Impacts Magazine: Fall 2009
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
- Vice President’s Message
- Researcher awarded for work with pawpaw
- Peach geneticist honored for research
Agrisystems, Productivity & Profitability
- Clemson’s switchgrass heading to Europe
- Livestock officials monitor “swine” flu situation
- Peach experts help fruit growers fight fungus
- Conference showcases agribusiness for the 21st century
- Reducing risks from produce grown with compost
- Clemson launches S.C. Market Maker
- Investigating the impact of cages on laying hens
Economic & Community Development
- Compassion grants help rural citizens
- New workforce development lab established
- Students work to revitalize town
Environmental Conservation
- Cleaning up oil exploration’s dirty water
- Stormwater consortium educates public
- Plant disease controlled before causing threat
- Reducing the risk of wildfires in Georgetown County
- Using soil to reduce carbon load on climate
- Turf School goes on the road
- Shaping the future of South Carolina’s coast
- Carolina Clear launches rain garden manual
Food Safety & Nutrition
Youth Development & Families
- 4-H awards showcase youth accomplishments
- High school students experience Clemson coast to coast
- Preschoolers learn to fight disease by washing hands
- Professorship focuses on bullying prevention
- Zest Quest® provides wellness education for children
Download the entire Fall 2009 issue (PDF, 2.5MB)