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Jhala receives NCEA Outstanding Mid-Career Extension Award Thursday, December 21, 2023

Amit Jhala was honored with Outstanding Mid-Career Extension Award by Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association during the NCEA annual conference in Kearney, Nebraska, Nov 15, 2023. Jhala is a professor, associate department head and Nebraska Extension weed management specialist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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Congratulations to our December 2023 graduates Monday, December 18, 2023

Students who attended the department reception included Seth Brewer, (back row, left), Matt Mittman, Nicholas Kinzer, Milos Zaric, Jacob Hillis, Lance Gunderson, Emily Hanson, (front row, left), Brinn Space, Ramandeep Kaur and Kahheetah Barnoskie.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred 1,159 degrees during commencement exercises Dec. 15 and 16 at Pinnacle Bank Arena including 30 degrees to students in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.

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Students take top honors at ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting Monday, December 18, 2023

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate students received top honors at ASA, CSSA and SSSA meeting.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Agronomy and Horticulture students received top honors at the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America International Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1.

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Blanco named Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy Monday, December 11, 2023

Humberto Blanco, University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor of agronomy and horticulture, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. The ASA recognized Blanco’s contributions and achievements at the ASA Awards Ceremony on Oct. 30 during the scientific society’s Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Puntel receives ASA Early Career Award Friday, December 8, 2023

Laila Puntel, an assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture, was formally presented with the American Society of Agronomy Early Career Award at the ASA Awards Ceremony on Oct. 30 during the scientific society’s Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Dunn honored with staff Special Contributions Award Thursday, December 7, 2023

Cheryl Dunn, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture research manager and herbarium curator, was honored with the department’s Special Contributions Award by the Staff Advisory Committee on Dec. 6 at the department Staff Appreciation Luncheon.

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DeSouza and Thompson selected for Bayer Mentoring Program Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Marcos DeSouza and Laura Thompson selected for Bayer Mentoring Program.

Marcos DeSouza and Laura Thompson, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate students, were selected for the Bayer Mentoring Program.

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Soils School to feature fundamentals of soils and nutrient management Friday, December 1, 2023

2024 Soils School set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 7.

The 2024 Soils School will be held in-person at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 7.

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Service Award Celebration honors 17 department employees Thursday, November 30, 2023

Keim Hall is home to the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.

Seventeen Department of Agronomy and Horticulture employees were honored during a Celebration of Service event on Oct. 27 at the Nebraska Coliseum. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln honored 914 faculty and staff for their years of service to the university. The Celebration of Service included lunch and the program included presentation of awards to the 45-, 50-, and 55-year service award recipients, and “Milestones and Memories,” by Rick Alloway, associate professor of broadcasting in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

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Horticulture Club’s Poinsettia Sale begins Nov. 30 Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Elaina Madison, now a senior plant and landscape systems major, checks on the Horticulture Club’s poinsettias in the Teaching Greenhouse West before customers arrive for the plant sale in 2021.

The Horticulture Club’s Poinsettia Sale is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Nebraska and Nebraska East unions; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Teaching Greenhouse West.

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