COLLEGE STATION — Dr. David Byrne, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist in College Station, has received the Carroll R. Miller Award from the National Peach Council. The award was established in memory of Miller of Martinsburg, W.V., a founding member and first president of the peach council, according to the group’s website. The award is [...]
COLLEGE STATION – If the world’s food supply and natural resources are to be sustained for future generations, visionary leadership is a must. And what better model to look to than the virtues known since antiquity? That’s the gist of a new book, “Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Students and academic advisers in the College of Agriculture and Life Science at Texas A&M University in College Station have captured many top honors this semester in campuswide categories. Eight students won the Buck Weirus Spirit Award, five were named Distinguished Graduate Students and three were chosen for the President’s Award for Academic Advising. [...]
COLLEGE STATION — A Water Education Network to help people in Texas learn the best ways to manage the precious resource has been launched by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The site, http://water.tamu.edu, provides a “front door” for all of AgriLife Extension’s information on water conservation, water management, irrigation and water quality, which makes [...]
SACRAMENTO – Dr. Carlos F. Gonzalez of College Station received the 2013 Legend Award from the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences during its recent annual meeting in Sacramento, Calif. The award, created in 2007, honors those “who have made extraordinary strides in the name [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Fragrance. That and the potential to boost his country’s economy are what brought a student halfway around the world to learn about horticulture at Texas A&M University. Roses, it turns out, are as popular in Pakistan as in the U.S., albeit for slightly different reasons. And those reasons are what has Pakistani [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Enzymes in cells normally perform only one job, but a new study by a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist might figure out how to recruit enzymes for other jobs to benefit medical fields and industry. “We know that enzymes usually have one biological function in a cell, but many are capable of [...]
COLLEGE STATION – University students shouldn’t always focus on the highest paying jobs. At least that shouldn’t be the first priority, according a nationally known florist. “Find something you love and make money doing it. That’s what I tell students,” said Joyce Mason-Monheim of Tucson, Ariz., a floral designer known for her “lapel art.” As [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Mollie Lastovica, a Texas A&M University agricultural communications, journalism and political science major from Fredericksburg, has won the student division of the North American Agricultural Journalists writing contest. Lastovica, a junior, will receive the award and a $750 travel stipend at the association’s conference April 8 at the National Press Club in [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Southerners who have been anxiously awaiting a peach tree that will produce in warmer climates – just chill. Four new varieties being released for production in nurseries this year will soon be available for growers where cold temperatures – a necessity for peach trees – are less likely, according to Texas A&M [...]
