Project EverGreen has released a new logo for its “Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids.” Initiative. Project EverGreen’s “Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids.” is an initiative to renovate and revitalize parks and athletic fields for children to have access to safe places to play and exercise. Key contributors to the initiative include the Dominion Foundation, Performance Nutrition and the STMA (Sports Turf Managers... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has named Eric Maydew its new business development manager. Maydew joins STMA with a diverse background in marketing, event production and project management. His responsibilities include managing commercial partner relationships, public relations, membership growth and retention, social media, and conference and trade show support. As a former marketing associate at Prairie Band Casino and Resort, Maydew... read more
Sports Field Holdings, based in Pawnee, Ill., has signed two contracts for a combined value of $1.7 million with Dean College in Franklin, Mass., and St. Joseph by the Sea School in Staten Island, N.Y. Sports Field Holdings will refurbish the schools’ athletic facilities with the company’s Replicated Grass turf, which mimics the high blade density of natural grass. “We’re... read more
The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation has selected Joseph Roberts, Ph.D., and Matthew Elmore, Ph.D., as its 2015 Award of Excellence winners. The prestigious award is given to outstanding Ph.D. candidates who, in the final phase of their graduate studies, demonstrate overall excellence throughout their doctoral program in turfgrass research. Roberts, assistant professor of turfgrass pathology at the University of Maryland,... read more
Aquatrols has made an agreement with Andrea Carminati, Ph.D., and the University of Göttingen (Germany) to acquire its soil-plant-water research. Carminati is the junior professor of soil hydrology in the department of crop sciences at the university. He and his team are conducting research focused on the rhizosphere, the narrow region of soil directly influenced by root deposition. Under a... read more
