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Specht receives Outstanding Achievement Award from the United Soybean Board Friday, March 25, 2016

James Specht, emeritus professor of agronomy and horticulture, received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the United Soybean Board. The honor, the highest award given by the USB, is reserved for an individual, organization or group that has made an outstanding positive impact on the soybean industry.

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Vodvarka chosen for national student recognition Monday, March 14, 2016

Amanda Vodvarka, an undergraduate agronomy major, has been chosen for the American Society of Agronomy National Student Recognition Program, recognizing outstanding seniors in agronomy, crop, soil and environmental sciences and has an active chapter affiliated with the Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences.

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Sindelar recipient of graduate student travel fund Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Graduate Committee in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture has chosen Michael Sindelar, an agronomy graduate student specializing in soil and water sciences, as the recipient of the 2016 Daniel T. Walters Graduate Student Travel Fund. This award provides up to $500 for expenses to present research at a professional meeting.

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Mamo honored with teaching excellence award Friday, March 4, 2016

Associate Department Head Richard Ferguson (from left), Melissa Allen, Professor Martha Mamo, and Department Head Roch Gaussoin.

Introduced by her undergraduate mentee Melissa Allan, Martha Mamo, professor of agronomy and horticulture, was awarded a Holling Family Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award at the Holling Family Awards program on March 1.

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UNL to host free plant breeding symposium Thursday, March 3, 2016

Wheat plants being "set-up" for hand crossing.

The third biennial University of Nebraska–Lincoln Plant Breeding Symposium will be held at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center on March 29. Exploiting and Enhancing Genetic Variation: Addressing the Future Challenges in Plant Breeding is the theme for 2016.

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Register now for Integrated Weed Management workshop and online course Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The "how-to's" and value of integrating multiple weed control methods will be the focus of a two-day workshop and an online graduate course being offered by the UNL Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2, at the Nebraska East Campus Union in Lincoln.

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Graduate students earn awards and travel grants Friday, February 19, 2016

Seven Department of Agronomy and Horticulture graduate students have recently been honored with awards and travel grants. Students honored include Maxwel Oliveira, Rodrigo Werle, Parminder Chahal, Debalin Sarangi, Sunil Kumar, Zahoor Ganie and Raquel de Oliveira Rocha.

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Grassini awarded Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Friday, February 19, 2016

Grassini (left) honored with the Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award given by ARD Dean Archie Clutter.

Patricio Grassini, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and a fellow of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute and the Center for Great Plains Studies, has been named recipient of the Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award provided by the Branham Endowment Fund for 2015-2016.

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Goodding Learning Center rededicated Friday, February 19, 2016

Thomas and Birdie Goodding’s grandsons, Gary Goodding (left) and Rich Goodding (right), pose in the newly remodeled Goodding Learning Center with the drawing Dr. Goodding used to announce class quizzes.

The Goodding Learning Center, located in 280 Plant Sciences Hall on East Campus, was rededicated Jan. 15. Steve Waller, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources dean, Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture department head, and Rich Goodding, grandson of Dr. Thomas H. Goodding, provided comments.

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UNL students win USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge Friday, February 19, 2016

UNL students Matt Pedersen and Fernando Napier, both of Lincoln, have been named winners in the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge. They won best student-made app, best open source application and an honorable mention for their farm profit calculator submission. Read full article at IANR News.

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