CSS in the News
2007
- Nationally ranked faculty. In a national survey measuring faculty scholarly productivity of 375 universities that offer a PhD degree, faculty in the crop science and agronomy program at Washington State University ranked #7 and faculty in the plant science program ranked #2. Among only the western Universities, WSU was ranked #2 in crop science and agronomy. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/16/07) Read more.
- WSU Offers Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture. The Washington State University Graduate School is offering graduate students in any discipline the opportunity to obtain a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture. Students are eligible to pursue the certificate as long as they meet the prerequisites for the courses required. (CAHNRS News Release 12/12/07) Read more.
Related Page: Details about the certificate (link) - "W Is for Wheat" - WSU Scientist Authors Encyclopedia Entry. Stephen S. Jones, winter wheat breeder and professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, has recently completed the "wheat" entry for the 2009 edition of World Book encyclopedia. (CAHNRS News Release, 12/10/07) Read more.
Related Page: Tri-City Herald (link) - Murphy: Five Minutes With Dr. Steve Jones On New Crop Varieties For The 21st Century (Cattle Network 11/14/07) Read more.
- Biotech construction. The skeletal frame of the new Biotechnology Life Science building continues to grow skyward this week as construction crews continue working on schedule for the June 2009 completion date. (WSU News 11/14/07) Read more.
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Lyon receives improvement award. Steven R. Lyon, a senior scientific assistant in WSU's winter wheat breeding program, received the O.A. Vogel Crop Improvement Award Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Washington State Crop Improvement Association in Pasco. (WSU Today, 11/15/07) Read more. - Washington State University Hosts Sustainability Fair October 25 and 26. Beginning at 11 a.m., October 25, Washington State University hosts the first annual WSU Sustainability Fair. The fair is co-sponsored by numerous organizations, including the WSU Sustainability Club, the WSU Roots and Shoots Club, the WSU Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, and the WSU BIOAg Program. The fair continues through the evening of October 26. (CAHNRS News Release, 10/17/07) Read more.
- Renowned Environmental Physicist to Deliver Campbell Lectures on Oct. 25-26. –Daniel Hillel, an international authority on sustainable management of soil and water resources and author, will present the fifth annual Gaylon Campbell Lectures in Environmental Soil and Water Science on October 25 and 26 at Washington State University. (CAHNRS News Release, 10/19/07) Read more.
- WSU Seeking Patent on Disease-resistant Wheat to Increase Yields. Washington State University is seeking international patent protection on Scarlet Rz1, a new spring wheat genotype believed to be the first to have resistance to Rhizoctonia root rot, a yield-limiting root disease found world-wide. (CAHNRS News Release, 10/2/07) Read more.
Golf course offers opportunities for Turf Program. The 18-hole golf course currently under development at Washington State University is already paying dividends to the university's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Turf Program and to WSU students. (WSU Today, 9/17/07) Read more. - Washington
State University’s plant biosciences building officially will be named the Orville A. Vogel Plant Biosciences Building at a public ceremony scheduled for 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, inside the northwest entrance. (WSU Today, 9/4/07) Read more. - Organic is hot. Seattle Times columnist Kate Riley writes, "In the South Lake Union neighborhood where I work, the most fashionable accessory arguably isn't a Coach purse but a handsome green canvas bag bearing the Whole Foods logo." She continues "With the organic major, part of a new agriculture-and-food-systems degree, the university is continuing efforts, begun in the mid-'80s, to help industry meet growing consumer demand for affordable, plentiful, high-quality organic products." Listen to the podcast about WSU's major in organic ag or read Riley's article. (9/3/07)
- CSS welcomes two new faculty. This fall, the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences welcomes two new faculty.
Dr. Ann-Marie Fortuna, a soil biologist, received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2001. Her research will focus on determining the role of organisms in plant nutrient acquisition and health, and also trace the fate of pathogens and beneficial organisms in the environment. Her teaching responsibilities include an undergraduate soil biology course and as undergraduate/graduate course in soil microbiology and biochemistry. Fortuna replaces long-time faculty member David Bezdicek who retired in 2004.
Dr. Michael Neff (1995 Ph.D. Botany, University of Washington) fills the new crop biotechnology position. Neff's research will focus on using molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches to uncover and describe the interactions between various signaling pathways that modulate plant development. Teaching duties include an undergraduate/graduate course in plant biotechnology of bioproducts/bioenergy and a graduate course on plant biotechnology. (9/7/07) - Bill Pan, Chair of Crop and Soil Sciences, was selected as a 2007 American Society of Agronomy Fellow. The award will be presented to him during the ASA-SSA-SSSA International meetings, Nov 4-8 in New Orleans, LA. He was nominated by David Bezdicek, retired soils faculty member. Selection as Fellow is the highest honor that the societies can bestow on their members. Pan received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University 1983. He joined WSU in 1984 focusing on soil fertility management and soil-plant-rhizosphere processes. He has served as Chair of the Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences since December, 2002. (WSU Today, 9/5/07) Read more.
- Fresh produce available at food stand on campus. WSU's Sustainability Club and Organic Farm are working to sell organic food to students. (Daily Evergreen, 8/30/07) Read more.
- WSU varieties dominate Washington wheat acreage. Spring and winter wheat varieties developed by Washington State University scientists top the list of those grown in the state, according to statistics recently released by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (WSU Today, 7/17/07) Read more.
- Tim Miller, associate weed scientist and extension weed specialist at the WSU Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, received the Kenneth J. Morrison Extension Award, Wednesday, July 10, at the center’s Center annual field day. (CAHNRS News Release, 7/17/07) Read more.
- Area residents can learn about the local sustainable agriculture network at the WSU Organic Farm Project Field Day and Resource Fair, scheduled 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, July 26, at Washington State University Organic Farm. (CAHNRS News Release, 7/12/07) Read more.
