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April 7, 2008 |
2. Field Days at Batesville and Monticello - April 15 & 24
3. Honors Day Banquet - April 17
4. Water Resources Research Conference - April 22-23
5. Lim Honored by Soybean Disease Workers
6. Showcasing Undergraduate Research
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1. CSES Seminar - Monday
Evangelos Gonias will present "Cotton Radiation use Efficience Response to Environment, Plant Growth Regulators and Leaf Morphology" at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, in PTSC 009 as part of the University of Arkansas department of crop, soil and environmental sciences seminar series.
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2. Field Days at Batesville and Monticello - April 15 & 24
A Division of Agriculture field day on forage crops in the morning and forestry in the afternoon is set for April 15 at the Livestock and Forestry Branch Station near Batesville. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the field day will adjourn at 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Details at http://batesvillestation.org/.
Beef and forage research will be featured in an April 24 field day at the Southeast Research and Extension Center at Monticello.
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3. Honors Day Banquet - April 17
The Bumpers College Honors Day Banquet is set for Thursday, April 17, starting at 6 p.m., in the Arkansas Union's Alltel Ballroom. Dean Greg Weidemann, Associate Dean Donna Graham and a representative of the Bumpers College Alumni Society will present faculty and student awards recognizing academic achievement.
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4. Water Resources Research Conference - April 22-23
The Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Research Conference will be April 22 and 23, featuring sessions on nutrient loads and water quality in Arkansas streams, aquatic conservation through the State Wildlife Grants Program, and research presentations by new water science faculty. The registration form and agenda can be downloaded at www.uark.edu/depts/awrc.
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5. Lim Honored by Soybean Disease Workers
Sung M. Lim, professor and head of the department of plant pathology, received the Distinguished Service Award at the 35th annual meeting of the Southern Soybean Disease Workers in Pensacola Beach March 12-13. This is the highest award granted by the 14 state SSDW and is presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves over a long period in the area of soybean disease research and education.
Lim has been department head for 17 years. His research on the epidemiology of brown spot, bacterial blight and bacterial pustule of soybeans, the genetics of resistance to soybean diseases, control of soybean mosaic virus, downy mildew and sudden death syndrome (SDS), and integrated soybean pest management helped define the economic importance of soybean diseases and provided methods by which they could be managed most efficiently and economically.
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6. Showcasing Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research projects may be submitted for the Teaching Academy's Undergraduate Research Award, which carries a $1,000 award for both student and faculty member, and for publication in Inquiry, the University of Arkansas undergraduate research journal, and for publication in Discover, the Bumpers College undergraduate research journal. Information about the Teaching Academy Award and Inquiry is online at http://www.uark.edu/rd_vcad/urel/publications/inquiry/. Information about Discovery is online at http://arkansasagnews.uark.edu/397.htm.
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