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Pine Bluff Commercial
English receives 2014 Regional Excellence in Extension award
Henry English, director of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program, received a 2014 Regional Excellence in Extension award recently at the 127th annual Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities meeting in Orlando, Fla. English, one of five regional award winners, received the award for providing education and technical assistance to socially…
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Food Safety News
The Search for Alternatives to Antibiotics
Ask any doctor or veterinarian to rate the important medical discoveries of the past century, and antibiotics would surely be at or near the top of the list. In this century, too, antibiotics are expected to remain an essential tool for treating animal and human diseases. But the “miracle of antibiotics” is being threatened. There…
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National Hog Farmer
Universities Create Antibiotics Task Force
A “Task Force on Antibiotics Resistance in Production Agriculture” has been created by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. The task force will help advise the federal government on a research agenda and publicly disseminate information on the use of antibiotics in production agriculture.
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WMOT-FM (Middle Tennessee)
Tennessee’s public universities see a sharp drop in federal research funding
The number of research dollars awarded to Tennessee’s public universities has fallen dramatically in recent years, thanks in large measure to a drop in federal funding. University of Tennessee affiliated schools report a decline of about 9 percent in the last three years. The state’s other higher education system, the Tennessee Board of Regents, reports…
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Education Week
In Light of Common Core, Ed. Schools Look to Transform to Math-Teacher Prep
Even in higher education, where knowledge-sharing is prized, institutions have a tendency to take a protective approach to adapting to change. But what if colleges’ and universities’ collective expertise in a particular program area were harnessed toward meeting a common challenge? That’s essentially the thinking behind an unusual cross-institution partnership now working to improve the…
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Food Safety News
Ag, Vet Colleges Team Up for Antibiotic Resistance Task Force
A new task force created by two education associations will try to address antibiotic resistance in production agriculture. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) have come together to advise the federal government on an antibiotic resistance research agenda and to help disseminate information to…
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Agri-Pulse
Task force formed to advise government on animal antibiotic resistance
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) today announced the creation of the Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance in Production Agriculture. The goal of the task force is to help advise the federal government on a research agenda and to aid in disseminating information on…
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Triangle Business Journal
NCSU’s Centennial Campus wins national award for economic impact
On the eve of its 30th birthday, N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus has received national recognition for what the judges called “its reinvention of the very notion of what a research park should be.” The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities named four winners of its second annual Innovation and Economic Prosperity University Awards. N.C.…
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Oklahoma Farm Report
OSU Dean Serving on New Task Force for Antibiotic Resistance
Challenges related to the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria have led to a new multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaborative endeavor, The Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance in Production Agriculture. Created by The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), the task force is comprised of representatives from U.S.…
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Knoxville News Sentinel
UT recognized for improved graduation, retention rates
The University of Tennessee has received national recognition for improving the retention and graduation rates of its students over the past decade. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, one of the nation’s largest coalitions of colleges, honored UT with its “Most Visible Progress” Trailblazer award during its meeting Tuesday in Orlando, Fla. The school…
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