- Make no mistake. Agriculture is a top priority of Washington State University, according to WSU President Elson Floyd. The new president reestablished the institution’s commitment to one of the state’s largest industries at the Spillman Farm field day here. More than 100 wheat growers, legislators and researchers braved the heat to attend the bi-annual event. (CAHNRS Web News, 7/10/07) Read more.
- State Sen. Mark Schoesler and new Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd are scheduled to speak during the noon program of the Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day on Thursday, July 12. (CAHNRS News Release, 6/29/07) Read more.
- Cook Agronomy Farm dedicated. Jim Cook gave up his dream of farming long ago to go into science. On June 28th, 2007, the National Academy of Sciences member finally got his farm: The Washington State University Cook Agronomy Farm. (CAHNRS Web News, 6/07) Read more.
- Research on organic crop management for the Palouse will be featured at the Organic Dryland Cropping Systems Field Day scheduled 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Palouse Conservation Field Station. (CAHNRS News Release, 6/1/07) Read more.
- The annual field day of Washington State University’s Lind Dryland Research Station is scheduled Thursday, June 14. (CAHNRS News Release, 5/30/07) Read more.
- Stephen Jones is featured in the New York Times article "A Perennial Search for Perfect Wheat" (6/5/07) Read more.
- The Wheat Coordinated Agriculture Program is inviting western wheat researchers, extension education field faculty and staff, and seed dealers working with wheat-based cropping systems to a joint western region wheat program planning meeting to be held June 20-21 at Washington State University here. (CAHNRS News Release, 5/11/07) Read more.
- Certified organic acreage in Washington state has increased by as much as 47 percent between 2004 and 2006, and as much as 70 percent since 2002. Those growth estimates are included in a profile of the state's organic acreage, crops and livestock compiled by Washington State University's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. (CAHNRS News Release, 5/21/07) Read more.
- Seven students majoring in organic agriculture at Washington State University have been selected as the first recipients of the Pacific Natural Foods Organic Agriculture Scholarship, the first scholarship dedicated to the new organic agriculture systems major at the university. (CAHNRS News Release, 5/3/07) Read more.
- Washington State University, home of the nation’s first major in Organic Agriculture Systems, is expanding its offerings this summer with its first online class in organic agriculture. The new course, “Organic Gardening and Farming,” was developed and designed by WSU Regents Professor John Reganold and doctoral student Jennifer Reeve, who will be the course instructor. The course begins May 7. (CAHNRS News Release, 4/24/07) Read more.
- Dept. of Crop and Soil Science employees Mary Kate Alexander and Ron Bolton were honored at the 2007 college award banquet. (CAHNRS News Release, 4/16/07) Read more.
- Julie Dawson, Crop Science PhD. candidate in the winter wheat breeding program, won the 2007 Distinguished Service Learning Award from the Community Service Learning Center at WSU. Julie has been active with the Palouse Food Project, a coalition of community groups working on hunger issues in Whitman County. Julie organized and coordinated student-run gardens at the Pullman Community Gardens (Koppel Farm) and St. James Episcopal Church. The produce from these gardens goes to food banks in Pullman. She has also supervised undergraduate interns working on these projects. (4/07)
- High Organic Grain Prices Not Attracting Palouse Farmers Yet. Grain Millers, Inc., in Eugene, Ore., can’t get enough organic grain and is currently offering about $9 per bushel for what it can find, including barley. That’s about double the prices paid for conventionally grown grain. (CAHNRS News Release, 3/2/07) Read more.
- Zoology 61: Teaching Eugenics at WSU (Washington State Magazine, Spring 2007) Read more.
- Spillman Memorial Rededication (Washington State Magazine, Spring 2007) Read more.
- Survey ranks WSU plant, animal scientists among top in nation (WSU Today, 2/8/07) Read more.
- Secretary of Energy Announces Eight E.O. Lawrence Award Winners - John Zachara, Ph.D. Soil Science, WSU (U.S. Dept. of Energy press release, 2/7/07) Read more.
Kimberlee Kidwell earned the 2006 Marian E. Smith Faculty Achievement Award (WSU Today, 2/2/07) Read more
and related , Kimberlee Kidwell, 'Broad wingspan' reaches for excellence' (WSU Today, 3/20/07) Read more.- Mary Hageman Wiedenhoeft, CSS alum, earned the 2007 WSU College of
Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Women's History Recognition Award in professional and academic leadership . She was nominated by Steve Ullrich. Mary obtained the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Crop Science in 1982 and 1986, respectively. Alan Ciha, of the USDA-ARS was her major professor for both degrees until he left for a position with the Monsanto Company. Peggy Chevalier ultimately was Mary’s major professor of record for the Ph.D. degree.
- MLK Distinguished Service Award recipients announced, Lauren Hubbard, soil science undergrad (WSU Today, 1/12/07) Read more.
Bob Stevens received the 2006 Sherman McGregor Award at the annual meeting of the Far West Agribusiness Association in December, 2006 at Kennewick, WA. Sherman McGregor left a legacy of stewardship, industry, advocacy, and operating in a forthright and ethical manner. This award recognizes efforts of those in the industry who mirror the legcacy of Sherman. Not an annual award, the award is betowed by the Board only when deemed appropriate. "Bob's hard work and dedication in advancing the effective and efficient use of fertilizers to the benefit of the industry and the growers makes him an outstanding choice to receive this award."
Bob has worked for over 20 years as an Extension soil scientist at WSU-Prosser, serving industry and growers throughout Washington and northeast Oregon. In addition to his Extension appointment, Bob is currenly serving as Interim Director of WSU-Prosser. He has authored numerous abstracts and journal articles that describe his plant and soil fertility research.
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