2024
Future-Proofing Food: Strategies for Enhancing Global Resilience and Sustaining a Growing World
DR. Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of CGIAR
2023
Revolutionary Research for a Growing World
Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist, United States Department of Agriculture
2022
Shaping the Future of Sustainable Agriculture
Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Syngenta Group
2019
Understanding and Improving Crop Responses to Global Atmospheric Change
Dr. Lisa Kinsworth
2018
Saving Plants, Saving Ourselves
Peter H. Raven, an engaging speaker with a vision for the future based on care for the living world, headed the internationally-acclaimed Missouri Botanical Garden for nearly 40 years. In 2001, he was awarded the National Medal of Science, highest honor for an American scientist, and last fall the Shenzhen Award in Plant Sciences at the International Congress of Botany, top award at the Congress. Come for an exciting talk!
2015
Why We Should Trust Science (Most of the Time): Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science
Dr. Naomi Oreskes is one of the world’s leading historians of science. Dr. Oreskes is a Harvard University Professor of the History of Science. Her research focuses on consensus and dissent in science. She has won numerous prizes for her work, and has lectured widely in diverse venues ranging from the Madison, Wisconsin, Civics Club to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
2014
GMO Technology: What do the Facts Say?
Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the field of Animal Genomics and Biotechnology in the Department of Animal Science at University of California, Davis. She received a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and both an MS in Animal Science, and a PhD in Genetics from UC Davis. The mission of her extension program is “to provide research and education on the use of animal genomics and biotechnology in livestock production systems”.
2013
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Dr. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University and author of “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars,” talked about the story behind the Hockey Stick, using it as a vehicle for exploring broader issues regarding the role of skepticism in science, the uneasy relationship between science and politics, and the dangers that arise when special interests attempt to skew the discourse over policy-relevant areas of science.
2012
What Would E.T. York Do?: How will land-grant institutions navigate the next 150 years?
Senator Bob Graham is the former two–term governor of Florida and served for 18 years in the United States Senate. This is combined with 12 years in the Florida legislature for a total of 38 years of public service. As Governor and Senator, Bob Graham was a centrist, committed to bringing his colleagues together behind programs that served the broadest public interest. He was recognized by the people of Florida when he received an 83% approval ranking as he concluded eight years as Governor. Bob Graham retired from public service in January 2005, following his Presidential campaign in 2004.
2011
The New Global Food Security Agenda: It Will Test Our Will!
Dr. Ejeta is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, and a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. Among his many awards, Gebisa Ejeta was the recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize; and a national medal of honor from the President of Ethiopia.
2010
Green-Lighting the 21st Century Land Grant Mission
Congressman representing Florida’s 12th District since 2001. Has led improvements in diverse areas including agriculture, children, small business and social security. Holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from IFAS’ Department of Food and Resource Economics.
