Campuses:
Peter Reich wins major international award (1/28/2010) 
Regents Professor Peter Reich has been named this year’s winner of the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge award in ecology and conservation biology. Reich, of the Department of Forest Resources, was honored for his work in global metabolic plant ecology, most notably his discovery of universal rules of leaf design and related scaling of plant physiology from seedling to tree, from cell to ecosystem, and from the stand to the globe. 
Getting an early start on the soybean season (1/28/2010)
University of Minnesota test plots near Santiago, Chile play a vital role in the development of new soybean varieties; while Minnesota fields are frozen and snow-covered, the Chilean test plots are in mid-season. A delegation from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion council is touring the site this week with CFANS scientists Jim Orf (pictured) and Seth Naeve, both from the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.
Doug Tiffany named to state's NextGen Energy Board (1/28/2010)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has named Doug Tiffany of the Department of Applied Economics to the state's NextGen Energy Board. The board studies how the state can wisely invest its resources to most efficiently achieve energy independence, agricultural and natural resources sustainability, and rural economic vitality.
Two from CFANS named McKnight Land-Grant professors (1/6/2010)
Assistant professors Ken Kozak and Dylan Millet have been named University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant professors for 2010-12. The program aims to advance the careers of promising junior faculty. The winners were chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which their achievements and ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the significance of their research; and the potential for attracting outstanding students. Kozak, left, is in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and on the staff at the Bell Museum; Millet, right, is in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate.
How should Minnesota preserve its water? (1/6/2010) 
Minnesotans will have the chance to voice their opinions on how the state should invest resources to protect clean water at a series of public meetings beginning Jan. 19. The meetings, called “listening sessions,” will be facilitated by staff from the Water Resources Center and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and will cover range of water-related issues from boating and water recreation, to priorities for cleaning up polluted lakes and streams.
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