Awards and Recognition

The Parasitic Plant Connection web site has generated many questions from users ranging from research scientists to the general public. Certainly one of the best indicators of visibility is when the PPC is linked to major web sites and databases. The following represent some of the recognition and and awards this site has attracted.

December 2003 LinkOut Provider for National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Taxonomy Browser.

August 23, 2002 The PPC was the "URL of the Week" from the Texas Association of Biology Teachers. Their home page can be found HERE.

May 24, 2002 In this issue of Science (Vol. 296, No. 5572, p. 1371) the Parasitic Plant Connection is featured in the NetWatch column (edited by Mitch Leslie).

May 25, 2001 The PPC is included in Natural Selection, a gateway to evaluated Internet resources in the natural world, coordinated by The Natural History Museum, London. This is a part of BIOME, an integrated collection of Internet gateways covering the health and life sciences.

December 13, 2000 The PPC was featured on this day in Ed Krol's "The Whole Internet Calendar for 2000" published by Workman Publishing, New York. [image is for 2001 calendar]

March, 1999 Marion Muskiewicz, University of Massachusetts at Lowell wrote a complimentary review of the PPC for Choice Reviews Online. Click Here to read it.

October 23, 1998 Chosen as a selection for the Scout Report - A Publication of the Internet Scout Project, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

October 4, 1998 Chosen as HMS Beagle's "Web Pick of the Day."

July 21, 1998 Included in the BioMedNet database.

November 21, 1997
Featured link at The Botany Site

(the Mining Company, Bryan Ness)

October 20, 1997 Featured as the Botanical-Link-of-the-Day on Scott's Botanical Links.

June 8. 1997 Included in The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book.

SIUC / College of Science / Parasitic Plant Connection
URL: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/awards.html
Last updated: 01-Oct-05 / dln

December 2003	LinkOut Provider for National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Taxonomy Browser.
August 23, 2002	The PPC was the "URL of the Week" from the Texas Association of Biology Teachers. Their home page can be found HERE.
May 24, 2002	In this issue of Science (Vol. 296, No. 5572, p. 1371) the Parasitic Plant Connection is featured in the NetWatch column (edited by Mitch Leslie).
May 25, 2001	The PPC is included in Natural Selection, a gateway to evaluated Internet resources in the natural world, coordinated by The Natural History Museum, London. This is a part of BIOME, an integrated collection of Internet gateways covering the health and life sciences.
December 13, 2000	The PPC was featured on this day in Ed Krol's "The Whole Internet Calendar for 2000" published by Workman Publishing, New York. [image is for 2001 calendar]
March, 1999	Marion Muskiewicz, University of Massachusetts at Lowell wrote a complimentary review of the PPC for Choice Reviews Online. Click Here to read it.
October 23, 1998	Chosen as a selection for the Scout Report - A Publication of the Internet Scout Project, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 4, 1998	Chosen as HMS Beagle's "Web Pick of the Day."
July 21, 1998	Included in the BioMedNet database.
November 21, 1997	Featured link at The Botany Site (the Mining Company, Bryan Ness)
October 20, 1997	Featured as the Botanical-Link-of-the-Day on Scott's Botanical Links.
June 8. 1997	Included in The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book.