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Grad student Duncan McSorley at the Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center in Crossville.
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Graduate student advances Alabama Extension efforts

The agricultural industry is a people business. That was a major factor in Duncan McSorley’s decision to pursue a future career in Cooperative Extension. As a graduate student studying ruminant nutrition and forages at Auburn University, McSorley is already getting his feet wet.

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Engineering startup VivoSphere named Alabama Launchpad finalist

Former Auburn graduate student researcher Yuan Tian and Professor Elizabeth Lipke will present VivoSphere, a tissue-engineered platform for 3D tumor modeling, before industry professional judges on May 14.

Research and Innovation
Targeting food waste through better sell-by dates

Researchers at Auburn University are addressing food waste by studying how meat spoils at the microbial level. If scientists develop a better method of predicting spoilage, meat packers could affix more accurate 'best by' or 'sell by' dates, leading to less thrown-out meat.

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