IFAS in the news, 9/11

Good morning. Lots of nice IFAS-related news today:

UF's Teri Balser appointed to elite group rethinking undergraduate biology education http://news.ufl.edu/2012/09/10/balser-pulse/

New award will honor a Gator who embodies UF's mission http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_82138f2e-fbc8-11e1-b48d-001a4bcf887a.html

'Strongly attached' hikers love nature; want a challenge, UF/IFAS study finds http://news.ufl.edu/2012/09/10/parks/

Researchers use 'banker plants' to help battle whitefly pests http://phys.org/news/2012-09-banker-whitefly-pests.html

Autumn beats spring when it comes to local planting season (Okaloosa) http://www.crestviewbulletin.com/news/season-18329-beats-spring.html

Transgenic tomato withstands bacterial spot, yields more fruit http://www.thegrower.com/news/Transgenic-tomato-withstands-bacterial-spot-yields-more-fruit-169216856.html

Pinellas Celebrates 100 Years
http://palmharbor.patch.com/articles/pinellas-celebrates-100-years


Other news:

School of Wine: Training Students for Jobs in Washington State's Wine Industry http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec12/wine_09-10.html

Group highlighting plight of farmworkers in Florida http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120910/ARTICLES/120919962?p=1&tc=pg

UF College Democrats and Republicans to host 9/11 tribute together for first time http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_2c724e8e-fbcd-11e1-b6c0-001a4bcf887a.html

County alert for West Nile, though no cases found http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120910/ARTICLES/120919972?tc=cr

Eastside student gets rare perfect score on ACT http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120910/ARTICLES/120919984?tc=cr