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IN THIS NEWSLINE ISSUED February 28 , 2009 :

1. JOE HILLER APPOINTED HEAD OF UA AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES PROGRAM
2. CONFERENCE ON ADOLESCENTS, DEDICATION OF NEW INSTITUTE MARCH 5-6
3. RANGE MANAGEMENT STUDENTS TAKE HOME HIGH HONORS, JOBS
4. CALS HELPS SCHOOL IPM GO NATIONWIDE
5. SOUTHWEST AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT MARCH 11-12
6. CENTER FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION (CPAN) MOVES TO CALS
7. PLANTS TAKE A HIKE AS TEMPERATURES RISE
8. CONFERENCE TO PROBE RETAIL'S SURVIVAL IN TIGHT-FISTED ECONOMY APRIL 2-3
9. NEW CALS PUBLICATIONS: FEBRUARY
10. NSF TO FUND WATER AND ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER
11. CALS IN THE JOURNALS: FEBRUARY
12. 18TH ANNUAL DESERT HORTICULTURE CONFERENCE MAY 15
13. WELL-SUITED TO DESERT: THAT'S AGAVE
14. CALS IN THE NEWS: FEBRUARY

1 JOE HILLER APPOINTED HEAD OF UA AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES PROGRAM

Joseph Hiller has been appointed head of the American Indian Studies Program at The University of Arizona. In addition to his new duties as head of American Indian Studies Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP), Hiller is also the assistant dean for American Indian Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), as well as associate director of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station and Assistant Director of Arizona Cooperative Extension.

As a professor and extension specialist in watershed management within the CALS School of Natural Resources, Hiller's academic expertise includes agriculture and natural resources issues, particularly in Indian Country; tribal colleges; watershed management, water policy, rangeland ecology, Cooperative Extension programs and international tribal issues.

He also serves on several national-level consultative panels and boards that interact with Tribes and the U.S. government, states and counties; including the President's White House Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities, the Indian Land Tenure Foundation and the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program National Consultative Panel.

For more about the American Indian Studies Program, see http://aisp.web.arizona.edu/. Information about the CALS Indian Country Extension Program is at the link below.

2 CONFERENCE ON ADOLESCENTS, DEDICATION OF NEW INSTITUTE MARCH 5-6

The University of Arizona will dedicate the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families in honor of the late UA graduate and businesswoman who devoted her life to improving the lives of children and enhancing the well-being of families in Arizona.

The dedication, hosted by the institute, will be held March 6, at 3 p.m. The event will be held in the Ira Fulton Auditorium at McClelland Park, the new home of the UA's John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at 650 N. Park Ave. The event is open to the public.

"We believe dedicating the institute in honor of Frances McClelland is the perfect way to recognize her lifetime of advocacy on behalf of children and families," said Stephen T. Russell, director of the Frances McClelland Institute, and Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences. "We are grateful for the McClelland family's ongoing support of the University and unwavering belief in the ability of our research to change lives."

Read more about the dedication in the February 24 edition of UANews at http://uanews.org/node/24200.

In conjunction with the dedication, a conference on adolescents will be held on March 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event includes the following presentations: "The Social Contexts of Adolescent Development: Stage Environment Fit"; "Wanting Our Cake and Eating It Too: A Decade of Pediatric Obesity Research"; and "An Anthropological Perspective on Adolescence." For a conference agenda and registration form, see the link below.

Helen Gaebler, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families, hgaebler@email.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://McClellandInstitute.arizona.edu

3 RANGE MANAGEMENT STUDENTS TAKE HOME HIGH HONORS, JOBS

Tierra Seca, the University of Arizona Student Chapter of the Society for Range Management (SRM), attended the 62nd Annual SRM Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from February 8-12, 2009. Seven undergraduates from the School of Natural Resources participated in the Undergraduate Range Management Exam (URME), where they competed against 173 students from 22 universities from across North America.

The team, coached by Larry Howery, extension natural resources specialist and professor, consisted of Ashley Shepherd, Andy Habgood, Teressa Van Diest, Steve Bluemer, John Hall, Brandon Bishop, and April Barron. The UA team placed 6th overall, with Teressa Van Diest placing 2nd individually.

As a result of her high placement, Teressa is now a Certified Range Management Professional. Ashley Shepherd placed 19th and John Hall placed 29th, helping the team secure the 6th place finish. Eva Osmer, a Rangeland Ecology and Management graduate student, presented a poster on her graduate research and competed in the Graduate Poster Competition.

