The Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this year reported on a new standard for judging doctoral programs (http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i19/19a00801.htm).  This survey, the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, was conducted by Academic Analytics, a company owned partially by the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  Academics Analytics ranked 7,294 doctoral programs in 104 disciplines at 354 institutions.  What was new is that scores were based on the productivity

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Congratulations to Dr. W. Allen Miller. He was selected to receive an APS FELLOWS in honor of his distinguished contributions to the science of plant pathology. The award was presented to Dr. Miller at this year’s American Phytopathological Society annual meeting in San Diego, California (July 28-August 1, 2007).

AMES, Iowa -- An extensive analysis of molecular changes that occur while a plant is being infected by the Asian soybean rust fungus reveals new information that could lead to a soybean variety with broad-spectrum resistance, say the Iowa State University scientists who led the research.

Their findings are published as the cover spotlight article in the August edition of the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Four members of the department of plant pathology participated in the North Central division Meeting of the American Phytopathological society that was held at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, June 19-21. Two Iowa State University graduate students presented 3 posters and one oral presentation at the meeting and out of the 28 posters that were presented by participants representing the 12 North Central states, Emmanuel Byamukama was awarded First Place.

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University researchers have developed a way to use satellite images to find Asian soybean rust.

  “What we did on the ground 10 to 15 years ago, we can do now with satellites,” said Forrest Nutter, professor of plant pathology.

Khalil Ahmad was awarded First Place out of the 40 plus entries for his poster “Development of Early Warning Systems to Improve U.S. Crop Biosecurity” that was presented at the 8th Biennial Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) Conference held 23-26 April, 2007 in Sioux City, IA.

The Department of Plant Pathology was able to select three graduate students to receive Charles J. Gould Graduate Student Travel Awards of $500 each. Recipients are Brian Freeman, Zhihan Xu, and Jackson Moeller. All three students will use these funds to attend scientific conferences: Brian and Zhihan will attend the APS Meeting in San Diego and Jackson will travel to Italy to attend the IS-MPMI Congress.

Don Carlos Norton, 84, of Ames, died Wednesday, April 18, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at Rolling Green Village in Nevada. The body has been cremated, and a private family ceremony is planned. Read More