Daigh is new associate professor of Vadose Zone Science Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Aaron Lee M. Daigh joined the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Biological Systems Engineering Aug. 15 as associate professor of Vadose Zone Science. His position is 60% research and 40% teaching and will provide research, teaching and service to departmental committees.Read Daigh is new associate professor of Vadose Zone Science
Coal char research article summarized in CSA News Monday, August 29, 2022
Coal char research in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture was highlighted in a summary of the Journal of Environmental Quality article “Coal Char Mitigates Nutrient Loss from Soil” published in the April issue of CSA News magazine.Read Coal char research article summarized in CSA News
Husker research focuses on atrazine Monday, August 29, 2022
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln project to detect atrazine dissipation and evaluate herbicide programs without atrazine has received a $47,154 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.See full story in Nebraska Today
Researchers develop guide to fighting redcedar invasion Wednesday, August 24, 2022
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln project to improve efforts against redcedar invasions has received an $81,690 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust. Dirac Twidwell, the principal investigator, and Dillon Fogarty, project coordinator, developed that unified vision with the publication of their vulnerability guide, “Reducing woody encroachment in grasslands: A guide for understanding risk and vulnerability.”See full story in Nebraska Today
Basche to receive ASA Early Career Award Monday, August 22, 2022
Andrea Basche, an assistant professor in cropping systems in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, will be formally presented with the American Society of Agronomy Early Career Award at the ASA Awards Ceremony Nov. 8 during the scientific society’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.Read Basche to receive ASA Early Career Award
Quick joins department as recruitment specialist Thursday, August 18, 2022
Tyler Quick joined the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture July 18 as the new undergraduate recruitment specialist. He has quickly begun work to engage prospective students in plant and landscape systems and plant biology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.Read Quick joins department as recruitment specialist
Grassini appointed to endowed professorship Wednesday, August 17, 2022
University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Patricio Grassini, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture, has been named the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl Distinguished Professor in Agronomy.Read Grassini appointed to endowed professorship
10 earn graduate degrees Monday, August 15, 2022
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred 632 degrees during a combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Aug. 13 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive.
Susan M. Swearer, Willa Cather Professor and chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at Nebraska, will deliver the commencement address. Swearer is a licensed psychologist, co-director of the Bullying Research Network and director of the Nebraska Bullying Prevention and Intervention Initiative.
Kansas, Nebraska researchers use plants to pull toxic lead from soil Monday, August 15, 2022
According to a 2020 experiment led by Ryley Thomas, a student under the supervision of Assistant Professor Michael Kaiser in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, adding biochar to soil reduced the amount of lead taken up by the lettuce planted in it.Omaha Tribe receives $671K grant for hydroponic farming Monday, August 8, 2022
A first-of-its-kind grant will fund the building of three hydroponic greenhouses on the Omaha reservation.See full story in Nebraska Today