by Jamie Creamer | Jul 5, 2017 | Biosystems Engineering, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology
Three College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotions, and one of the three also has been recognized university-wide for his exemplary support of undergraduate student researchers. The latter is Sushil Adhikari in the Department of Biosystems...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 21, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Beth Guertal, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, has been voted president-elect of the Crop Science Society of America, or CSSA, and will advance to the role of president at the organization’s 2018 meetings in...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2017 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Horticulture, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
One of the earliest undergraduate degree programs available to students at what today is Auburn University will return fall semester 2017 when the College of Agriculture begins offering a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science. Auburn’s Department of Horticulture...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 31, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
A College of Agriculture master’s student and a recent graduate have been named 2017 recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The two—Edna Fernandez-Figueroa and April Maxwell—are among a record-setting 14 Auburn University students...
by Jamie Creamer | Mar 17, 2017 | AAES Administration, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration
Auburn University Department of Biosystems Engineering professor Oladiran Fasina will assume the role as head of the department, effective April 16, College of Agriculture Dean Paul Patterson has announced. Fasina is a 15-year veteran of the Auburn faculty and from...
by Jamie Creamer | Feb 1, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration
Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam will address the often-controversial issue of genetic engineering’s role in livestock production systems on the Auburn University campus Tuesday, Feb. 14, when she presents “Animal biotechnology: What is it, what could it be, and...
by Paul Hollis | Dec 7, 2016 | AAES Administration, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture
Plant pathology faculty member Leonardo De La Fuente has been appointed the Entomology and Plant Pathology Faculty Endowed Professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Department of Horticulture head and professor Dave Williams reappointed as the...