by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Mary Catherine Gaston Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 26, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By MARY CATHERINE GASTON A newly released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database that Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson compiled paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Premium parking and space to tailgate with family and friends is available to game-going Auburn Tiger fans again this football season through the College of Agriculture’s 2014 Tailgate at the Park. The number of All single-car, parking-only spaces went quickly this...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 21, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala. —Auburn University alumni professor and researcher Henry Fadamiro has been named assistant dean and director of global programs in the College of Agriculture, effective Sept. 1, Dean Bill Batchelor has announced. “Agriculture knows no geographical...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 19, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The fall installment of the 2014 Auburn University Special Lecture Series will take place Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will feature Jeffrey Beall, an expert on scholarly publishing. The lecture, entitled “Scholarly Publishing in...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 12, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host an expo and field day Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Research Center on North College Street in Auburn. Free and open to the...
by William Cahalin | Jul 28, 2014 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —William Dar, director general of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, or ICRISAT, and colleague Laxmipathi Gowda, the institute’s deputy director general for research, were in Auburn recently as guests of the College of...
by William Cahalin | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala. —Fall Ag Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture, easily the biggest tailgate party on the Auburn University campus, is set for homecoming Saturday, Sept. 27, at Ag Heritage Park, before the Auburn-Louisiana Tech football game. Game time has not been...
by William Cahalin | Jul 22, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala. —Drones may be controversial for use in military and national security matters, but the unmanned aerial vehicles are poised to revolutionize agriculture, and those who attend the 2014 Ag Discovery Adventure Saturday, Sept. 13, at Auburn University’s E.V....
by William Cahalin | Jul 18, 2014 | COA Communications
AUBURN, Ala. —As a native of Great Falls, Virginia, Lyndsee Leach is no stranger to the Washington, D.C., area. In fact, working on Capitol Hill has been a long-time dream for this Auburn University senior in agricultural communications. This summer, she acted on that...
by William Cahalin | Jun 13, 2014 | Poultry Science
AUBURN, Ala. —For Danville native Sarah Stephenson, summer breaks are not about beach trips, but internships. The junior in poultry science production is spending this summer in the federal government relations office of Tyson Foods, Inc., in Washington, D.C.,...
by William Cahalin | Jun 10, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —Alan Wilson, an associate professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and researcher with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, has been selected to spend a year working with the National Science Foundation as a program...
by William Cahalin | May 23, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering
AUBURN, Ala. —Researchers with the Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will soon be farming more efficiently, thanks to a deal with farm machinery manufacturer Case IH and Kentucky-based H&R Agri-Power. In exchange...
by William Cahalin | May 19, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —The eighth annual Tallapoosa Basin Conference will take place Friday, May 30, at the Hubbard Center for Advanced Science, Innovation and Commerce at Auburn University. The event will feature experts addressing a range of topics related to water resources...
by William Cahalin | May 13, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —In the seven years he has been on the faculty in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, associate professor Alan Wilson has introduced more than 70 undergraduate students from Auburn and beyond to the fascinating world...
by William Cahalin | May 13, 2014 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —Registration is now open for the 2014 Regional Beef Cattle Conference, set for Friday-Saturday, June 13-14, at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Overton-Goodwin Center and other campus facilities. Co-sponsored by the Auburn College...
by William Cahalin | May 7, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —Cliff Webber, a retired research fellow and current visiting professor in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, was recently recognized for his contributions to natural resources conservation in Alabama with the W....
by William Cahalin | May 6, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer presented its Excellence in Innovation Award to Joseph Kloepper, plant pathology professor in the College of Agriculture, during the fourth annual luncheon of the Auburn University chapter of the...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The recently released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database compiled by Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama producers, are...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2014 | COA Communications
AUBURN, Ala.—When she graduates from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications May 3, Anna Leigh Peek will waste no time moving on to her next endeavor: a position in the guest relations department at Monsanto’s world headquarters in...
by William Cahalin | Apr 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This reaction, known...
