by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 31, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Associate professor’s passion for people and places drives food security work by MARY CATHERINE GASTON It sounds like the story line of a summer feel-good flick: A typical kid grows up in the suburbs of Detroit, finishes high school and enlists in the Navy. As a...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 31, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Entomology & Plant Pathology
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...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
The College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series, in conjunction with Auburn University’s Littleton-Franklin Lectures, will present Harvard Medical School professor and Nobel Prize recipient Jack Szostak delivering a lecture titled “The Origins of...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 20, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
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)...
by Josh Woods | Mar 20, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, was recently published in the Annual Review of Entomology for her research on mosquito insecticide resistance. Her article, “Insecticide Resistance in Mosquitoes:...
by Josh Woods | Mar 20, 2015 | Animal Sciences
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...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 18, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
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...
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by Josh Woods | Mar 17, 2015 | Animal Sciences
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...
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by Josh Woods | Mar 17, 2015 | Animal Sciences
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...
by William Cahalin | Mar 17, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
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...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 13, 2015 | Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
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...
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by Jaden Brown | Mar 10, 2015 | Animal Sciences
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...
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by Jaden Brown | Mar 10, 2015 | Animal Sciences
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...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 4, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
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...
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by Jamie Creamer | Mar 2, 2015 | Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration
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...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 27, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Horticulture
Hort researchers test feasibility of banana production in Alabama by JAMIE CREAMER video by NATHAN KELLY In the world of food, bananas are rock stars. They’re Walmart’s perennial No. 1 best-selling item, outpacing all of the 150,000-plus other products in the...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 27, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Auburn ag economist’s study refutes challenges to country-of-origin labeling by JAMIE CREAMER An Auburn University professor’s rigorous analysis of almost 30 years’ worth of U.S. cattle import and price data debunks foreign beef competitors’ claims that the U.S....
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 27, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences
Father and son lead College of Agriculture alumni and student groups by MARY CATHERINE GASTON If you spend much time on Ag Hill, you’ll hear mention of the “Auburn Ag Family.” It is true that College of Agriculture students, alumni, faculty and staff take pride in the...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Following a rebranding effort that included minor restructuring, the College of Agriculture’s Office of International Agriculture is now the Office of Global Programs. Headed by Henry Fadamiro, assistant dean and director of global programs, the mission of the OGP is...
by Josh Woods | Feb 17, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Caleb Bristow, a two-time graduate of the Auburn University Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been named executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association. Bristow, 26, earned his B.S. in agronomy and soils in 2010 and his M.S. in...
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by Jaden Brown | Feb 17, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Curtis Jolly, a Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor of Diversity, received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor of the association. Jolly has been in the agricultural economics department for 35 years and is a...
