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Latest Newsletter: Winter 2024 Edition

Take a look inside our latest Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Winter 2024 Edition:

  • Dr. Tom Porter named a Distinguished University Professor
  • Dr. Fabiana Cardoso's First Fall
  • ANSC Alum’s Zebrafish Photo to Live ‘Forever’ on Stamp
  • New ANSC Class Results in Four Calves Born on Campus Farm
  • Larger Fish Fillets Connected to Gut Microbiome
  • Congratulations to All of Our ANSC December 2023 Graduates

Summer 2023 Edition

Take a look inside our Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Summer 2023 Edition:

  • Dr. Richard Erdman named American Dairy Science Association Fellow
  • ANSC Students take field trip to experience poultry production
  • NPR features Lamb Watch and Campus Farm on air
  • 36th Annual Symposium
  • 2023 Maryland Day & Ag Day Livestock Show
  • Dr. Lisa Taneyhill named American Association for Anatomy Fellow
  • Congratulations to our 2023 Graduates
  • And more...

Winter 2023 Edition

Take a look inside our Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Winter 2023 Edition:

  • Newly Renovated ‘Virology Laboratory’ Opens
  • Teaching Models Deliver Hands-on Experience, and a Calf
  • 2022 Mary Shorb Lecture: Nutrition Disinformation
  • 'Eating with Eyes Wide Open' Class
  • ANSC’s Surprise Foal
  • Outstanding GA Award
  • Congratulations to Our December Graduates
  • And more...

Fall 2022 Edition

Take a look inside our Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Fall 2022 Edition:

  • Undergraduate Students Intern in Production Agriculture
  • Dr. VanKlompenberg Honored with a 2022 NACTA Educator Award
  • New Beef Management Teaching and Demonstration Site Hosts Open House, Showcasing Teaching Herd
  • Kuan Ling Liu Earns Awards for Research in Poultry Science
  • Rose Cardinal Begins Her First Fall on the Campus Farm
  • Jarvis Scott Presents Research with Potential Methane Reduction
  • Two AGNR Faculty Members, including ANSC's Dr. Sarah Balcom, Honored at UMD’s Convocation Ceremony

Summer 2022 Edition

Take a look inside our Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Summer 2022 Edition:

  • Return of Maryland Day and Ag Day Livestock Show
  • ANSC Students Present Research, Win Awards
  • Three Charolais Heifers Gifted to ANSC
  • The 35th Annual Symposium – 2022
  • Two Foals Born on Campus Farm
  • Dr. Andrew Broadbent Elected as Virology Councilor
  • 2022 ANSC Students Graduate with Honors
  • Faculty Student Research Award Grant for Dr. Xiao’s Lab
  • Also Happening in ANSC...

Winter 2022 Edition

Take a look inside the Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Winter 2022 Edition:

  • The 34th Annual Symposium
  • 2021 Mary Shorb Lecture in Nutrition
  • Dr. Keefer Honored with 2022 International Pioneer Award
  • Judith E. Brocksmith Pre-Veterinary Scholarship Winners
  • Home(grown) for the Holidays
  • ANSC End of Semester Bonfire
  • Congratulations to All of Our ANSC December Graduates

Summer 2021 Edition

Take a look inside the  Animal and Avian Sciences Newsletter – Summer 2021 Edition:

  • A Year Like No Other
  • Dr. Robert Peters Retires
  • Three New Faculty Join ANSC
  • Recent ANSC Department Grants
  • 2020 & 2021 ANSC Department Awards
  • 2021 Symposium Announcement
  • Congratulations to All of Our ANSC Graduates