Emil Wolf: 1920 – 2009
Date: October 21st, 2009
From: Mark R. McLellan, Dean
Last month IFAS lost a giant, an unsung hero who carried his passion and his commitment to science into the lab every day until the day we lost him last month. Some of you have heard me speak of the impact incredible contributions of retirees, engaged in a fully productive mode, have made in my career...
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Mid-Florida Research and Education Center: New Grape Variety a Pleasing Bunch Southern Jewel, the latest grape variety issued by IFAS, is high-yielding, disease resistant and produces fruit in big bunches.
IFAS developmental biology professor Dennis Gray, who led the team that created the new muscadine variety, says the new grape has been in the works since 1994. It is Gray's second grape cultivar release. The first was "Delicious," also issued this year. Southern Jewel is the 19th grape cultivar created by UF researchers.
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New! Announcing the UF/IFAS Research Roadmap Executive Summary. This faculty-driven, faculty-based plan is a result of a comprehensive self-examination and visioning process. We hope you enjoy exploring it.
Download the UF/IFAS Research Roadmap Executive Summary (PDF)
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Six IFAS projects have been funded through the USDA Specialty Crops Initiative for 2007-2008. These projects have received over $1.8 million in total funding.
View the Complete List of Funded SCRI Project for 2007-2008
IFAS is pleased to announce that the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station is partnering with IFAS Statistics to launch a brand new opportunity for faculty to acquire new skills in design and analysis of experiments. During the 2009-2010 academic year IFAS Statistics is offering a series of workshops and short courses on topics of relevance to IFAS Faculty. Some of the workshops are focused on design, while others focus on data analysis. Topics include analysis of breeding trials and Monte Carlo statistical methods.
The Experiment Station will offer 210 total scholarships throughout the year for training opportunities for IFAS faculty to attend one or more workshops and/or short courses given. Each course or workshop has varying number of scholarship seats available.
Registration opens May 13, 2009, on a first-come-first serve basis. Click here for a list of the courses offered and for registration details.
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