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The Stately Oak
While philanthropic motivations vary, they yield a common outcome for the College of Agriculture and the LSU AgCenter: enhanced ability to drive the mission.
![Study on Cultural Carbon in the Mississippi River](https://www.lsu.edu/agriculture/media/images/carbon-transport-study.jpg)
Study on Cultural Carbon in the Mississippi River
LSU researchers are conducting a first-of-its-kind study exploring carbon transport in the Mississippi River that may lead to global applications.
![LSU researcher develops smart textile that detects fevers in infants](https://www.lsu.edu/agriculture/media/images/sibei-xia.jpg)
LSU researcher develops smart textile that detects fevers in infants
Sibei Xia, assistant professor in the LSU Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising, is developing body-tracking wearable technology, or smart clothes, through thermochromic yarn that changes color based on body temperature.
![Animal sciences through a different lens](https://www.lsu.edu/agriculture/media/images/ashton-dalton-research.jpg)
Animal sciences through a different lens
Animal sciences meets biological engineering through Ashton Dalton’s undergraduate research project. Dalton is an animal sciences major conducting research in Kevin Hoffseth’s biological image processing laboratory.
![The high-density garden with a high impact on campus lives](https://www.lsu.edu/agriculture/media/images/gardening-izzi-frank.jpeg)
The high-density garden with a high impact on campus lives
LSU horticulture students are learning practices that will stay with them for a lifetime, including how to battle food insecurity in the campus community.
![The 3+1 program in veterinary medicine](https://www.lsu.edu/agriculture/media/images/kristen-head.jpeg)
The 3+1 program in veterinary medicine: Achieving goals faster, with less expense
The 3+1 program in pre-veterinary medicine was created to allow College of Agriculture students in certain majors to apply to the vet school one year early and earn a bachelor’s degree and doctorate in veterinary medicine in seven years instead of eight.