Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Alexandra Davis - Final Examination
2022-11-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Clark Hall 331
Final Examination
Alexandra Davis
“Sustainability of Organic and Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems on the Palouse”
10:00 a.m. Clark Hall 331 and via Zoom

CAHNRS for All Get Together to celebrate and honor National Native American Heritage Month
2022-11-17 13:00 - 17:00
You are invited to the November CAHNRS for All Get Together to celebrate and honor National Native American Heritage Month on Thursday, November 17 at 1:00 p.m. Let’s continue building a community of people of color, LGBTQIA+, and other underserved communities that thrive at CAHNRS. This will be a safe space for community building, engagement, support, and empowerment. We encourage all to participate and you are welcome to show up, voice your questions/concerns, or just be. You may join at any time or leave at any moment if you need to.

All are welcome!

Please RSVP at this link by November 11th , if you can join me and we will provide additional information.
You do not need to RSVP to attend this get together, we will post the zoom link on the CAHNRS DEI Event page on the day of our get together

Matthew Brooke - Proposal Seminar
2022-11-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Hulbert Hall 409
“Improving Malt Quality and Stem Rust Resistance in the Washington State University Barley Breeding Program”

Sarah Peery- Final Examination
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 | PSB 405, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
“Exploring Vivipary as a Cause of Low Falling Numbers from Elevated Alpha-Amylase in Wheat Grain; is it a Novel Mechanism, or is it Related to Preharvest Sprouting and Late Maturity Alpha-Amylase?”

Seminar - 2022 graduate student statewide tour presentations
2022-11-14 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149

2022 ASA, CSSA, SSSA INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING
2022-11-06 08:00 - 2022-11-09 17:00

Pie Day
2022-11-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Clark 393, Pullman, WA, United States

Final Examination - Katherine Naasko
2022-11-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Clark 149
“Digging deep into soil ecology: defining soil health and carbon-nitrogen chemistry in arid soil profiles”

Seminar - Dr. Michael Walsh - University of Western Australia
2022-10-24 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149
We welcome Dr. Michael Walsh from the University of Western Australia to present on the “Impact of Harvest Weed Seed Control on Australian Cropping Systems”
Please join us for seminars in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm or via zoom.
Dr. Michael J. Walsh Bio:

Michael Walsh completed his B.Sc. at the University of Western Australia, M.Sc. from La Trobe
University, Melbourne and PhD from the University of Wyoming. He joined the Australian Herbicide
Resistance Initiative in 1999 where he focused on the development and introduction of harvest weed
seed control systems. In 2016 he was appointed as the Director of Weed Research at the University
of Sydney where he established and coordinated a research program for Australia’s northern grains
region of New South Wales and Queensland. Michael has spent 30 years working on the development
of alternative weed control techniques and believes that recent technological advances are creating
exciting opportunities for the future use of new weed control systems. He was awarded Fulbright
Fellowship to visit KSU and other institutes in the US to collaborate on harvest weed seed control
systems.

October CAHNRS for All Get Together
2022-10-20 13:00 - 15:00
You are invited to the October CAHNRS for All Get Together to celebrate and honor National Disability Employment Awareness Month on Thursday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m. Let’s continue building a community of people of color, LGBTQIA+, and other underserved communities that thrive at CAHNRS. This will be a safe space for community building, engagement, support, and empowerment. We encourage all to participate and you are welcome to show up, voice your questions/concerns, or just be. You may join at any time or leave at any moment if you need to.

All are welcome!

Please RSVP at this link by October 12th , if you can join me and we will provide additional information. https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afbxRrzzYezSwLk
You do not need to RSVP to attend this get together, we will post the zoom link on cahnrs.wsu.edu/dei/events the day of our get together.

CSS GSA Monthly Meeting
2022-10-19 13:00 - 14:00

Seminar - Lynne Carpenter Boggs
2022-10-10 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149
Our own Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Professor of Soil Science at WSU will present “Composting for Foreign Animal Disease Management.”
Please join us for seminars in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm or via zoom.

Dr. Carpenter-Boggs’ bio:
Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs is a Professor of Soil Science at WSU. Her specializations include sustainable agricultural systems, biological soil fertility, and composting. She will discuss the use of composting to manage livestock mortalities including over 30 million poultry composted during the 2022 avian flu outbreak.

Pie Friday
2022-10-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Clark 393, Pullman, WA, United States
Bring a pie, eat pie, bring other desserts, eat other desserts.

Seminar - Steve Culman
2022-10-03 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149
“Steve Hearts Soil: Highlights from Past Research and Future Directions”
Steve Culman joined Crop and Soil Sciences on Aug 1st as an Associate Professor and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Soil Health in Potato Cropping Systems. This talk will highlight Steve’s past soil health research, discuss challenges with developing soil health tools and frameworks and chart a course for future research directions at WSU.

WSU CAHNRS & 4-H Tailgate
2022-10-01 12:30 - 14:30 | Ensminger Pavilion, 455 Lincoln Drive, Pullman, WA, 99163, United States
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2022 AT 12:30 PM PDT
Ensminger Pavilion, WSU Pullman
Ferdinand’s ice cream, Cosmic Coug Pops & 4-H fun for all! Join WSU Extension 4-H and CAHNRS at the Ensminger Pavilion 2 hours before kickoff of the WSU football game against Cal. The game starts at 2:30 pm, so you’ll have plenty of time come have fun with us!
The WSU homecoming game against Cal will be an opportunity to showcase 4-H Youth presentations from small animals, robotics, sewing & leather work to livestock judging. We’ll provide Ferdinand’s ice cream, Cosmic Coug Pops (cuts of Cougar Smokies, Cosmic Crisp apple, and Cougar Gold cheese), and 4-H fun plus WSU AgTM student club members helping out.

Seminar for Adjunct Nomination - Claire Philips, USDA-ARS
2022-09-26 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149
We will be hosting Dr. Claire Philips a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA-ARS Northwest Sustainable Agroecosystems Research Unit. Dr. Philips will be providing her seminar as a nominee to become a CSS adjunct faculty member titled, “Are lawns bad? What turfgrass can teach us about employing soil carbon sequestration as a nature-based climate solution”.
The seminar will be held in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm.

Seminar for Adjunct Nomination - Danielle Gelardi
2022-09-19 14:10 - 15:00 | Clark 149
We will be hosting Dr. Danielle Gelardi a Senior Soil Scientist with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and lead of the Washington Soil Health Initiative on behalf of the WSDA. Dr. Gelardi will be providing her seminar as a nominee to become a CSS adjunct faculty member titled, “Soil health, biochar, and carbon markets: Building defensible programs amidst the hype”.
Please join us for seminars in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm or via zoom.

Dr. Danielle Gelardi bio:
As the Senior Soil Scientist, Dr. Dani Gelardi leads the Washington Soil Health Initiative on behalf of WSDA. In this role she researches topics such as how to measure and improve soil health, how to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and sequester soil carbon, and how to address regional soil management challenges. She received her Ph.D. and M.S in Soils & Biogeochemistry from the University of California, Davis, as a Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellow, and her B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation was on the use of biochar as a soil amendment. Prior to graduate school, Dani worked with farmers through agricultural nonprofits and advocacy groups.
