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APLU Statement on the Nomination of Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Mark Becker today released the following statement on President-elect Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Brooke Rollins for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “APLU congratulates Brooke Rollins on her nomination as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA and land-grant universities have…
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APLU Applauds Inclusion of Mandatory Funding in Agricultural Research Facilities in Senate Farm Bill Package
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today released the following statement on the inclusion of the Research Facilities Act (RFA) and mandatory investment of at least $1 billion in public universities’ research facilities in the Farm Bill framework Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) unveiled…
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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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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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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 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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