Bowen, Wright to serve as VPs of scientific societies

by Jamie Creamer | Aug 16, 2016 | COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Horticulture

Two College of Agriculture professors have been elected to leadership positions in their respective international scientific societies. Plant pathology professor Kira Bowen assumed her position as vice president of the American Phytopathological Society in early...

Weaver is strong advocate of GMO technology

by Paul Hollis | Jul 18, 2016 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

by DAVID REARDONDavid Weaver, one of the best known and longest tenured professors in Auburn’s College of Agriculture, is practically a walking encyclopedia of agronomy. This is obvious to the students and colleagues who have had the opportunity to ask him a...

The China experience

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jul 4, 2016 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Maymester Abroad a peak of excellence in veteran professor’s career by JAMIE CREAMER In the pre-dawn hours of May 10, 2016, David Weaver and nine Auburn agriculture students flew out of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for a trip halfway around the...

First Auburn/AAES–Cuba grants support research collaborations

by Jamie Creamer | May 24, 2016 | AAES Administration, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Poultry Science

AUBURN, Ala.— Six research projects that aim to encourage and advance academic collaborations between Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at Auburn University and scientists at Cuban agricultural universities and research centers are underway, funded...

With a passion

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Oct 4, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology

Kenya native helping others reach their potential by JAMIE CREAMER Please excuse the use of an overworked adjective, but there’s just no other way to describe Esther Ngumbi: The woman is passionate. She’s passionate about life, about giving back, about inspiring...

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...

Leader in Africa's 'green revolution' to present seminar

by Jamie Creamer | Aug 28, 2015 | COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Innocent Okuku, a key player in a movement to bring about a “green revolution” in sub-Saharan Africa, will present a visiting scholar seminar at Auburn University Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 11:45 a.m.in Comer Hall, room 109. The presentation, “Global Food Security...