Impacts Magazine-Summer 2006
Welcome to Clemson Impacts magazine, a quarterly guide to research highlights and services benefiting the citizens of South Carolina, the nation and the world.Magazine features are sorted by the 5 Focus Areas of Public Service Activities:
- Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Economic & Community Development
- Environmental Conservation
- Food Safety & Nutrition
- Youth Development & Families
News
- Letter from the Vice President
- Biosystems engineer earns research award
- Clemson helps Taiwan control fire ants
- Clemson Extension helps clean up Greenwood County
- Quilt display and fall plant sale in the Garden
- Agronomist joins Edisto cropping systems team
Agrisystems Productivity & Profitability
- State leads Southeast in summer collards
- Scientists seek to protect biological controls of pests
- Variable rate system helps protect cotton crops and the environment
- Homeowners now can mail in soil samples
- Research solves coastal turfgrass mystery
Economic & Community Development
- Send hurricane relief by sea
- Doctoral program strengthens communities
- Lake City teachers and students connect with their roots
Environmental Conservation
- Biochemical research may help repel barnacles
- Junior Naturalist camp develops young environmentalists
- New classroom is as big as all outdoors
- Biologist whips up native wildflower recipe
- Keep pesticides high and dry
- Summer wildfire forecast
- Master Gardeners fund college scholarships
- Landfills become bird sanctuaries
Food Safety & Nutrition
- Study tests safety and quality of medicinal plants
- Cooking with a Chef encourages good health
- Nutrition resources are now online
Youth Development & Families
- Coastal camp makes learning fun
- Camp Happy Days brightens summer for young cancer patients
- Collaboration prepares teachers to help underachieving students succeed
- 4-H Ambassador training builds teens’ communication skills
- Early childhood development is economic development
Download the entire Summer 2006 issue (PDF, 832KB)