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by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 15, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Years of floundering led grad student to fisheries by JAMIE CREAMER Some people are born knowing what they want to be when they grow up. Mollie Smith was not one of them. She had no clear vision of her future when she enrolled at Auburn University as a freshman in...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 7, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture
by WENDY REED A gift of more than half a million dollars from the estate of an Auburn horticulture alumnus and his wife has fully funded an endowed professorship in the Department of Horticulture and strengthened a scholarship fund for Auburn horticulture students....
by William Cahalin | May 3, 2013 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
AUBURN, Ala.—An Auburn University initiative established through the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station in 2011 to promote interdisciplinary research aimed at improving the nation’s food system has achieved “institute” status. The Auburn University Food Systems...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2013 | Animal Sciences, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Five Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty have been appointed or reappointed to professorships, and several faculty and students in the college have earned high honors for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2012-13 academic year....
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 29, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
by JAMIE CREAMER Alabama is home to the most diverse freshwater mussel population in all of North America, with 180 known species dwelling or having once dwelled in the state’s rivers and streams. But in recent decades, their numbers have plummeted as a result of...
by William Cahalin | Apr 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—The Market at Ag Heritage Park, located on the Auburn University campus at the corner of Lem Morrison and Donahue drives, will open its 2013 season Thursday, May 9, and will run every Thursday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. through Aug. 15. “The Market is...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 1, 2013 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Scientists investigating what makes bedbugs tick by JAMIE CREAMER The first thing that Zach DeVries does when he opens the door to a new hotel room is to put his luggage in the bathtub. “I’m not being paranoid,” DeVries says. “I’m being cautious.” It is a caution...
by William Cahalin | Mar 19, 2013 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University will host the first-ever Southeastern Conference equestrian championship Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, at the Auburn University Horse Center on Wire Road. All four SEC equestrian programs—Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas...
by William Cahalin | Mar 15, 2013 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Joseph Eakes, the Jimmy and Chris Pursell Professor of Horticulture, has been named the 2013 Professional Landcare Network, or PLANET, Academic Excellence Foundation Outstanding Educator of the Year. The award, which goes to a professor who dedicates his...
by William Cahalin | Mar 5, 2013 | Animal Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help ensure...
by William Cahalin | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—A weeklong on-campus celebration aimed at raising awareness of and appreciation for agriculture is set for March 30-April 5 during the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Ag Week 2013. This year’s Ag Week will feature a variety of special...
by William Cahalin | Mar 4, 2013 | Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University–patented kiwifruit varieties are now on the market, offering home gardeners across central and south Alabama a new and refreshing fruit possibility and the region’s produce farmers a promising high-value specialty crop. Included among...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 2, 2013 | Animal Sciences
Twins part of college’s largest graduating class by WENDY REED Even before the 123 College of Agriculture seniors set to graduate this coming May begin making their mark through work and careers, they will have made history as part of the college’s largest...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 28, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Poultry Science
$4.8 million grant will enhance safety of local foods by JAMIE CREAMER Animal sciences assistant professor Christy Bratcher and a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Auburn and Tuskegee universities have been awarded a five-year, $4.8 million grant from USDA’s...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Feb 25, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Auburn ag alum wins farmers federation presidency by JAMIE CREAMER On Dec. 3, 2012, College of Agriculture alumnus and fifth-generation Chilton County farmer Jimmy Parnell eked out a victory to become president of the Alabama Farmers Federation and, subsequently,...
by William Cahalin | Feb 22, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
AUBURN, Ala.—Agriculture, forestry and their related industries account for 41 percent of Alabama’s $174 billion economy and provide 22 percent of all jobs in the state, a new report from Auburn University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology...
by William Cahalin | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
AUBURN, Ala.—The College of Agriculture’s E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series, in conjunction with Auburn University’s Littleton-Franklin Lectures, will present anti-hunger activist Roger Thurow delivering the lecture “The Last Hunger Season: Meeting the Great...
by William Cahalin | Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
NEWEST MEMBERS Three men who have made lasting contributions to Alabama agriculture were inducted into the Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association’s Ag Hall of Honor in a ceremony Jan. 31 in Auburn. The inductees were Tommy Paulk of Decatur, second from...
by William Cahalin | Jan 22, 2013 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala.—Research that Alabama Ag Experiment Station entomologist David Held is conducting in labs at Auburn is shedding new light on the secret lives of mole crickets, and his findings could eventually lead to improved strategies for controlling the costly pests....
by William Cahalin | Jan 17, 2013 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alumni Stories
Lord Kwakye Ameyaw completed a Master of Science Degree in Rural Sociology from Auburn University in 2013. He recently completed a PhD in Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. Lord works as an Agroforester with the Nebraska...
by William Cahalin | Dec 11, 2012 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.— Twenty College of Agriculture/Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who landed a combined $11.4 million-plus in grants and contracts over the course of a year were honored as 2012 Grantsmanship Award winners and 21 other faculty and staff...
