Tuesday, 14 Apr 2015
Symposium: Interlocking the Pieces for Global Food Security
"Interlocking The Pieces For Global Food Security." Three sessions are planned to include topics on nutrition; capacity building/education; private/public partnerships and entrepreneurship; and production environments -- seeds, soil and water.
David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture
Managing Pests in the Transgenic Era: Is the Integration in IPM an All But Forgotten Consideration? Presenter: Dr. Michael E. Gray, Professor & Assistant Dean ANR Extension, University of Illinois
Plant Breeding Seminar
Student Presentations Andreomar Kurek: Bringing the optimization concepts to a self-pollinated breeding program Matt Dzievit: High throughput phenotyping and genotyping to dissect canopy architecture in maize inbred lines
Welcome reception: CALS Student Services
Meet Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky, undergraduate retention specialist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' student services office. She will act as the CALS multicultural liaison officer and provide programming for a broad range of student interests including undergraduate multicultural, adult, LGBT, veteran and military students.