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• College and campus enrollment at record highs

• Division promotes sustainability

• New faculty members enrich variety of programs

• Chair holder is culinary tourism expert

• Childcare center architects approved

• Kent Rorie joins Vice President's staff

• New issue of 'Discovery'

• Arkansas wins national IFT College Bowl

• Savoy forest used for research, extension projects

• Turfgrass specialist receives national award

• Weed science team wins Southern Region Contest

• Faculty member's colleagues host benefit concert

• 'Corps of Discovery' lecture scheduled

• New soybean variety described at Pine Tree Field Day

• NEREC observes 50th anniversary at field day

• Vegetable Substation hosts Southern Pea Field Day

• Field day features turfgrass programs

• Food science sponsors MasterFoods USA summer interns

• Habitat project selected for USGBC study

• Johnson consults on blackberries in Nanjing

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Arkansas wins Southern Region Weed Science Contest

Arkansas Weed Team. From left, front: Fabiane Lamego, Landon Ries, Franklin Lyons, Sanjeev Bangarwa, Nilda Burgos (coach). Back row: Gregory Sivils and Jason Norsworthy (coach).

The UA Weed Team sponsored by the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences won the Southern Regional Weed Science Contest Aug. 9 at the Syngenta Research Center in Vero Beach, Fla.

The Arkansas team of Sanjeev Bangarwa, Franklin Lyons, Landon Ries, Gregory Sivils, Fabiane Lamego (alternate) and coaches Nilda Burgos and Jason Norsworthy outscored six other teams, including Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Tennessee.

The Arkansas team retained the coveted “Broken Hoe Trophy” for another year as the team notched its 21st win in 27 years since the contest’s inception. Twelve of those wins occurred in the last 14 years.

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