ACES News 2023 to Present

2022

December

• NMSU Extension Family and Consumer Science members receive multiple awards, recognitions

• Aggie Leadership Training Academy graduates 2022 cohort

• NMSU researchers examine history of chile pepper wilt disease in published paper

• NMSU’s forestry research center picks up after brush with New Mexico’s largest wildfire

• NMSU joins turbine project to capture clean energy, create educational opportunities

• NMSU creates pipeline program to train minority students for agricultural workforce

• NMSU Extension creates webinar series, offers tips to help fight inflation

• NMSU, NM Hay Association to co-host 2023 Southwest Hay & Forage Conference

• NMSU to co-host Southwest Beef Symposium Feb. 8-9 in Lubbock

• NMSU irrigation water conservation research receives significant grant

November

• Sacred grounds: NMSU ACES student’s research may help preserve farmland in Costa Rica

• Predicting Mother Nature: Weather stations to aid agriculture, emergency response

• NMSU's USDA grant to use bird migration to prepare new scientists to respond to ecological disasters

• Simulated hospital room delves into virtual reality to train future dietitians at NMSU

• NMSU research enhances, prioritizes representation in new children’s app

• NMSU students get hands-on experience with hemp

• NMSU workshop in Corona to focus on sheep, goat reproductive technologies

• NMSU to lead multistate project to develop climate-adapted pecan trees

October

• NMSU Extension, partners offer workshop on accessible agriculture

• USDA-funded project at NMSU uses genetics to improve chile pepper yield, nutrition

• NMSU students to host free plant clinic Oct. 24

• NMSU projects awarded funding for research on organic farming

• NMSU researchers work to prevent scorpion stings, provide awareness

• IICA delegation visits NMSU to promote sustainable agriculture efforts

• Entertainment industry leaders to speak in NMSU Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management class

• NIH $7.1 million grant to expand NMSU biomedical research facilities

• NMSU's Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize brilliance, determination and compassion

• NMSU to host certification course for commercial food processors

• Retired NMSU Extension agent inducted into national hall of fame

September

• November ballot includes $51 million in bond funding for NMSU projects

• NMSU Extension program promotes diabetes awareness, to expand to Otero County

• NMSU to host certification course for commercially canned food processors in Spanish, registration extended

August

• NMSU researcher warns against mushrooms growing in community

• NMSU honors faculty for excellence in teaching, outreach at fall 2022 convocation

• Grape expectations: AES project examines how cover crops can improve vineyards and pollinator habitats

• NMSU forage pest management workshop to offer vital information for growers

• NMSU study predicts wildfires will speed decline of dusky grouse in Southwest

• NMSU Extension, NMDA, NM Farm and Livestock Bureau partner on Here to Help NM project

• NMSU Extension staff spread research-based knowledge across state

July

• NMSU professor continues expanding research on Chinese fruit in Southwest

• Aggie Academy students delve into agricultural topics at NMSU

• Back in the saddle: Youth horsemanship camps return to NMSU

• Recent NMSU graduate to represent NM, Navajo Nation at national conference

• Two NMSU Extension gardening publications now available in Spanish

• NMSU agricultural field days highlight research statewide

• NMSU student selected for Western Governors' Leadership Institute

• Radio segment helps NMSU’s Roosevelt County Extension connect with community

June

• NMSU strengthens partnership to drive sustainable agriculture across the Americas

• NMSU honors NM EDGE graduates with celebration

• NMSU’s soil health research project helps local producers

• Learn all about New Mexico onions at this year’s onion field day

• Hotel on NMSU campus wins top Marriott awards

• NMSU professor working to expand water use efficiency in southern New Mexico

• FFA state convention at NMSU celebrates hall of fame inductees, award winners, new officers

• NMSU to host Aggie Fashion Camp for high school students

• NMSU rodeo team celebrates 80th anniversary

May

• NMSU researcher examines drought-tolerant cluster bean for adaptability in New Mexico

• Bugging out: NMSU entomology course gives students a taste of the insect world

• Fire prompts mission to save tree seeds, seedlings at NMSU forestry center

• NMSU professor to host turfgrass water conservation workshop in Albuquerque

• UDA soccer program at NMSU to unveil new field at May 14 ribbon-cutting event

• NMSU to host 2022 Beef Improvement Federation conference June 1-3

• NMSU professor guides the next generation of agricultural communicators

April

• NMSU class lets students dive into soil-less growing systems

• Maple tree researcher recipient of 2022 NMSU Intellectual Property Award

• NMSU National Agri-Marketing Association team competes in semifinals at nationals

• NMSU students venture outside NM to immerse themselves in the fashion industry

• NMSU Chile Pepper Institute to host annual spring plant sale April 21-22

• NMSU Extension to host Biochar and Soil Health Field Day April 27

• NMSU signs ‘historic’ agreement to help underrepresented students in natural resources

• NMSU to host Southeast Rancher’s Workshop April 26

• Aggie Fashion Club to host 2022 Sustainable Met Gala Fashion Show

March

• New NMSU program teaches youth about commercial beef production

• NMSU Library to host special event unveiling more of Fabián García’s life

• NMSU researcher receives funding from NIFA to support soil health project

• NMSU research team launches nesting box project to study small falcon

• NMSU to host certification course for commercial food processors

• NMSUCCESS talk to discuss climate change impacts on NM water resources

• NMSU College of ACES invites public to attend open house April 9

• NMSU Extension to offer beginning gardeners course in Valencia County

• NMSU’s Edible Book Festival to return for second year April 9

February

• Aggies establish memorial scholarship to honor late NMSU professor

• NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service to host fruit grower workshop March 2

• NMSU to co-host Southwest Beef Symposium set for March 11-12 in Tucumcari

• Western Pecan Growers Association, NMSU set to host in-person conference March 8-10

• NMSU to host bull management educational series

• NM Youth Ranch Management Camp registration deadline May 6

• NMSU joins effort to develop maple industry in western US

• NMSU to offer mastery certificate programs to help fill gaps in NM hospitality industry

• NMSU’s American Indian Business Enterprise receives grant to support student entrepreneurs

January

• NMSU wants to help New Mexicans ‘dress for success’

• NMSU Cooperative Extension Service to offer online diabetes cooking classes

• NMSU to host hybrid New Mexico Chile Conference Feb. 1

• NMSU honors faculty for excellence in research, creativity at spring 2022 convocation

• ‘Fitbit for cows’: NMSU researcher tracks cattle behavior with GPS technology