by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 9, 2015 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
May “Noe Noe” Lwin, a Ph.D. student in the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and a native of Myanmar in Southeast Asia, was recently awarded the Schlumberger Foundation’s 2015-16 Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Now in its 10th...
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 20, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Two graduate students in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology recently took home awards at the recent meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Feng Liu, a Ph.D. student in Nannan Liu’s program, and Adekunle (Kunle)...
by Josh Woods | Mar 20, 2015 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
Dr. Nannan Liu, endowed professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, was recently published in the Annual Review of Entomology for her research on mosquito insecticide resistance. Her article, “Insecticide Resistance in Mosquitoes:...
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 Mary Catherine Gaston | Mar 4, 2015 | Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Charles Chen, an associate professor and peanut breeder in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, was recently recognized by the International Peanut Genome Initiative for his contributions to ongoing...