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Creech Awarded CSSA Early Career Award Friday, September 20, 2019
Cody Creech
The Crop Science Society of America has announced that it will award its 2019 Early Career Award to Cody F. Creech, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and dryland cropping systems specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center.

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27 department employees honored for years of service Friday, September 20, 2019
Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor of agronomy and horticulture and Extension forage specialist, was honored for 40 years of service to the university.
Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor of agronomy and horticulture and Extension forage specialist, was honored for 40 years of service at the Sept. 18 universitywide Celebration of Service event held at the Coliseum. 26 other department employees ranging from five to 35 years of service to the university were also honored.

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Agus with Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture to present at special seminar Sept. 23 Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Fahmuddin Agus
A special seminar, hosted by the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 23 in Keim Hall, Room 150. Fahmuddin Agus, a senior researcher with the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, will present “Between a rock and a hard place: Carbon emissions and oil palm cultivation in peatlands.”

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Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar Series starts Sept. 6 Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Harkamal Walia, associate professor in agronomy and horticulture and faculty fellow in the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, will present this fall's first Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar. Craig Chandler | University Communication
This fall’s Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar Series begins with “Improving Heat Resilience in Cereals” presented by Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in Keim Hall, Room 150. Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m.

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Bringing the heat to weed management Tuesday, September 3, 2019
After seven years of research, scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are ready to light up Nebraska agriculture with a new weeding innovation. This team, headed by Dr. Stevan Knezevic, professor of integrated weed management, and George Gogos, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, presented their findings on the application of heat as a means of weed management in agriculture at a workshop Aug. 19, at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center in Ithaca, Neb.

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Walia awarded Heuermann Chair designation Thursday, August 29, 2019
Harkamal Walia
Harkamal Walia, University of Nebraska–Lincoln associate professor of agronomy and horticulture and Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Faculty Fellow, was awarded the Heuermann Chair of Agronomy and Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute.

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Nebraska team merges machine learning, plant genetics to maximize sorghum potential Thursday, August 22, 2019
Through a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln research team is developing ways to maximize sorghum potentials across the United States.

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IANR Faculty Spotlight: James Schnable Thursday, August 22, 2019
What is your position at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln? I'm an associate professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. I work with the Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative, the Center for Plant Science Innovation, and the Nebraska Food for Health Center.

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A bioinformatics journey from Brazil to Nebraska and back Monday, August 19, 2019
New doctoral recipient Daniel Santana de Carvalho
In honor of the hundreds of degrees the university will confer this weekend, we’re highlighting the journey of one newly-minted doctoral recipient, Dr. Daniel Santana de Carvalho.

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Powers cultivates sense of community at Backyard Farmer Garden Wednesday, August 14, 2019
It’s a clear, bright morning on Nebraska’s East Campus, and the Backyard Farmer Garden is already buzzing with activity. Ann Powers can’t help but smile when she looks over the community space. She took over as primary caretaker of the garden in May, and the gig has quickly became a labor of love.

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