New Mexico State Universitys Arrowhead Center has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Sonora, Mexico, to share resources and collaborate on binational entrepreneurial initiatives. New Mexico State University Chancellor Dan Arvizu participated in a virtual signing ceremony with representatives of economic development organizations in Sonora, Mexico. (Courtesy photo)
We both share a mission to stimulate bilateral economic growth for both states and felt that expanding into Sonora would be a good fit, said Carlos Murguia, director of the Foster Innovation Exchange (FIX) at Arrowhead Center.
FIX provides opportunities for inventors and entrepreneurs in the Borderplex region to participate in bilingual accelerator programs, receive assistance with prototyping, CAD modeling, and manufacturing for physical products.
The National 4-H Council has announced the election of an New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences associate dean to its board of trustees. Jon Boren, director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, is among two new members to the board. Jon Boren, associate dean of New Mexico State Universitys College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, has been named to the National 4-H Council board of trustees. (NMSU photo)
He joins Abby Durheim, 4-H Youth Alumni Advisory Committee member and a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the new role.
Jinfa Zhang, a professor, Cotton Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, is the 2020 Cotton Genetics Research Award winner.
The announcement was made during the 2021 Beltwide Cotton Improvement Conference, which convened as part of the virtual 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, coordinated by the National Cotton Council.
In Zhang s nomination, Jane Dever, a professor of cotton breeding at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, said he deserved the award for making not only genetic resources available but also rigorously peer-reviewed scientific knowledge unreservedly accessible to the cotton genetics research community, as we all work together to confront future challenges together.
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