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2008
Fall 2008 York Lecturer: Lonnie Ingram
Distinguished Professor, UF/IFAS Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida; Director, Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels at the University of Florida
September 30, 2008
“Cellulosic Ethanol — Ethanol from the Inedible Portion of Plants ”
Spring 2008 York Lecturer: Per Pinstrup-Andersen
H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship,
Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University; &
Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen
February 26, 2008
“Research and Policy Priorities for the Global Food System”
2007
Fall 2007 York Lecturer: Fuller W. Bazer
Associate Vice President for Research, Regents Fellow, Distinguished Professor, and O.D. Butler Chair, Texas A&M Department of Animal Science
October 4, 2007
“Animal Sciences in the Era of Systems Biology”
Spring 2007
Spring 2007 York Lecturer: M. Peter McPherson
President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
May 11, 2007
“Future of Africa and the Role of Land-Grant Universities in Developing Countries”
2006
Spring 2006 York Lecturer: Dr. David B. Allison
University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor of Biostatistics, Head of the Statistical Genetics Section, and Director of the NIH-Funded Clinical Nutrition Research Center
February 22, 2006
“Environmental Interactions with Genetics that Influence Obesity”
2005
Spring 2005 York Lecturer: Dr. Chelston W.D. Brathwaite
Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
March 30, 2005
“Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas in the 21st Century”
2004
Spring 2004 York Lecturer: Patrick R. Smith
Nobel-Prize and Pulitzer-Prize Nominated Florida History Author
March 18, 2004
“Florida…A Land Remembered”
2003
Fall 2003 York Lecturer: Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez
Director of Tropical Agriculture and Senior Research Scholar at the Earth Institute of Columbia University
2002 World Food Prize Laureate
November 13, 2003
“Ending Hunger in Africa: What Needs to be Done”
2001
Fall 2001 York Lecturer: Dr. Vernon W. Ruttan
Regents Professor in the Department of Economics and Applied Economics University of Minnesota
“Constraints on Growth in Agricultural Production”
Spring 2001
Spring 2001 York Lecturer: Dr. Monkombu S. Swaminathan
UNESCO-Cousteau Professor in Ecotechnology and Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
March 12, 2001
“Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Vision of the 21st Century”
2000
Year 2000 York Lecturer: Dr. Donald L. Plucknett
President and Principal Scientist, Agricultural Research and Development International
March 23, 2000
Agricultural Research at 2000: Can the Remarkable Agricultural Transformation Achieved in the 20th Century Continue?
1998
Summer 1998 York Lecturer: Dr. Robert Costanza
Director, Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Maryland
June 8, 1998
“Ecological Economics and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services”
Spring 1998
Spring 1998 York Lecturer: Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren
Chief Executive and Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya
February 24, 1998
“Insect Sciences for Sustainable Development: A Revisited Agenda”
Spring 1996
Spring 1996 York Lecturer: Dr. David O. Hall
Professor of Biology, King’s College, University of London
March 5, 1996
“Biomass Energy: Clean Technology for Environment and Development”
Spring 1995
Spring 1995 York Lecturer: Dr. Daniel Hillel
Professor of Soil Physics and Hydrology, University of Massachusetts
March 28, 1995
“The Struggle for Water and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East”
Fall 1994
Fall 1994 York Lecturer: Dr. E.T. York
Chancellor Emeritus of Florida’s State University System and Distinguished Service Professor, University of Florida
November 29, 1994
“Problems of Global Hunger and Malnutrition–Was Malthus Right After All?”
Spring 1991
Spring 1991 York Lecturer: Dr. John L. Monteith
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad, India
April 3, 1991
“Food in a Changing World”
Fall 1989
Second Fall 1989 York Lecturer: Dr. William H. Patrick, Jr.
Boyd Professor of Marine Sciences Laboratory for Wetland Soils and Sediments, Louisiana State University
November 15, 1989
“From Wastelands to Wetlands”
Fall 1989
Fall 1989 York Lecturer: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 19, 1989
“Individual, Social and Political Malnutrition”
Fall 1987
Fall 1987 York Lecturer: Dr. Robert L. Metcalf
Professor of Entomology, University of Illinois
September 22, 1987
“Benefit Risk Considerations in the Use of Pesticides”
Spring 1987
Spring 1987 York Lecturer: Dr. A. Carl Leopold
Distinguished Scientist, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
March 10, 1987
“Life in the Dry State: The Physiology of Seeds”
Fall 1986
Fall 1986 York Lecturer: Dr. Laurence R. Jahn
Vice President, The Wildlife Management Institute
November 5, 1986
“Integrated Natural Resources Management: Why?”
1986
Spring 1986 York Lecturer: Dr. Luther G. Tweeten
Regents Professor of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
March 11, 1986
“Sector as Personality: The Case of Farm Protest Movements”
1970
Inaugural York Lecturer: Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Rockefeller Foundation
1970 Nobel Laureate
September 11, 1985
“World Hunger: What to Do?”