In addition to their success in the URME competition, five students were offered jobs at the SRM Agency On-the-Spot Hiring Job Fair.

Read more about the competition at the link below. For more on Tierra Seca, see http://www.snr.arizona.edu/project/tierraseca. Cheryl Craddock, School of Natural Resources, ccraddoc@email.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://www.snr.arizona.edu/node/842

4 CALS HELPS SCHOOL IPM GO NATIONWIDE

University of Arizona researchers are making a major contribution in the effort to reduce exposure to pesticides in K-12 schools across the country--and have already seen the effects in schools throughout Maricopa County.

Dawn Gouge, associate professor of entomology at the UA's Maricopa Agricultural Center, was one of the authors of an Integrated Pest Management plan developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; regional Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Centers; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the IPM Institute of North America.

The plan, "School IPM 2015: A Strategic Plan for Integrated Pest Management in Schools in the United States," calls for a 70 percent reduction in pest complaints and pesticide use in schools. It also presents action steps and a timeline for a coordinated effort to engage professionals in all walks of school life, including parents, teachers, custodians, food service staff, school administrators, pest management professionals, extension staff, regulators and architects.

Arizona schools were among the first in the country to establish verified Integrated Pest Management practices.

In 2000, Gouge and other entomologists began working with Arizona school districts, primarily in Maricopa County, to develop Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, programs. The goal behind IPM is to avoid reliance on chemical pesticides but rather solve the fundamental reasons that pests become a problem.

Read more from the February 10 issue of UANews at the link below.

Dawn Gouge, Maricopa Agricultural Center, dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://uanews.org/node/24000

5 SOUTHWEST AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT MARCH 11-12

The 2009 Southwest Agricultural Summit will be held at the Yuma Civic Center on March 11-12. Hosted by The University of Arizona and the Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association, the event includes a pre-summit field demonstration at the UA's Yuma Agricultural Center on March 11, a golf tournament and an evening reception, followed by a full day of breakout forums and vendor exhibits on March 12.

The eight forum topics include food safety, two desert fertilizer workshops, water management, pest management, pest biology, fueling the US with Arizona renewables, and an agricultural economic outlook. At least 26 presentations will be offered by UA faculty and industry professionals.

For a complete agenda and registration information, see the link below.

Charles Sanchez, Yuma Agricultural Center, sanchez@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://www.swagsummit.com/

6 CENTER FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION (CPAN) MOVES TO CALS

The Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition (CPAN) has moved from the College of Medicine to the CALS Department of Nutritional Sciences. CPAN was founded in 2003 through a collaborative effort of The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Medicine.

CPAN is a Class II research and education Center consisting of a cadre of basic and applied scientists, educators, practitioners and community leaders with interest and expertise in nutrition and exercise-related research and education programs. These programs target prevention of chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis.

The Center is unique in that the goal is not only to support research on the relationships of physical activity and nutrition to health and the development and prevention of chronic disease, but to translate the knowledge gained by such research into public community programs designed to improve the well-being of people of all ages. In keeping with this mission, CPAN will continue as a cross disciplinary, translational center with close ties to the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health, promoting research and engaging with people in communities to foster healthy living.

For more about CPAN, go to the link below.

7 PLANTS TAKE A HIKE AS TEMPERATURES RISE

Plants are flowering at higher elevations in Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains as summer temperatures rise, according to new research from the University of Arizona in Tucson.

The flowering ranges of 93 plant species moved uphill during 1994 to 2003, compared to where the same species flowered the previous ten years. During the 20-year study period, summer temperatures in the region increased about 1.8 degree Fahrenheit (1 degree C.).

"For years, probably decades now, scientists have been trying to understand how species are going to respond to the anticipated global changes and global warming," said Theresa Crimmins, research specialist for the UA's Arid Lands Information Center and the network liaison for the USA National Phenology Network.

To better understand how plants respond to climate change, Crimmins and her husband, UA climatologist Michael Crimmins, teamed up with naturalist Dave Bertelsen. He's been hiking the Finger Rock trail about one to two times a week since 1983 and recording what plants were in flower.

Read more in the February 10 issue of UANews at the link below, and also at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110036.htm.

