Welcome to our second issue of Solutions

As we enter our second academic year as a merged college, we have exciting new developments to report in our strategic areas of focus:

• Environment/Climate Change
  Silvicultural systems promote forest regeneration after a major fire in the BWCAW. Also, read about whole-lake treatments to control nuisance aquatic plants.
• Food and Health
  Plant pathology scientists are developing strains of wheat that may be resistant to a virulent form of black stem wheat rust—a potentially devastating fungus.
• Alternative Energy and Biofuels
  Researchers create energy from animal waste and convert biomass into biocrude.

Dean Allen Levine

In addition to these stories and others, we highlight the accomplishments of our stellar students, staff, faculty, donors and alumni, including Dr. Norman Borlaug.

Borlaug, a CFANS alumnus, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on July 17 in Washington, D.C., an event I was privileged to attend. Known as “the father of the Green Revolution,” he is one of only five people in history to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. His work is estimated to have saved more than a billion lives.

Here at CFANS, we emphasize Solution-Driven Science, and Solutions aims to inform and entertain, leading to continued discussions and partnerships in the areas of food, agricultural and natural resource sciences.

Please let us know how we’re doing; we’d love to hear your feedback.

Allen Levine (’73–M.S., botany; ’77–Ph.D., nutrition)
Dean