by Wally Northway Published: November 10,2009
Tags: agriculture, federal agency, research, state agency
STONEVILLE — Steve Martin has been named head of Mississippi State University’s (MSU’s) Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. Martin assumed his duties as head of the regional facility Nov. 1. He was named interim head of the center in July 2008, following the appointment of then DREC head Joe Street as associate director of [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: October 8,2009
Tags: agriculture, education, federal government, research
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives has approved $5.1 million in appropriations requests submitted by Congressman Travis Childers (D-Miss.) through passage of the final version of the Agriculture Appropriations Bill. The legislation allocates important funding to protect public health, invest in rural communities, and support agriculture research. Highlights of the final legislation include: • $1.608 million [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: October 2,2009
Tags: agriculture, Congress, education, energy, federal government, research, water and wastewater
WASHINGTON — A Senate and House negotiating team that included Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has reached an agreement on a FY2010 spending measure that is important to Mississippi for its agriculture, rural development and child nutrition programs. Cochran participated on the bicameral conference committee that today completed its work to reconcile differences in House and Senate-passed [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 28,2009
Tags: Charles R. Welch, Engineer Research and Development Center, Information Technology Laboratory, research, VICKSBURG
Dr. Charles R. Welch, a senior scientist and research physicist in the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg has been named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Researcher of the Year for his work with carbon nanotube (CNT) research. Welch’s research on material development and supercomputer modeling [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 5,2009
Tags: education, federal government, research
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The FY2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill (HR.2997) has been approved by an 80-17 vote in the U.S. Senate. As a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will now serve on a joint conference committee to reconcile differences in the House and Senate-passed [...] [...]