Phi Kappa Phi chapter honors Ag Hill junior

by Jamie Creamer | Apr 17, 2019 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Brooke Johnson, an Auburn University junior majoring in environmental science, has received the 2019 Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates Scholastic Achievement Award from the Auburn chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The Yates Award is presented annually to...

USDA under secretary to help celebrate Auburn's new Miller Center April 10

by Jamie Creamer | Apr 3, 2019 | Ag Land & Resource Management, COA Administration, Feature, Poultry Science

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey will visit Auburn University April 10 as the university cuts the ribbon for its newest facility, an administrative and classroom building at its Miller Poultry Research...

Auburn fisheries to host expo, field day April 6 at Shell Center

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 29, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station

Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences will host a Fisheries Expo and Field Day Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center, located at 2101 N. College St. in Auburn. In addition to activities for people of...

Auburn College of Agriculture salutes alumni of the year

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 29, 2019 | Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Feature, Horticulture, Poultry Science, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Eight successful professionals who hold academic degrees from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture are the college’s 2019 Outstanding Alumni Award winners. The honorees include one college-wide Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient and seven individuals who...

Auburn provost announces faculty promotions

by Jamie Creamer | Mar 29, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Sciences, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Entomology & Plant Pathology, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Several College of Agriculture faculty members have been awarded promotion, tenure or both, effective fall semester 2019, Auburn Provost Bill Hardgrave has announced. Seven of those individuals will begin the 2019-20 academic year as full professors. They include Eve...

Spring York lecture to focus on improving crops through CRISPR

by Jamie Creamer | Jan 28, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station

Pioneering plant biotechnologist Kan Wang will discuss crop genetic editing and its implications for sustainable agriculture when she delivers the Spring 2019 York Lecture Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Auburn University. The 4 p.m. presentation in Room 2510 of the Mell...

Davis to lead Auburn’s National Poultry Technology Center

by Jamie Creamer | Jan 10, 2019 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering, COA Administration, Feature, Poultry Science

Auburn University biosystems engineer Jeremiah Davis has assumed duties as director of the Auburn-based National Poultry Technology Center, or NPTC. Davis had served as associate director of the research and outreach center since joining the Auburn faculty in 2015 and...