Auburn Grad School honors five College of Ag students

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 16, 2016 | Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, Entomology & Plant Pathology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Five College of Agriculture doctoral and master’s students are among 24 graduate students campus-wide who have been selected as winners in the Auburn University Graduate School’s 2015-16 awards program. Lauren Jescovitch, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Fisheries,...

Fisheries Ph.D. student wins People's Choice in 3MT contest

by Jamie Creamer | Nov 30, 2015 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Entomology & Plant Pathology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Hisham Abdelrahman, a Ph.D. candidate under the direction of veteran School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences professor Claude Boyd, was the runner-up and also won the coveted People’s Choice Award during Auburn University’s Three-Minute Thesis, or 3MT,...

Agriculture projects help Auburn earn national innovation award

by Jamie Creamer | Nov 30, 2015 | Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Two inventive College of Agriculture programs that are spurring significant economic growth and benefiting citizens throughout the state and region helped Auburn University win a national 2015 Innovation and Economic Prosperity University Award from the Association of...

Process for approving genetically engineered animals flawed, says AU professor

by Paul Hollis | Nov 30, 2015 | AAES Administration, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

by PAUL HOLLISFederal regulators have approved a fast-growing transgenic salmon as the first genetically engineered animal available for human consumption. And while some are hailing it as a historic breakthrough, others are questioning whether the current approval...

Alum to address world supply, demand for fish in lecture

by Jamie Creamer | Oct 27, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Nhuong Van Tran, a 2011 College of Agriculture alumnus, will present a guest lecture, “Future of Global Fish Supply and Demand,” Monday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Comer Hall 207. Tran was awarded his B.S. degree in aquaculture in his native Vietnam in 1997...

Fishin' for fun

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 4, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Just because there’s no football on the Plains on Saturday, Oct. 17, that doesn’t mean you should stay away. The School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences invites you to enjoy a rare, uncongested fall Saturday in the Loveliest Village at its second annual...

DeVries named fisheries society fellow

by Jamie Creamer | Sep 4, 2015 | Biosystems Engineering, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Dennis DeVries, professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, has been inducted into the inaugural class of fellows of the American Fisheries Society. He received the honor in recognition of his outstanding contributions in leadership,...