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Drs. Kohn, Sunny, & Song
NIFA Grant Awarded to 3 ANSC Faculty
Apr 2, 2018
Drs. Rick Kohn, Nishanth Sunny, and John Song received a grant from USDA-NIFA for $493,000 in the AFRI Foundational Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation section titled, "Understanding Mechanisms of...
Dr. Kohn in his Lab
Grant Awarded to Dr. Kohn
Mar 26, 2018
Drs. Rick Kohn, Fernando Escribano (Spain) and others received a grant from the World Bank for almost $400,000 titled "Innovative Research and Development for Use of Typha (Cattails) for Animal Feed...
Dr. Bhanu Telugu Awarded a $500K grant from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Telugu Awarded NIFA Grant
Mar 14, 2018
Dr. Bhanu Telugu has been awarded a five hundred thousand dollar grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for his grant proposal titled " Genome Editing To Create Germ Cell Deficient...
Debabrata Biswas
Biswas Awarded Grant
Mar 14, 2018
Dr. Debabrata Biswas has been awarded $100,000 by NIFA for his proposal entitled, “ Competitive exclusion of Campylobacter colonization in poultry by overexpression of linoleate isomerase gene in...
Dr. Nathaniel Tablante teaches participants about First Aid for poultry.
UMD Educates Small Flock Owners
Feb 20, 2018
123 people from Maryland and surrounding states attended the Mid Atlantic Small Flock Expo, held February 10, 2018 at the Carroll County Ag Center in Westminster, Maryland. Extension faculty and...
Horse Industry Day Special Recognition Award
Equine Faculty, Staff and Students Honored with Award
Feb 9, 2018
The Equine Studies Program was honored with a Special Recognition Award from the Maryland Horse Breeders Association on January 30 at the Maryland Horse Industry Day in Annapolis. Many legislators,...
Alumnus Daniel Castranova at Charles River
Feb 8, 2018
Daniel Castranov (’03) former MS graduate student in Dr. Woods laboratory is an aquatic research specialist who uses cameras and microscopes to view the living cells and tissues of zebrafish. The...
Iqbal Hamza Named AAAS Fellow
Dec 6, 2017
Dr. Iqbal Hamza of the University of Maryland has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS...
Kim awarded a $1.39 million R01 grant
Sep 26, 2017
Dr. Byung-Eun Kim has been awarded a $1.39 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH (NIDDK/NIH) for his R01 grant proposal entitled, “Systemic Copper Homeostasis Regulation in Mammals.”
Faculty/Staff Cookoff 2017
Sep 15, 2017
The Annual Faculty/Staff Cookoff was held on September 14 in the concourse and had 19 cooks pitted against each other for the prize ribbons and the four trophies for Best of Dairy, Pork, Poultry, and Beef – new this year.
Dr. Tom Porter Awarded a $500K grant from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Sep 14, 2017
Dr. Tom Porter has been awarded a five hundred thousand dollar grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for his grant proposal titled "Mitigation of heat stress in broiler chickens through early-life thermal conditioning."
ANSC Welcome Celebration!
Sep 5, 2017
2017 Cookoff
Aug 17, 2017
Faculty and staff are answering the call to compete in the 2017 Cookoff with their very best dessert, main, and side dishes. Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to come taste the entries...
Dr. Tom Porter and Dr. Laura Ellestad Awarded a $500K grant from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Jul 6, 2017
Dr. Tom Porter and Dr. Laura Ellestad have been awarded a five hundred thousand dollar grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for their grant proposal titled "Mechanisms affecting posthatch growth following embryonic induction of growth hormone in broiler chickens."
Alum Kathleen (Hughes) Hartman in the news
Jun 30, 2017
A former graduate student in Dr. Joe Soares laboratory, Kathleen (Hughes) Hartman is now a national leader in the field of aquaculture. Dr. Hartman is the Aquaculture Program Leader for USDA/APHIS Veterinary Services and was featured in an article in "Fish Farming News."
Sunny Awarded $1.86 million R01 Grant
Jun 22, 2017
Dr. Nishanth E. Sunny has been awarded a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases , NIH (NIDDK/NIH) for his R01 grant proposal entitled, “Metabolic Origins of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.”
31st Annual Symposium
Jun 1, 2017
The 31st Annual Symposium of the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences was held on May 25, 2017. This was an all day, research focused event that faculty, graduate students, staff, and invited guests participated to celebrate our collective scholarship and the completion of another academic year.
Faculty Excellence Award Goes to Telugu
May 30, 2017
Dr. Bhanu Telugu received the On-Campus Junior Faculty Award from the College of AGNR at the convocation on May 23 in the Riggs Alumni Center.
Ag Day 2017
May 1, 2017
Ag Day was held on April 29 during the Maryland Day celebration. Congratulations to the Grand Champion, Emily Solis and to Maura McGraw, winner of the Chad Dulin Clark Memorial Herdsmanship Award, and the species champions.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Apr 21, 2017
Megan Brown, graduate student in Dr. Keefer’s laboratory, was recently awarded a two year post-doctoral training fellowship by Morris Animal Foundation. Her project entitled “Understanding endocrine...

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