Dusten Russell, a Ph. D. student in the Department of Plant and Soil Science, was awarded the Joe B. and Martha J. Dixon Award for the best graduate student presentation in the Soil Mineralogy Division of the Soil Science Society of America at the 2006 Annual Meetings in Indianapolis. (more…)

By D. Lance Lunsford - Avalanche-Journal
Dairy experts from New Mexico State University are helping to form a consortium of universities and federal institutions to develop a research base for the dairy industry in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. (more…)

Midland Reporter-Telegram
If wine is on your list of gifts for special friends, but you’re feeling rushed, or you’re a little uncertain of what to buy, here are some suggestions put forth by two local experts. Debbie Brock, who owns The Wine Rack with her husband, Greg, said it is helpful to know whether the recipient prefers white or red wine, dry or sweet. (more…)

Audubon Magazine - By T. Edward Nickens
Playa lakes seem to come out of nowhere, suddenly emerging with a passing shower. Shrouded in mystery, they are among North America’s most important and imperiled wetlands, providing critical resting and foraging habitat for more than a million migrating shorebirds, ducks, geese, and songbirds. (more…)