Center for Grassland Studies

Seminar Series

Fall Semester - 1997

All seminars, which are open to the public, are held in 116 Chase Hall on the UNL East Campus, 3:30-4:30 p.m. If you have questions, please call the Center office at 402/472-4101.


Date

Speaker

Topic

8-25 Dr. Martin Massengale, Director, Center for Grassland Studies Orientation Session
9-8 Ms. Tiffany Heng-Moss, Graduate Student, Entomology Department "Beneficial Arthropods Associated with Buffalograss"
9-22 Dr. Robert Shearman, Executive Director of the National Turf Evaluation Program "Turf and Grasslands of New Zealand"
9-29 Drs. Roch Gaussoin and Terrance Riordan, Extension Turf Specialist and Professor, respectively, Horticulture Department "Turf and Grasslands of Australia"
10-6 *Dr. Robert Masters, Research Scientist, USDA-ARS and Associate Professor, Agronomy Department "Integrated Weed Management Practices for Rangelands"
10-13 *Dr. David Hartnett, Director, Konza Prairie Research Natural Area and Professor of Biology, Kansas State University (co-sponsored by Center for Great Plains Studies) "Role of Fire and Grazing in the Dynamics and Biodiversity of the Tallgrass Prairie"
10-20 *Dr. Don Adams, Professor, Animal Science Department and West Central Research and Extension Center "Matching the Cow to Forage Resources"
10-27 NO SEMINAR
11-3 Dr. James Stubbendieck, Director, Center for Great Plains Studies and Professor, Agronomy Department "On the Verge of Extinction: Blowout Penstemon"
11-10 Dr. Margaret (Peg) Bolick, Curator of Botany and Associate Professor, University of Nebraska State Museum "Nothing to Sneeze at: Interaction of Grasslands, Pollen and Allergies"
11-17 Dr. James Gosey, Extension Beef Specialist, Animal Science Department "Matching Animal Genetics to Forage Resources"
11-24 Dr. Julie Savidge, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resource Sciences "Fauna of Lowland Grasslands along the Platte River"
12-1 TO BE ANNOUNCED
12-8 Ms. Trudy Ecoffey, Graduate Student, Agronomy Department "Bison Management Course Designed for Tribal Colleges"

*Videotaped seminars available for check-out from CGS office.



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