamer | May 23, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala. — The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an annual nationwide survey show....
by Laura Cauthen | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Laura Cauthen / May 3, 2018 12:14:06 PM News Bee Campus USA recently announced Auburn University as the first university in Alabama to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the...
by Jamie Creamer | May 2, 2018 | Biosystems Engineering, Donor Impact Stories, Feature, Poultry Science
A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center, located...
by Laura Cauthen | May 2, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Feature
By Laura Cauthen / May 2, 2018 12:20:09 PM Feature In the fall of 1948, four young boys, John E. Horne (BS ag education ’52) of Alabaster, Harry W. Houston (BS animal husbandry ’52) of Hartselle, Hanchey E. “Mickey” Logue (BS journalism ’52) of Auburn and Ralph J....
by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 2, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Feature, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
May 2, 2018 12:14:02 PM Feature When Gregory Whitis began his undergraduate studies in zoology at Iowa State University in the mid-’70s, he had no idea there was such a place as Auburn University; he had never heard the word “aquaculture”; and the idea of one day...
by Margaret Smith | May 2, 2018 | Feature
By Maggie Smith / May 2, 2018 12:11:51 PM Feature Auburn University agricultural communications majors can gain real-world experience right on campus when they join the staff of AgHill Communications, or AHC, a student-formed and -operated business that serves bona...
by Jamie Creamer | May 2, 2018 | Alumni Stories, Feature, Horticulture, Lawn & Garden
By Jamie Creamer / May 2, 2018 12:06:29 PM Feature On a mid-March afternoon in 1998, Tony Gibson high-fived friends and family as he celebrated graduating with his horticulture degree from Auburn University. But the festivities were short and sweet, because this new...
by Laura Cauthen | May 2, 2018 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Student Spotlight
By Laura Cauthen / May 2, 2018 11:58:28 AM Feature If you’re going to keep up with Kenzley Defler, you’d better put on your running shoes. Not just because she’s an avid long-distance runner and Auburn track and field team member, but because she’s always in...
by Laura Cauthen | May 2, 2018 | Global Programs, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Laura Cauthen / May 2, 2018 10:48:27 AMFeature Ideal may not be the first word that comes to mind when one considers Vietnam as a destination, but that’s how School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences associate professor Bill Daniels describes the locale...
by Laura Cauthen | May 1, 2018 | News
By Laura Cauthen / May 1, 2018 4:00:14 PM News Alabama Public Television will air the second episode in its documentary series on agricultural research at Auburn University May 7 at 9 p.m. CDT. The series, which debuted in February, will include at least eight parts...
by Paul Hollis | May 1, 2018 | Feature, National Poultry Technology Center, Poultry Science
Live poultry production in the U.S. is on the cusp of revolutionary changes, and Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC, is helping to ensure that producers are not left behind. “Efficiency is the key to everything we do,” said Gene Simpson,...
by Laura Cauthen | May 1, 2018 | News, Poultry Science
Randall Ennis, a 1983 Auburn University poultry science graduate who serves as CEO of the World Poultry Foundation, will deliver the keynote address during Auburn’s spring 2018 commencement ceremonies set for Sunday, May 6, in the Auburn Arena. He will speak at both...
by Laura Cauthen | Apr 30, 2018 | Donor Impact Stories, News, Poultry Science
A $500,000 gift to the Auburn University College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D & F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research and Education Center,...
