November 28, 2016

Announcements

Upcoming holiday schedule:
In lieu of Christmas Day- December 26
In lieu of President’s Day- December 27
In lieu of New Year’s Day- January 2

December Holiday Reduced Operations will be from Monday, December 26, 2016 through Monday, January 2, 2017.

 

Awards and Achievements

Patrick Freeze was honored as a Distinguished Scholar at the third annual Distinguished Scholars Celebration on October 5.

Henry Sintim has won first place in the student Oral and Poster Competition of the Soil Physics and Hydrology Division at the Annual Meeting of SSSA in Phoenix.

Xiaochi Ma won third place in the student poster competition for the Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community at the ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meetings for the poster “Assessing Impacts of Direct Root-Zone Irrigation on Grapevine Physiology.”

Megan Lewien won first place in the student poster competition in the Crop Science Society divisions 1 and 7, plant breeding and plant genomics.

Markus Flury has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

Events

Crop and Soil Science Seminars

Johnson Hall 343, 1:10-3:00 p.m.

November 28 – Student Presentations
Harsimran Kaur
“Climate Chane Impacts on Agro-Ecological Classes of Dryland Cropping Systems in Inland Pacific Northwest”
Xiaochi (Max) Ma
“Assessing Impacts of Direct Root-Zone Irrigation on Grapevine Physiology”
Alan Raeder
Title to be announced

December 5 – Student Presentations
Khalid Elbudony
Megan Lewien
Tara Lewis
Louisa Winkler

 

Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference
November 30-December 2
Portland, Oregon

 

CSS Annual Holiday Party
December 15, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Ensminger Pavilion

 

Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association
Cropping Systems Conference
January 10-11, 2017
Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick, WA

 

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