Fight against Hunger Heads to UMD

Posted On Saturday, October 5, 2013 By . Under MARYLAND  Tags: , , ,   
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - University of Maryland students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) are helping to stop the world's number one killer – hunger. With the global population projected to expand to 9 billion people by 2050, it will be up to the leaders of tomorrow ...

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Names two New Assistant Deans

Posted On Saturday, September 14, 2013 By . Under VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , ,   
BLACKSBURG, Va.,  – The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences started the 2013–14 academic year with two faculty members taking up assistant dean roles to advise and mentor students by helping to map out academic pursuits, plan career paths, and navigate student life. Erik Ervin, professor of crop and soil environmental ...

MSU Announces Changes in Leadership of College of Agriculture

Posted On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 By . Under MONTANA  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Montana State University’s dean of the College of Agriculture and its director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Jeff Jacobsen, is stepping down from his posts after 10 years to return to teaching, research and outreach as a faculty member. Glenn Duff, head of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences, ...

MSU Seeks Nominations For Outstanding Ag Leaders

Posted On Friday, May 31, 2013 By . Under MONTANA  Tags: , , , ,   
BOZEMAN – Montana State University’s College of Agriculture is seeking nominations for outstanding agricultural leaders to honor during its 2013 Celebrate Agriculture!! on Oct. 25-26. “The weekend is about sharing ideas and developing relationships,” said Jeff Jacobsen, college dean and director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. The College of Agriculture annually ...

NDSU Announces Spring Commencement

Posted On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 By . Under NORTH DAKOTA  Tags: , , , , , ,   
NDSU announces spring commencement NDSU spring commencement is scheduled for Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Fargodome. As of April 26, a total of 1,188 students indicated they intend to participate in commencement. Of those, 988 are undergraduate and 200 are graduate students, said Associate Registrar Rhonda Kitch. A total of 1,903 undergraduates ...

Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, UA Scientists Warn

Posted On Friday, March 29, 2013 By . Under ARIZONA  Tags: , , ,   
Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, UA Scientists WarnThe popular new strategy of planting genetically engineered crops that make two or more toxins to fend off insect pests rests on assumptions that don’t always apply, UA researchers have discovered. Their study helps explain why one major pest is evolving resistance much faster than predicted and offers ideas for ...

UD Student Volpone Travels To Africa to Work With Exotic Animals

Posted On Thursday, March 28, 2013 By . Under DELAWARE  Tags: , , , ,   
UD student Volpone travels to Africa to work with exotic animals On her second day in South Africa, University of Delaware student Melissa Volpone found herself doing something out of the ordinary: petting a lion. That seemed appropriate because, after all, one of the main reasons that she was wanted to go to Africa was because of a lion, albeit a ...

UK Entomologists Make Important Discovery Regarding Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs

Posted On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
Discovery Regarding Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs LEXINGTON, Ky.  – Researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture have identified 14 molecular markers in bed bugs that allow them to be resistant to pyrethroid insecticides.  Pest control professionals commonly use pyrethroids to control bed bugs because of their safety, affordability, effectiveness and longevity.   UK entomology research associate ...

Joint Institute for Food Safety Receives $11 million FDA Funding

Posted On Monday, December 3, 2012 By . Under MARYLAND  Tags: , , , ,   
College Park, Md. -- The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) at the University of Maryland has been awarded $11 million in funding from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The funding, which will cover the next five years, will help JIFSAN to continue its mission of improving food safety, ...

LSU College of Agriculture Residential College Hosts Manners and Dressing for Success Dinner

Posted On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 By . Under LOUISIANA  Tags: , , ,   
BATON ROUGE – The LSU College of Agriculture’s Residential College, or ARC, recently hosted a Manners and Dressing for Success Dinner in the lobby of the Human Ecology Building. The dinner was comprised of several student-involved activities, including a presentation by upper-level dietetics students on proper dining etiquette, such as which fork ...