Voices of ACES

All Students Educators From the Dean Social
January 7, 2022
By ACES staff
5 Questions Friday: New feature spotlights must-know ACES faces
The ACES community is filled with passionate people – some in the spotlight and some behind the scenes. They care about and focus on world-changing work like:
May 9, 2019
By Stephanie Henry
Congratulations, Class of 2019!
Congratulations, Class of 2019!
March 25, 2019
By Lauren Quinn
Finding Spring Miracles at the Arboretum
Students and faculty may have just returned from spring break, but it feels like it’s taking forever for spring to show its shiny green face this year. Looking back in my phone, I find photos of fully leafed-out trees and fat, unfurling hosta leaves by early April in recent years. This year, buds are still in winter-mode: small and clenched, as if they’re hunkered down for a storm.
January 22, 2019
By Lauren Quinn
ACES Researchers Providing Options for Organic Corn Growers
As a former plant scientist, I understand how chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides work to enhance crop performance and yield, and I know that those chemicals are rigorously tested and strictly regulated to ensure consumer and environmental safety. But I’ll admit I still reach for organic products at the grocery store whenever I can.
December 20, 2018
By Leslie Myrick
Inspiring Students
In early December, our office had the great honor of hosting the Director General of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Ruben G. Echeverría to present the 2018 ACES Distinguished International Lecture.
December 19, 2018
By Lauren Quinn
Telling the research story for ACES
As one of the writers on the marketing and communications team for the College of ACES, I get to learn new things about science every single day and then use a bit of creativity to explain it to the public. I don’t just want my writing to make sense and be scientifically accurate, although those things are key; I also want to write in a way that captures readers’ attention and describes how they can use the information in their lives.