NIFA News
 FFAR Names Chief Operating Officer
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization that addresses today’s food and agriculture challenges through innovative science, named Julie Reynes as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Effective immediately, Reynes assumes oversight of operational and administrative functions and reports directly to Executive Director Sally Rockey.
Acting COO Katy Raymond will continue in her role as director of Strategic Planning.
Read the full announcement on the FFAR website.
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 ILSI North America 2017 Summer Fellowship Program
The International Life Sciences Institute's (ILSI) North America Technical Committee on Food and
Chemical Safety is sponsoring a summer Fellow to work on a project entitled,
"apply read across approaches for food-related chemicals to
understand their potential use in food safety assessment." The application
deadline has been extended to Feb. 27, This fact sheet provides more information about the
fellowship program.
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80th Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting
The 2017 Annual Rural Sociological Society (RSS) meeting is July 27-30 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency. The meeting will focus on the ways in which rural peoples cope with a wide range of disruptive events. The disruptive events could be economic downturns, severe storms and droughts (for example climate change), the arrival of outside investors, or wars. Clearly, the strategies for coping vary by class and other related disadvantages, making some people much more vulnerable to the deliberate machinations of elites, as well as to the almost random turns of events, like storms and droughts. Abstracts are due Feb. 12.
For more information and registration, visit the RSS website.
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 Henning Leaves Post as Head of University of Kentucky CES
Jimmy Henning will step down as associate dean for extension
and director of the University of Kentucky (UK) Cooperative Extension Service (CES) on
Feb. 15 to return to the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s faculty as
an extension forage specialist. Henning has led the extension service since
2007.
In the interim, Gary Palmer, UK assistant extension director for
agriculture and natural resources, will oversee operations, specialists, and
agents working in family and consumer sciences, community and economic
development, agriculture and natural resources, and 4-H youth development. The search for a new leader will begin after a review of the CES is completed later this spring.
Read the full release on the University of Kentucky website.
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USDA Announces $18.9 Million Available to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-Grant Institutions
NIFA announced $18.9 million in funding for eligible 1890 land-grant colleges and
universities to obtain or improve agricultural and food sciences facilities and
equipment. The 1890 Facilities Grant Program helps the eligible institutions
educate the future workforce in the food, agricultural, and human sciences job
sectors.
Eligible
applicants include Alabama A&M University, Tuskegee University,
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Delaware State University, Florida A&M
University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Southern
University, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Lincoln University, Alcorn
State University, North Carolina A&T State University, Central State
University, Langston University, South Carolina State University, Tennessee
State University, Prairie View A&M University, Virginia State University,
and West Virginia State University. The application deadline is March 21.
Read the full release on the NIFA website.
NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research,
education, and extension and seeks to make transformative discoveries that
solve societal challenges.
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Editor: Judy Rude
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