by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2017 | AAES Administration, Ag Land & Resource Management, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
By Paul Hollis By most any standard, a $1.85 return on an initial investment of $1 is a good deal. According to a recent study, that’s what federal investments into agricultural research pay back through additional investments from state, local and private-sector...
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 Paul Hollis | Jun 19, 2017 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Poultry Science
By Paul Hollis Have you ever bitten into your favorite fast-food chicken sandwich only to find the meat is tough and chewy? This could become a rarity, thanks to a process an Auburn University researcher is developing to rapidly detect poor meat quality in chicken...
by Paul Hollis | Jun 6, 2017 | AAES Administration, COA Administration
AUBURN, Ala.—Auburn University associate professor Bill Daniels has been named acting director of global programs for the College of Agriculture, effective June 1, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director, AAES, Henry Fadamiro has announced. “Agriculture is...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 18, 2017 | Poultry Science
Penn State University’s Department of Animal Science has named Auburn University faculty member Joe Hess its Poultry Science Distinguished Alumnus for 2017. Hess, professor and extension specialist in Auburn’s Department of Poultry Science, will be honored during an...
by Jamie Creamer | Apr 7, 2017 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
Construction will begin this summer on three new College of Agriculture facilities that the Auburn University Board of Trustees signed off on at its April 7 meeting in Auburn. The project list includes an 8,150-square-foot administration building at the Charles C....
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...