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Four students receive Distance Education Online Fellowship Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Jonathan Price and Scott Womack receive Distance Education Online Fellowship

Four University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture Online Program master’s students were awarded the Distance Education Online Fellowship. These students include Jonathan Price, Scott Womack, Lauren Quackenbush and Janet Falk.

Price received a bachelor’s degree in plant science from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He is a senior agronomist for Sterman Masser Potato Farms in Sacramento, Pennsylvania.

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Bayer mentorship program to boost doctoral students’ career success Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Bayer mentorship program recently welcomed the 2024 class at UNL. Here is the new class plus two of the 2023 mentees. Front row from left: Akashdeep Kamboj, Alyssa Hall, Shabani Muller, Jensina Davis, Yu Shi. Middle row from left: Boanerges Bamaca, a 2023 mentee; Jeremy Brown, Iyore Eronmwon, Andrea Rilakovic, a 2023 mentee. Back row from left: Deepak Ghimire, CASNR Dean Tiffany Heng-Moss, Clint Turnbull, with Bayer; Sanket Shinde. Not picture is 2024 mentee Shilu Dahal. (Photo courtesy Bayer)

Ten Ph.D. students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are participating in the 2024 class of a mentorship program sponsored by Bayer Crop Science. The program aims to boost young scientists’ career success by rounding out their capabilities and understanding beyond technical achievements in the laboratory or in the field.

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Horticulture Club spring plant sale is May 2–4 Friday, April 12, 2024

Shoppers choose from a variety of bedding plants at the 2023 Horticulture Club plant sale.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Horticulture Club’s spring plant sale is May 2–4.

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Clemente awarded with Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award Thursday, April 11, 2024

Tom Elmo Clemente, Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, has been honored with the Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award for his groundbreaking contributions to soybean research.

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Slammers share how their younger selves would view their research interests today Thursday, April 11, 2024

At the 2024 Student Research Slam on March 29, Ryleigh Grove, a sophomore plant biology major, whose talk “In the Garden of Discovery: A Scientist’s Evolution” remembered the lessons she learned from her family’s garden when she was a child.

If you want a glimpse into the future career choices of today’s bright, inquisitive 11-year-olds, you could do worse than consider the pop culture diet they’re consuming now. That’s one takeaway from the 2024 Student Research Days Slam, in which participants mentioned “Star Wars,” sci-fi novels, assorted Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies, and even Aldous Huxley as inspirations.

Full story at Office of Research & Economic Development

Basche awarded Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Suduan Gao, Chair of the Environmental Quality Section of the American Society of Agronomy (left), awards Andrea Basche the ASA Environmental Quality Section Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award at the ASA Awards Ceremony on Oct. 30 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Andrea Basche, an associate professor in cropping systems, was honored with the American Society of Agronomy Environmental Quality Section Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award, presented by the Environmental Quality Community at the ASA Awards Ceremony on Oct. 30 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool to Digitize Crop Nutrient Management Launches Nationwide Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Project partners of the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool announce the nationwide release of FRST, a decision-aid that provides an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus and potassium values for crop fertilization.

The FRST project is a collaboration of over 100 soil science and agronomic professionals representing nearly 50 universities, four divisions of the USDA, several not-for-profit organizations and one private sector partner. This diverse partnership underscores the collective effort and expertise invested in the development of FRST.

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Agronomy students excel at competition in Curtis Monday, April 8, 2024

The UNL Crops Judging Team evaluates the correct answers to stations in the Agronomy Lab section of the crops judging contest March 23 at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.

The Husker Crops Judging Team took third place at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture contest and senior Zach Nienhueser placed seventh.

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Jhala Honored with an Award of Merit in Research by Gamma Sigma Delta Friday, April 5, 2024

Amit Jhala was honored with Merit in Research Award by Gamma Sigma Delta, an Honor Society of Agriculture, during the annual reception of Nebraska Chapter in Lincoln April 1.

Full story at IANR News

Great Plains Biochar Conference set for Sept. 24 – 26 Thursday, April 4, 2024

The inaugural Great Plains Biochar Conference is set for Sept. 24–26, 2024, at the Graduate Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the Nebraska Biochar Initiative and the Nebraska Forest Service will serve as hosts.

This conference brings together a diversity of professionals working with biochar in research, education, agricultural application, production, industries, and trade to discuss how to bring biochar to its full potential..

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