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APLU Applauds House & Senate Inclusion of Mandatory Funding in Agricultural Research Facilities in Farm Bill Packages
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Mark Becker today released the following statement on the inclusion of the Research Facilities Act and mandatory investments in public universities’ research facilities in draft House and Senate Farm Bill packages. “The public and land-grant university community applauds the significant investments in both the House and…
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APLU Releases Roadmap for Advancing Publicly Engaged Scholarship
Seattle, WA – Seeking to spur the acceleration of publicly engaged research to help tackle vexing challenges facing communities across the globe, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good: An Action Framework for Public Research Universities. The report includes concrete actions public research universities can take…
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National Experiment Station Section Awards Top Honors
Denver, CO — The Experiment Station Section (ESS), a unit of The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources, Board on Agriculture Assembly, recognized individuals and teams for its excellence in diversity and inclusion, leadership, and multi-state research. Following a national solicitation for nominations and rigorous evaluation, these…
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USDA, APLU & Cooperative Extension Award Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Cooperative Extension announced the 2022 Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity. USDA-NIFA, APLU, and Cooperative Extension have sponsored the awards since…
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USDA Announces National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
Washington, D.C. – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today honored four public university faculty with national teaching awards recognizing excellence in agricultural sciences teaching and student engagement. Jacquelyn Dee Mosley of the University of Arkansas and Shyam Nair of Sam Houston State University were named national recipients of the U.S. Department of…
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USDA Announces National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
Washington, D.C. – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today honored four public university faculty with national teaching awards recognizing excellence in agricultural sciences teaching and student engagement. Anna Dilger of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Nick Fuhrman of the University of Georgia were named national recipients of the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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USDA, Cooperative Extension & APLU Award Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity
Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Cooperative Extension, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that Ann Allgood Berry of the University of Tennessee will receive the 2021 Excellence in Extension Award while the Coming Together…
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APLU Announces 2021 Board on Human Sciences Award Winners
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Board on Human Sciences (BoHS) today announced that four public university scholars will be honored with 2021 Board on Human Sciences Awards. The annual awards, to be presented on November 10, 2021, are given to national leaders working to advance human sciences in higher…
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APLU Statement on President Biden’s Nomination of Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young for USDA’s Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
Washington, DC – Douglas L. Steele, Vice President of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released the following statement in support of President Biden’s nomination of Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young as Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (REE) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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APLU/AAVMC Gene Editing Task Force Recommends ‘Remodeling’ Federal Regulatory Landscape
Washington, D.C.— Gene editing in agricultural animals has the potential to unleash enormous gains in productivity. But in order for those gains to be realized, “a remodeling of the federal regulatory landscape is needed.” That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts convened by the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and the Association…
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