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AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has honored Shirley Luckhart, a professor within ¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç’s Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology (EPPN), … Read more
Curbing Dairy Emissions
¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç's new Extension air quality specialist, Gilbert Miito, grew up on a mid-sized dairy — at least by the standards of the village of Masaka in central Uganda. Read more
U of I names Leslie Edgar to lead College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç has announced Leslie Edgar as the new J.R. Simplot Endowed Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Read more
U of I researcher coins ‘thirstwaves’ as new framework emphasizing prolonged, extreme water stressors
Researchers from ¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç (U of I) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have created a new metric to help farmers, researchers and practitioners better track and prepare for … Read more
Straw Study
¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç Extension Educator Grant Loomis has noticed an increasing number of Blaine County farmers have been letting their straw rot in the field after grain harvest rather than baling and … Read more
Improving Poverty Awareness
Southwest District Health has afforded greater flexibility to clients who arrive late to appointments ever since staff completed a poverty competency training program facilitated by University of … Read more
Beef 201
¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç’s beef team is accepting applications for another multi-day workshop tailored toward helping the region’s beginning ranchers succeed. Read more
3-Minute Thesis Winner
Rita Franco, a ¹û¶³´«Ã½Â鶹Éç doctoral student studying nutritional sciences, chose to leave her native Guatemala and continue her education in the U.S. Read more