Deadline for Submitting to the Discovery Journal Is May 4 – University of Arkansas Newswire

Kerry Rodtnick. Cover design by Gail Halleck

The Discovery 2020 cover featured the research of Bumpers student Clayton Parker, an agribusiness major, who looked at the economics of on-farm rice drying in Arkansas. Clayton is a fifth generation farmer on his family farm in Carlisle, Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Discovery, the undergraduate research journal of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, produced by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, is inviting submissions for the Fall 2021 issue (Vol. 22).

Degree-seeking undergraduate students with a major or minor within Bumpers College are encouraged to submit their research papers by the deadline, May 4, 2021. Student authors must be conducting research with a faculty mentor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville or the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's research arm.

Discovery offers students an opportunity to publish research accomplishments in a citable format, to develop skills needed in graduate school, to enhance the value of a bachelor's degree in the job market, and to prepare for careers in the areas of food, agriculture, the environment and human quality of life.

Please visit the Discovery journal ScholarWorks website to find instructions for authors, previous editions of Discovery and other helpful information: scholarworks.uark.edu/discoverymag.

Students should submit through ScholarWorks@UARK when the submit button becomes available for this issue. Students who intend to submit should contact the managing editor, Gail Halleck, Division of Agriculture Communications, ghalleck@uark.edu.

To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website: aaes.uark.edu. Follow us on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch and Instagram at ArkAgResearch.

About the Division of Agriculture:The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation's historic land grant education system.

The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences:Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability, and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit ourwebsite,and follow us on Twitter at@BumpersCollegeand Instagram atBumpersCollege.

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Deadline for Submitting to the Discovery Journal Is May 4 - University of Arkansas Newswire