by Ashley Wiskirchen | May 12, 2015 | Poultry Science
IN MEMORY OF DR. ROBERT N. BREWER The Alabama poultry industry and the Auburn Department of Poultry Science have lost a true pioneer and visionary. Dr. Bob Brewer, Professor and Department Head Emeritus, passed away May 10, 2015. Brewer joined the department in 1969...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 21, 2015 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration
AUBURN, Ala.—The USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Institute has awarded a team of researchers from Auburn and Tuskegee universities a $500,000 grant to study heir property and its impact on land loss in rural African-American communities in the South.Conner...
by Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 31, 2015 | Poultry Science
story and video by NATHAN KELLY Reading a description of how an egg forms inside a chicken is one thing. Seeing it in 3-D is a completely different experience. That’s why the Auburn University Food Systems Institute is bringing the animal’s insides to life...
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...
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...
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...
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...