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Cornell University graduate student performs extraction and analysis tests Image Number K8947-1
Cornell University graduate student Tara Sirvent prepares dried Hypericum perforatum for extraction and analysis. Photo by Peggy Greb.
Utah State University student pollinates Snake River wheatgrass Image Number K8660-1
In an ARS test plot at Utah State University, Utah State University research assistant Mayme Seng pollinates Snake River wheatgrass. Photo by Jack Dykinga.
Student research aid Jenny Dockham inspects autoradiographic film. Image Number K8490-1
Microbiologist James Mecham and student research aid Jenny Dockham examine autoradiographic film showing bluetongue virus proteins. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Student studying fisheries science Image Number K5034-17
Research assistant professor Bernard Petrosky points out the qualities of a pond-raised hybrid striped bass for Jean Staats, a student studying fisheries science at Delaware State University. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Student at SRRC in New Orleans Image Number K4475-3
John F. Kennedy High School student Velton Welch collects a sample of a fungal culture at the ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Biological monitoring of water quality Image Number K5038-1
At Florida A&M University, landscape design and management student Johnnene Addison helps sort aquatic insects to be used in biological monitoring of water quality. Photo by Keith Weller.
Sound level metering Image Number K7360-16
A summer student in 1984, Everett Foreman (left) became an engineer, returned to ARS, and now enjoys mentoring others. Here he shows Florida A&M's Cornelius Dunmore how to use a portable sound level meter. Photo by Keith Weller.
Students using a rotary evaporator Image Number K4604-1
John F. Kennedy High School students Christopher Thompson, Angela Archer, and Sean Gros use a rotary evaporator to concentrate a bacterial culture in an Agricultural Research Service Laboratory in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Robotics in high volume testing Image Number K4110-12
At the Eastern Regional Research Center, chemist Ed Piotrowski explains the use of robotics in high volume testing to students Tom Greshock (center) and Paul Hrynko (right). Photo by Scott Bauer.
Improving cotton fiber quality Image Number K3398-7
In studies to improve cotton fiber quality, Stay-in School student Nikola Lockett measures the growth of cotton plants.
Using an anechoic chamber Image Number K7358-1
Inside a sound room, or anechoic chamber, Everett Foreman (left) and Florida A&M University student Cornelius Dunmore insert an insect detection device into another kind of portable, sound-insulated enclosure. Photo by Keith Weller.
Insect cell cultures Image Number K4805-02
Entomologist Richard Mayer (left) and technician Mike Burkhart examine insect cell cultures that will be used for metabolic studies. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Graduate student Abdulah Harris examines Salmonella contamination Image Number K8987-1
Microbiologist Amy Charkowski and graduate student Abdulah Harris observe the display of a confocal microscope being used to examine an alfalfa sprout root that has been experimentally contaminated with Salmonella. The microbes show uup green or blue on the computer screen. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Children discuss the importance of nutrition Image Number K8286-20
At a farm in Grady, Arkansas, nutritionist Margaret Bogle, director of the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, talks about the importance of eating fresh vegetables with students from the Child Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Photo by Ken Hammond.
Human Nutrition Image Number K4542-1
Biological aide Ellie Giron (left) and ARS chemist Phyllis Johnson prepare a sample for analysis at the ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Photo by Bruce Fritz
Alfalfa nutrition experiment Image Number K5034-16
Professor Edward Jones discusses an alfalfa nutrition experiment with Delaware State College students (left to right) Tony Carney, Latisha Corey, and Karen Meyer. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Biological control of insects Image Number K4540-5
At the national Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, middle school student Jenni Hermacinski helps with an experiment on biological control of insects. Photo by Bruce Fritz.
Cotton boll identification Image Number K4477-2
ARS lab technician Debra Williams and Kennedy high school student Sean Gros label cotton bolls for identification. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Counting blood platelets Image Number K4205-13
High school senior Danielle Spearman counts blood platelets at the ARS Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Photo by Scott Bauer.
Adopt-a-school Program Image Number K4539-1
Under the Adopt-a-school Program, student Alijha Griffin (left) helps ARS technician Steven Lyle test a milk beverage developed at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utlization Research. Photo by Bruce Fritz.
Transmission electron microscope Image Number K4112-1
Biologist Peter Cooke explains the use of a transmission electron microscope to honor students (L-R) Conor Davis, Anne Hoffman, and Andrew Shieh. Photo by Scott Bauer.

This page last updated July 2001.

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