UD Environmental Soil Chemistry Members In The News |
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March 2021 |
Don Sparks honored by the European Geosciences Union.
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Jan 2021 |
The ground underfoot, UD researchers study the impact of climate change on soils at military bases.
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Jan 2021 |
The Biden Institute speaks to UD professors about climate change.
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July 2020 |
Charting the Earth's coure, an interview with Don Sparks on earth science research.
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June 2019 |
Don Sparks honored as pioneer in environmental science at trace elements gathering
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April 2019 |
Delaware Environmental Institute Fellow trying to measure salt marsh metals
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June 2018 |
Don Sparks, CANR professor and DENIN director, invests in named professorship, graduate fellowship and scholarship
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Sept 2017 |
DENIN welcomes fourth cohort of doctoral fellowship recipients
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Dec 2016 |
Top soil scientists gather to highlight soil’s role as ‘foundation of life’
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June 2016 |
Don Sparks’ pioneering work recognized by the Clay Minerals Society
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April 2016 |
Professor Sparks - a legacy: An Academic Family Tree
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Nov 2015 |
Honorary professorship: UD scientist receives special appointment from the Institute of Soil Science in China
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Oct 2015 |
Rising seas overwhelm Delaware tide gates |
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June 2015 |
Coastal Contamination : Phosphorus recycling in estuary dead zones
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May 2015 |
In a new report, DENIN director expresses concern over accelerating rate of land degradation
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May 2015 |
Soil security: Article in journal Science outlines threats to soil productivity
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March 2015 |
2015 Geochemistry Medal Awarded to Dr. Donald L. Sparks
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Feb 2015 |
Remineralization - UD-led study suggests new pathway for phosphorous cycling in Chesapeake Bay |
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Oct 2014 |
ACS medal: UD's Sparks named 2015 American Chemical Society medalist |
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Sept 2014 |
A groundbreaking study: Research on trace metals in soil highlighted in Nature Communications |
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Sept 2014 |
Environmental fellows: Four UD graduate students receive two-year fellowships from DENIN |
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July 2014 |
Summer scholars: Two Florida A&M University undergraduates conduct summer research at UD |
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July 2014 |
Five UD students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships |
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June 2014 |
Graduate and postdoctoral students present papers at world congress of soil science |
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May 2013 |
A new EPSCoR: NSF awards $20 million to statewide consortium |
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April 2013 |
Sparks to chair national soil science committee |
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July 2012 |
Academic career prep: UD summer institute helps students prepare for academic careers |
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June 2012 |
Honorary membership: UD's Sparks one of six soil scientists honored at international meeting |
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May 2012 |
NSF Graduate Research Fellows: Ten win prestigious graduate fellowships from National Science Foundation |
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Spring 2012 |
Sparks awarded Einstein Professorship by Chinese
Academy of Sciences |
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Spring 2012 |
Introducing our post-doctoral researchers' CZO work |
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March 2012 |
Seeds of progress: Delaware EPSCoR announces 2012 seed grant recipients |
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January 2012 |
Investigating the earth's critical zone |
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December 2011 |
Critical research: Professor Donald L Sparks and Drs Anthony Aufdenkampe and Lou Kaplan reveal the progress their cutting-edge project is making on understanding the complex interactions within the Earth’s critical zone
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November 2011 |
Soil solutions: UD doctoral student in soil science receives Dixon Award |
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November 2011 |
Soil science award winners: Department of Plant and Soil Sciences cultivates next leaders |
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November 2011 |
An honored professor: Sparks travels 16 days, 18,621 miles to promote scientific collaboration |
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September 2011 |
A SMART move: Doctoral student receives prestigious SMART Scholarship |
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August 2011 |
Hurricane Irene: Scientists collect water quality and climate change data from huge storm |
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August 2011 |
The Softer Side of X-rays — Researchers use NSLS to probe cadmium-contaminated soil |
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August 2011 |
Summer achievements: Symposium showcases summer undergrad research and service efforts |
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August 2011 |
Advanced spectroscopy in soil biogeochemical research |
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July 2011 |
An ultra-bright future: UD grad students benefit from research at national laboratories |
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May 2011 |
Benton, Sparks award winners |
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April 2011 |
Blue Hens go to Washington |
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March 2011 |
UD research showcased on Capitol Hill |
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March 2011 |
DENIN and DNREC launch EcoCafé workshops |
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Jan 2011 |
Sparks details DENIN goals to retired UD faculty members |
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Dec 2010 |
Sparks named Einstein Professor by Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Dec 2010 |
DENIN Dialogue speaker discusses economics, environment, 'global weirding' |
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Nov 2010 |
DENIN hosts inaugural advisory board meeting |
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Nov 2010 |
CANR promotes nutrient management, water quality efforts in China |
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Oct 2010 |
