Columns

The superintendent-designed Cushman Hauler is here

August 16, 2016 By Seth Jones

If you sent me an email last week and I haven’t yet replied, my apologies. I spent a few days in Augusta, Ga., and Graniteville, S.C., hanging out with the fine folks at Textron Specialized Vehicles, checking out their new ...

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Keeping up with The Jones: Looking at the new Department of Labor regulation

August 16, 2016 By Seth Jones

I did something this month I’ve never done before in my professional career — I sent the cover story I was about to publish to my human resources director. Associate Editor Grant B. Gannon and I wrote the cover story, ...

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Tree removal projects, big and small

August 16, 2016 By Sean Tully

In the lead-up to the U.S. Open at Oakmont, everyone was talking about the tree removal program and how the course had been restored to the original Fownes vision. But by Sunday the conversation had switched back to the faster-than-fast ...

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Eerie similarities: Postdocs and assistants

August 16, 2016 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral researchers, commonly known as postdocs, play an integral part in scientific advancement. A postdoc holds a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) and is employed in a faculty member’s laboratory and engaged in research, acquiring the needed professional skills. Additionally, they often ...

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Success at Cal-Riverside

August 16, 2016 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

I have the good fortune to serve on the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Committee. Some of the duties of committee members include visiting universities with research projects in progress to see how the research is going and to visit ...

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Defining the Dark Side

August 12, 2016 By Seth Jones

When we use the term “going to the Dark Side” do you know what we mean? Of course you do. It’s a common term that’s been used for years, and not just in our industry. No, the Dark Side does ...

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