I. 2003 Urban Extension Conference - Meeting the Challenge of a Changing America

2003 Urban Extension Conference was organized for May 6-9, 2003, in Chicago, Illinois, with diverse featured speakers and workshops in all extension areas. The information on this conferance is available in the following website: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/urbanconf/.

II. Graduate Research Assistantship

A Graduate Research Assistantship in Plant Pathology (Ph.D. or M.S.) is available immediately in the Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois. The research will focus on management of Phytophthora blight of vegetable, caused by Phytophthora capsici. Students interested in working with P. capsici should contact Dr. Babadoost via email at babadoos@uiuc.edu.

University of Illinois is located in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, approximately two hours from both Chicago and Indianapolis.