Also see "Climate Change May Be Changing Where Arizona Plants Bloom," from the February 22 edition of KNXV-TV at http://www.abc15.com/content/weather/stories/story/Climate-change-may-be-changing-where-Arizona/blm2438OYUyx3cJAqMqU-w.cspx

Theresa Crimmins, Arid Lands Information Center, theresam@email.arizona.edu; Michael Crimmins, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, crimmins@u.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://uanews.org/node/23983

8 CONFERENCE TO PROBE RETAIL'S SURVIVAL IN TIGHT-FISTED ECONOMY APRIL 2-3

Sixteen of the world's top retail executives, technology experts, authors and economists will be in Tucson to offer their thoughts about the global economic meltdown and how to prepare for the eventual business rebound.

The Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing will host the "Global Retailing Conference 2009," April 2-3 at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive in Tucson.

The theme of this year's conference, the 14th sponsored by the center, is "Putting Innovation in Play and the People Who Make it Work."

The Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing is part of The University of Arizona's John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences. The school fuses resources and expertise from academia and the retail industry to develop skilled retail professionals.

The Lundgren Center is one of the top three retail business programs in the United States, and about 400 students are currently enrolled in classes and degree programs this semester.

"These are especially challenging times for the global retail industry," said Melinda Burke, director of the Lundgren Center. "So we've tapped into our network to assemble a thought-provoking agenda and two days of unfettered access to some of the greatest minds in business. Everyone who attends is sure to walk away with ideas that will help them accomplish their short- or long-term retail industry goals."

Read more about the conference agenda and registration at the link below. The conference site is at http://www.globalretailingconference.org/ Melinda Burke, Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing, mburke@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://uanews.org/node/24090

9 NEW CALS PUBLICATIONS: FEBRUARY

HOW TO PROPAGATE AGAVES AND CACTI FROM CUTTINGS AND SEED

Propagation of most cacti and agaves is a very simple procedure. Many varieties can be successfully propagated by both vegetative cuttings and from seed. This new guide from Arizona Cooperative Extension provides basic information that will help to insure successful results. The 4-page, full-color publication covers step-by-step methods and materials for vegetative and seed propagation, and includes a section on seedling maintenance.

Download a copy at http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1483.pdf
Jack Kelly, Pima County Cooperative Extension, jackelly@ag.arizona.edu

PUBLICATIONS UPDATED FOR 2009:

MEASURING WATER FLOW AND RATE ON THE FARM http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1130.pdf

METHODS OF MEASURING FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING--WHEN http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1220.pdf

GROWING TOMATOES ABOVE 6,000 FOOT ELEVATIONS IN ARIZONA http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1282.pdf

FERTILIZING HOME GARDENS IN ARIZONA http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1020.pdf

WATER USE IN VEGETABLES: CARROTS http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1134.pdf

WATER USE IN VEGETABLES: CAULIFLOWER http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1133.pdf

WATER USE IN VEGETABLES: WESTERN HEAD LETTUCE http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1132.pdf

WATER USE IN VEGETABLES: DRY BULB ONIONS http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1131.pdf

UNDERSTANDING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

High Blood Pressure or hypertension is a risk factor for heart and kidney diseases, as well as strokes. In fact, more than a million heart attacks and a half a million strokes are caused in part by high blood pressure. Most people think high blood pressure affects only adults. That's not the case however. For some children, high blood pressure is caused by problems with kidneys or heart. But for some children poor lifestyle habits, such as unhealthy diet and lack of exercise, contribute to high blood pressure. High blood pressure in children has become a natural extension of the nationwide obesity epidemic.

Find out more about high blood pressure, including ways to lower it, by reading the new CALS publication "High Blood Pressure" at http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/health/az1230.pdf
Scottie Misner, Department of Nutritional Sciences, misner@ag.arizona.edu

10 NSF TO FUND WATER AND ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $1.24 million grant to The University of Arizona and two other universities to fund a research center to investigate new clean-water technologies.

These new technologies include improved monitoring of large-scale water distribution systems to sensors at individual households capable of detecting dangerous chemical or biological contaminants.

The Water and Environmental Technology, or WET, Center includes the NSF Water Quality Center at the UA, and research units at Arizona State University and Temple University. Funding for the WET Center began Feb. 15. The UA's share of the grant is $380,000.

Ian Pepper, director of the UA Water Quality Center and a professor of soil, water and environmental sciences, said NSF funding has brought in an additional $10 million from both public and private sources over the last decade. This includes funding from the Technology and Research Infrastructure Fund, which are state sales tax revenues that target research in water and environmental sustainability, and a number of other areas.

