OSU’s Gill reflects on Exxon Valdez 25 years later
VIDEO: http://www.ostate.tv/play/96989795-72B0-18E5-D275-DC07F3A7CD39
Today, March 24, marks 25 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, and researchers say the mishap has had a huge impact on the nearby town of Cordova. Dr. Duane Gill, sociology department head at Oklahoma State University and a leading researcher...
Missouri 4-H Foundation announces $250,000 matching gift challenge to support 4-H...
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Cheryl L Reams
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Missouri 4-H Foundation
Phone: 573-882-2680
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COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Missouri 4-H Foundation board of trustees has announced a $250,000 matching gift challenge to support 4-H Youth Futures: College Within Reach, a successful long-term mentoring program that prepares...
Location, timing critical for double-crop success
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Jason Vance
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University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
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Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo.–Double-cropping soybeans after wheat provides the opportunity to harvest two crops in the same year from the same...
MU Extension administrator elected to lead international community development group
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Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
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Story source: Sharon Gulick, 573-884-0669
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The director of University of Missouri Extension’s Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development (ExCEED) program, Sharon Gulick, is the newly...
Review grain bin rules before harvest
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Linda Geist
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University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The difference between a grain bin rescue and a recovery is seconds. Increased public awareness and new tools help save lives, says University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch.
Farm...
OSU zoology program grows young scientists
An Oklahoma State University zoology professor is teaching high school students how to do cutting-edge research. And thanks to his efforts, one of his young researchers won $12,000 at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
For two summers, Bartlesville High School student Nicole Biddinger has worked in assistant professor Puni...
OSU student’s wardrobe sizing research to benefit pregnant women
A doctoral student at Oklahoma State University has received one of only three international graduate scholarships for his research that could establish new size guidelines to better meet the changing wardrobe needs of pregnant women.
A design, housing and merchandising student in the College of Human Sciences, Mahendran Balasubramanian, received...
MU FAPRI baseline projects rough agricultural economy
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Jason Vance
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University of Missouri Extension
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Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The next 10 years could be difficult for farmers. That was the message of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) annual baseline report delivered to...
Mortar Board names top ten freshmen
The Achafoa Chapter of Mortar Board at Oklahoma State University has selected twenty students as the Top Ten Freshmen women and Top Ten Freshmen men for 2013.
A total of 40 students, who are now sophomores, underwent a second round of interviews from OSU faculty, staff and students before the selection was narrowed to the top ten men and top ten...
Don’t wing it on egg safety this Easter
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Linda Geist
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University of Missouri Extension
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Story source: Janet Hackert, 660-425-6434
BETHANY, Mo. – Don’t let safety rules fly the coop this Easter. University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health specialist Janet Hackert offers eggs-cellent tips to prevent...