New observatory explores Earth's "critical zone" |
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Oct 2010 |
The Great Eco-Quest |
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Sept 2010 |
Grad student wins prestigious EPA fellowship |
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June 2010 |
Sparks to receive Liebig Medal from International Union of Soil Sciences |
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June 2010 |
10 inducted to UD's Alumni Wall of Fame |
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April 2010 |
Sparks wins distinguished mentoring award from Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools |
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April 2010 |
UD graduate students win awards in environmental chemistry |
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March 2010 |
DENIN holds first research symposium |
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January 2010 |
UD scientists featured in top environmental science journal |
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January 2010 |
EPSCoR seed grants awarded for environmental research |
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January 2010 |
Moving freshwater science forward: Establishing a critical zone observatory in the Christina River Basin |
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December 2009 |
University plans new interdisciplinary science, engineering building |
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December 2009 |
UD experts weigh in on U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen |
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December 2009 |
New enterprise to focus on environment |
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October 2009 |
DENIN Director Sparks speaks in Germany, China |
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October 2009 |
UD launches Delaware Environmental Institute |
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October 2009 |
Killmon receives Joy Sparks Spirit of 4-H Award for New Castle County |
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October 2009 |
Joy Sparks Spirit of 4-H Award presented to Carlene Jones |
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October 2009 |
Team to study human effect on watershed |
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October 2009 |
World-renowned environmental scientists to speak at DENIN opening |
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September 2009 |
Plans for science building on track for 2013 completion |
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September 2009 |
New Critical Zone Observatory seeks to answer climate change questions |
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September 2009 |
University launches online Environmental Portal |
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September 2009 |
Sparks to lead Delaware Environmental Institute; launch set Oct. 23 |
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September 2009 |
Research targets Delaware ecosystem health issues (Full text) |
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September 2009 |
New X-ray technique illuminates reactivity of environmental contaminants (Also reported here) |
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August 2009 |
Two remembered at Delaware State Fair |
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August 2009 |
AJ Promoted to Ph.D. Candidate at UD |
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Summer 2009 |
Presidential award for soil scientist |
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July 2009 |
Congressional delegation announces $1.2 million investment in UD research |
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July 2009 |
President honors outstanding early-career scientists |
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June 2009 |
EPSCoR annual meeting addresses environmental challenges |
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April 2009 |
Matthew Ginder-Vogel Awarded EPSCoR Seed Grant for NSLS Work |
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March 2009 |
EPSCoR seed grants awarded to environmental researchers |
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February 2009 |
UD alumnus wins Presidential Early Career Award |
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January 2009 |
Extension's Joy Sparks honored for work with 4-H |
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December 2008 |
UD staff, students raise dogs to serve as Guiding Eyes |
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November 2008 |
Center for Critical Zone Research welcomes first four graduate student fellows |
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November 2008 |
College names inaugural group of distinguished alumni |
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November 2008 |
National Science Foundation gives UD grant |
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November 2008 |
NSF awards UD, partners $15 million for environmental research, education |
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November 2008 |
Delaware Receives EPSCoR Funding
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August 2008 |
Smithsonian's 'Dig It' Exhibit Opens with help from UD Soil Scientists |
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May 2008 |
Donald Sparks Elected Distinguished Geochemistry Fellow |
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April 2008 |
UD Nanomineral Research Featured in ’Science’ |
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March 2008 |
"Nanominerals" Influence Earth Systems from Ocean to Atmosphere to Biosphere |
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March 2008 |
Delaware’s EPSCoR Program Draws National, State Leaders at Annual Meeting (Presentations) |
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Nov 2007 |
New CANR Graduate Fellowship Awarded to Jennifer Seiter |
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Nov 2007 |
Panel Sees Partnerships as Key to Solving Ecological Problems |
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May 2007 |
William J. Benton Graduate Student Award Presented at 2007 Honors Day |
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May 2007 |
Super Stars in Service to UD Announced |
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April 2007 |
Board to Advise Delaware EPSCoR and Critical Zone Center |
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February 2007 |
UD Doctoral Programs Rank Among Nation’s Best |
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February 2007 |
Delaware EPSCoR Marks Progress at Annual Meeting |
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December 2006 |
Scientific Mission of Critical Importance |
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October 2006 |
University Announces New Critical Zone Center |
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August 2006 |
Scientists Call for Study of Earth’s Critical Zone |
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July 2006 |
Sparks Helps Helm World Soil Science Congress |
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May 2006 |
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Arsenic Solid-State Speciation in Historically Lead Arsenate Contaminated Soils |