The new WET Center allows the UA Water Quality Center to continue its "intermediate field-scale testing facility" that Pepper and others have dubbed the Water Village, a group of buildings on the grounds of the UA's Environmental Research Laboratory.

"The Water Village focuses on future treatment and distribution of water and wastewater, with enormous potential benefits for the community," Pepper said. "It focuses on research that provides good quality drinking water with acceptable purity, taste and odor characteristics, and is safe for human health and welfare."

Read more from the February 9 edition of UA News at the link below. For a podcast interview with Ian Pepper, go to http://uanews.org/node/23919.

Ian Pepper, Water Quality Center, ipepper@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://uanews.opi.arizona.edu/node/23976

11 CALS IN THE JOURNALS: FEBRUARY

PAPER ON THE ROLE OF EXTENSION IN LAND USE PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

University-based Extension programs throughout the West have long been known as a credible resource to help rural communities address a multitude of issues ranging from childhood obesity to better gardening practices and water conservation. However, as the West has seen an influx of new residents and its rural areas transformed in a relatively short period of time, several compelling trends have emerged to engage university-based Extension efforts in a new programmatic direction of land use planning and sustainable development.

The paper "The Role of Extension in Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development in the West" discusses those emerging trends; highlights the reasons why Extension is in a good position to address land use planning and sustainable development; gives an example of how one university Extension program in Arizona is tapping into its academic resources to develop such a program; identifies the stakeholders that stand to benefit; and lastly, proposes some suggestions on how other university-based Extension programs throughout the west may follow suit.

See the article in the February 2009 issue of "Brief" which is published by the Western Rural Development Center: http://wrdc.usu.edu/files/uploads/Newsletter/RCBrief_LandUseWEB.pdf
Mark Apel, Cochise County Cooperative Extension, mapel@cals.arizona.edu; Erik Glenn, Yavapai County Cooperative Extension, erikg@cals.arizona.edu

12 18TH ANNUAL DESERT HORTICULTURE CONFERENCE MAY 15

Registration is now open for the 18th Annual Desert Horticulture Conference to be held Friday, May 15 from 7 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. at the Tucson Convention Center. It's the premier annual conference for all members of the southwest green industry: landscape architects, designers, growers, retailers, contractors, maintenance personnel, suppliers, and educators.

The conference offers timely and research-based information relevant for designing, building, maintaining, and producing plants for urban landscapes in the arid Southwest. Four concurrent sessions in 2008 include Arboriculture, Hot Topics/Green, Design, and Maintenance (Spanish translation available in Maintenance session). Attendees can earn continuing education units for various professional organizations.

The theme this year is "Strategies for Success," with 24 presentations given in four tracks - Arboriculture, Hot Topics, Design, and Maintenance. Presented by CALS faculty and industry professionals, topics include everything from "Death of Giants: Saguaro Spear Vitality" and "Business Plan Basics: Tools for Developing a Roadmap for Success" to "Edible Landscapes" and "Citrus Care: Age and Variety Make a Difference."

The full schedule and downloadable registration form can be viewed at the Desert Horticulture website at the URL below.

Kathryn Hahne, Pima County Cooperative Extension, khahne@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more: http://ag.arizona.edu/deserthort

13 WELL-SUITED TO DESERT: THAT'S AGAVE

Agaves are one of the best-adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants.

Besides being great landscape plants, they do just as well growing in containers on the patio.

Most people are familiar with Agave americana, the century plant, which grows an overpowering 6 feet in height and spread--too large for most garden spaces. But there are many small-growing agave species just right for growing in containers on the patio and planting in home landscapes with limited space.

Find out more from the February 22 Arizona Daily Star article at the link below.

John Begeman, Pima County Cooperative Extension, jbegeman@ag.arizona.edu
To learn more:http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/280938.php

14 CALS IN THE NEWS: FEBRUARY

UA RODEO CLUB HAS NEW ARENA FOR PRACTICE

The 70-year-old University of Arizona Rodeo Club, a student group that has well-known local cowboys Joe and Clay Parsons among its alumni, now has a new practice arena.

Club members have a place to practice plus room to board their horses at the new arena, on the Interstate 10 frontage road south of West Prince Road. Previously, they practiced at the home of John Marchello, the club's adviser and coach. Marchello, whom the students call "Doc," is a professor of animal science at the UA. Students said they like that the new arena is closer to campus than their former practice space.

