Fulbright, NSF awards among many for Graduate School students’ research and service
…y grow, and switchgrass holds more carbon in its deep roots, helping to strengthen the soil while pulling pollutants from the air. Zack “Mainly what we use now is corn, and we end up kicking off a lot of nitrogen into the Mississippi River, causing “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico,” Zack says. “The one thing about switchgrass is that it doesn’t require as much nitrogen, and it may prove to be a better alternative in terms of that.” McAllister’s…