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2010 - 2 - 4 Michael Reinert DASNR's International Student of the Week
Michael is a senior Plant and Soil Science major, concentrating on Crop Science, from Fairmont, OK. Michael was a part of CASNR’s summer-long study abroad in Brazil in 2009, and learned a fair amount of Portuguese during his visit.
Michael heard of the Brazil exchange program after the first year’s participants, both American and Brazilian, shared their experiences. He was most interested in visiting Brazil because it is such an important agricultural country, and the structure of the program was appealing. ...more
2010 - 2 - 4 Fang Invited to National Wheat Genomics Career Session
Tilin Fang (Ph.D. student of Dr. Yan) just received a formal invitation to present a 30 minute talk in the Early Career Session at the National Wheat Genomics Workshop to be held in Lincoln, NE, March 8-9.
Tilin is working on a collaborative project between Drs. Yan and Carver and scientists in Washington state and China, where they have discovered a major resistance gene/QTL against multiple stripe rust races in wheat.
Congratulations Tilin!
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Dr. Don Murray was awarded the 2009 Weed Scientist of the Year at the Southern Weed Science Society meeting, January 27, 2010 in Little Rock, Arkansas!
Dr. Don S. Murray is a Regents Professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University. He is an active participant in the Southern Weed Science Society and has served the SWSS in many capacities including its President in 1999-2000. Dr. Murray has a long list of accomplishments in his professional career and his membership in SWSS. Some of these include: Fellow, WSSA; Outstanding Educator, SWSS; Distinguished Service Award, SWSS; Outstanding Young Weed Scientist Award, SWSS. Dr. Murray was recognized by Oklahoma State University for the excellence in his research and graduate student program by naming him a Regents Professor (1998 to present) and the P. E Harrill Distinguished Professor of Crop Science (1991 to present). ...more