"We were real lucky to get this arena. It's never been done before, so this is real exciting to rope here every day instead of going all the way to Marana to Doc's house to rope," said Jacob Mayfield, 21, who does team roping and calf roping.

The UA's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences gave roughly 2.5 acres for the arena, Marchello said. It's on the UA's West Agriculture Campus.

Read more from the February 27 Arizona Daily Star: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/282049
John Marchello, Department of Animal Sciences, jam@ag.arizona.edu

BIO5'S CHANDLER TALKS ABOUT GOING GREEN, SORT OF

Plant biology and computer science may not go hand-in-hand, but a new effort could literally transform an entire field of research.

In what was likely her last lecture as a University of Arizona researcher, Vicki Chandler, outgoing director of the BIO5 Institute, explained the effort to collaborate across scientific disciplines in order to answer questions about her area of expertise, plant sciences.

Last year, the iPlant Collaborative received a $50 million grant from the National Science Foundation to bring together plant, computer and information scientists to create a knowledge-sharing database. Although based at the UA, other institutions, including Arizona State University, the University of North Carolina and Purdue University, are also involved in the project.

Chandler's talk Feb. 10 was part of the UA's weekly lecture series "Science That Transforms," which highlights research projects and innovations.

In December, Chandler announced she would be moving to San Francisco to be the new chief science program officer at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. In addition to leading BIO5, Chandler taught classes in genetics and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

The iPlant Collaborative will address the issue of bringing together all the data on plant sciences and making it both readily accessible and easy to understand.

On the plus side, anything on the Internet can be accessed anywhere else around the world. The downside is, not all of the databases are capable of handling large amounts of requests and many require an understanding of computer systems to access the data in the first place, she said.

The result is a Tower of Babel-type problem. There is so much data already available, but it is not being fully utilized because it's so fragmented.

"This is not a problem limited to plant biology, but in plant biology alone there are hundreds of databases," Chandler said.

Read the rest of this article from the February 16 issue of Inside Tucson Business at http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/doc499461739f689609222488.txt
Vicki Chandler, BIO5 Institute, chandler@ag.arizona.edu

$57M IN UA CUTS WILL AFFECT FARMERS, TRIBES, URBAN GARDENERS, 4-H FOR KIDS

University of Arizona programs that make it possible for agricultural research to get to ranchers and farmers--as well as thousands of urban horticulturists and more than 100,000 4-H members--will be reduced as UA tries to find $57 million in state-mandated budget cuts by June 30.

The Legislature decided Jan. 31 on $580 million in spending cuts to balance this year's budget, which is about $1.6 billion in the red. UA President Robert N. Shelton said [Feb. 9] that UA's portion is expected to be $57 million.

A budget reduction of that magnitude, with only five months left in the fiscal year, will force UA to "eliminate or greatly reduce" outreach and community-based activities," Shelton said, including suspending a "significant portion" of UA's extension operations.

Arizona Cooperative Extension is an outreach program of the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It operates 24 extension sites throughout Arizona, including six on American Indian tribal lands, with more than 250,000 adults participating annually in programs offered.

In addition, more than 9,000 Arizonans volunteer in the programs offered and about 107,000 kindergarten through 12th-graders are enrolled in 4-H Youth Development programs.

"If someone else thinks they can do what we do, they should do it," said Jim Christenson, UA director of extension.

UA has extension sites in each of Arizona's 15 counties, and none of them will be closed because of the budget crisis. But the staffing - and therefore services - will be significantly reduced, Christenson said.

"No county extension office will be closed, primarily because the offices are joint partnerships between UA, the county, tribes, the state and the federal government," he said. "But they will be understaffed."

Fifteen of about 60 UA faculty extension agent positions have been lost this year through attrition, Christenson said. Those positions will go unfilled to help meet the state budget cut. Graham, Greenlee and Maricopa counties will be the areas most affected by the understaffing, he said.

Read more from the February 10 issue of the Tucson Citizen at http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/109768.php
Jim Christenson, Arizona Cooperative Extension, jimc@ag.arizona.edu

UA ECONOMICS RESEARCHER PROMOTES COMPASSION, COMMUNICATION

As a UA professor, Paul Wilson is concerned about the whole student, whether it's the way students' lives affect their academics, or the ways they interpret the world around them. Wilson, a newly-designated University Distinguished Professor of agricultural and resource economics, supports his students in their personal success while also encouraging them to be compassionate and socially conscious.

See a University Communications profile of Wilson at http://uanews.org/node/23789

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