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Winter 2006 |
Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Delaware Soils |
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October 2005 |
Six Outstanding Alumni Honored With Presidential Citation |
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July 2005 |
Graduate Students' Work Wins Kudos |
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July 2005 |
Research For A Cleaner Environment |
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June 2005 |
Three Grad Students Take Top Soil Research Honors |
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June 2005 |
Prof. Sparks Selected for Top USDA Honor |
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April 2005 |
USDA Honors Soil Scientist with Award for Outstanding Contributions |
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April 2005 |
NSF, State Fund Major Initiative |
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Jan 2005 |
Leading Soil Scientist Draws Topnotch Grad Students |
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Nov 2004 |
Two Honored for Public Service |
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October 2004 |
‘Windows’ Series Features Named Professors |
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July 2004 |
UD Soil Student “Mines” with a Microscope |
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Feb 2004 |
Arsenic Speciation and Reactivity in Poultry Litter |
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July 2003 |
X-ray Absorption Study of the Uptake of Pb(II) at the Solid-Water Interface of Amorphous Silica |
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June 2003 |
Chemical Forms of Zinc in a Smelter-Contaminated Soil |
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April 2003 |
Northeast Branch ASA & SSSA Award Winners |
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January 2003 |
Mechanisms of Selenate Adsorption on Iron Oxides and Hydroxides |
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Winter 2003 |
Presidential Honor for a Young Researcher |
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Vol. 11, Num. 3, 2002 |
Planting the Seeds of Generosity |
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Fall 2002 |
ISEQ Awards Three Fellowships |
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Fall 2002 |
Sparks Names UD's First S. Hallock du Pont Chair |
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September 2002 |
Distinguished Profs to Deliver Inaugural Lectures Sept. 19 |
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July 2002 |
UI Scientist Among Young Scientists Honored By President Bush |
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June 2002 |
Donald Sparks and Charles Epifanio Receive Graduate Advising Awards |
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June 2002 |
UD Profs Honored For Graduate Mentoring |
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Vol. 11, Num. 1, 2002 |
Donations Get New Fellowship Off The Ground |
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June 2002 |
Outstanding Alumnus Award |
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April 2002 |
Endowed Chair Announced |
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February 2002 |
Fellowship Takes Prof to Australia |
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Nov 20, 2002 |
UD Soil Institute Helps Farmers With Research |
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Spring 2001 |
Graduate Fellowship Is Gift from UD Husband and Wife |
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Feb 8, 2001 |
Department Chair Named President of Soil Science Group |
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Jan 26, 2001 |
Professor to Serve as IUSS President |
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June 2000 |
Sparks Ignites Environmental Soil Chemistry Studies |
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Feb/March 2000 |
Newly Renovated Farmhouse to House College Offices |
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Dec 1999/Jan 2000 |
Sparks Is New SSSA President |
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Oct/Nov 1999 |
UD Postdoctoral Associate Receives F.W. Clarke Award |
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Oct/Nov 1999 |
UD Student Wins Graduate Student Award |
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Vol. 8, Num. 2, 1999 |
Soil Chemistry Team Digs into Environmental Issues |
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May 27, 1999 |
Three Doctoral Candidates Earn NSF Fellowships |
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Dec 10, 1998 |
Soil Chemistry Team Digs Environmental Issues |
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June/July 1998 |
Soil Science Grad Student Receives NSF Scholarship |
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June 5, 1998 |
University of Delaware Scores with Safety |
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Feb/March 1998 |
Students Get Top Billing from Soil Science Pioneer |
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Oct 30, 1997 |
Stuart Cooper, Donald Sparks new AAAS fellows |
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Oct/Nov 1997 |
Visiting Scientist Develops Models for Soil Studies |
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July, 1997 |
Immobilizing Metal Soil Contaminants Modeled |
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July, 1997 |
Remediation In Review |
Environmental Laboratory Washington Report |
May 15, 1997 |
Scientists Learning To Immobilize Metal In Soil |
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May 8, 1997 |
UD Researchers Play Key Roles at ACS Meeting |
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May 5, 1997 |
Rapid Reactions Put Brakes on Metals in Soil |
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College of Agricultural Sciences Annual Report 1996 |
Excellence + Enthusiam = Equation For Success |
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Oct/Nov 1996 |
Sparks Receives University's Francis Alison Award
Pautler Named Research Associate II |
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Aug/Sep 1996 |
NEBASA Awards UD Ag Professor, Students |
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June/July 1996 |
Research Program Grows In Environmental Soil Chemistry |
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Dec 1995/Jan 1996 |
Visiting Researcher From Israel to Collaborate In Soil Science
Sparks Authors Soil Chemistry Text
Undergrad Chalks Up Experience in Research Semester |
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College of Agricultural Sciences Annual Report 1995 |
Partnerships in Soil Chemistry Produce Positive Charge for Research |
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Jan 1995 |
UD Graduate Fellows Tackle Changes To Agriculture, Environment |
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Nov 1994 |
Department Chair Lauded By Soil Science Society |
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Sep 1994 |
University, Industry Face Environmental Challenges Together |
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May 1994 |
Sparks Named Distinguished Professor |
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Jan 1994 |
Soil Science Dissertation Nets National Award |
