Careers & Education

Classroom to Career

Tina Sullivan smiles while her team harvests alfalfa plots in Cedar City, UT. Both the small grain and alfalfa projects are vital components of the extensive water optimization research she conducted for her master’s and Ph.D.

From classroom to career: Tina Sullivan

January 26, 2026

Awards

Society award nominations are open.

2026 Society award nominations are now open

January 22, 2026

Awards and Fellows

2025 Awards and Fellows

November 4, 2025

Workforce Development

Engaging the next generation of scientists: The Societies’ workforce development campaign.

Engaging the next generation of scientists: The Societies’ workforce development campaign

January 16, 2026

Education

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Understanding attrition risk for online students

December 31, 2025

Figure 1. At the “Saturday With a Scientist” event in Salt Lake City, UT, SSSA K-12 Committee member Wale Adewunmi talks with visitors about the “Soil Your Undies” activity. Photo by Liz Gillispie.

SSSA K-12 Outreach Committee: Sharing ideas that work!

December 12, 2025

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Learning to appreciate fungi

November 29, 2025

Day in the life

Lee Briese is a crop consultant with CENTROL in North Dakota and a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA).

A day in the life: Lee Briese

November 12, 2025

Anna Paltseva, a soil scientist who studies urban soil contamination and remediation, uses an X-ray fluorescence analyzer to detect heavy metals in a soil sample. Photo courtesy of Anna Paltseva.

A day in the life: Anna Paltseva

September 24, 2025

Mentoring

Mentoring.

Calling all mentors

September 24, 2025

Call for Papers: Intercropping for Sustainable Agriculture

Call for Papers: Rice Genomics

Call for Papers: Crop Production in Mexico

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone