EVENTS
- Department of Animal Science hosted California Chamber of Commerce Livestock Man of the Year committee
- Transfer Decision Day Friday May 13
- Interviews ongoing for Microbiologist/Immunologist Asst Professor Position
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus Gary Anderson designated American Society of Animal Science Research Fellow
- ANS mentored Grad students sweep California Animal Nutrition Conference Awards- Poster winners: Kim Stackhouse (1st), Qian Wang (2nd), Stacy Wrinkle (3rd) and Scholarship winner– Rainer Rauch
- Outstanding Mentor for Women & Research– Anita Oberbauer
- ANS mentored grad students excel at the Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium. Honorable Mention posters: Caitlin Cooper, Erin Legacki, Ashley Rowson-Baldwin. Honorable Mention Arts & Performance: Eranda Rajapaksha. Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation: Grace Berryhill
- UCD Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award : Erin Legacki
RESEARCH
- Alison van Eenennaam and Cass Tucker team members of $9.75 million NIFA BRD grant
- Deanne Meyer co-author of “Transforming US Agriculture” published in Science (5/5/2011 issue)
- See http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/ for more in the news
OUTREACH
- UCD Animal Science goat barn wether wins at Monterey Bay Classic
- Jim Oltjen is FASS President-Elect
- Peter Robinson, Dan Sehnert, Anita Oberbauer, Cass Tucker participated/traveled to California Animal Nutrition Conference
- Frank Mitloehner presented at Animal Ag Alliance tenth annual Stakeholders Summit
- Alison van Eenennaam (speaker), Juan Medrano, Dan Drake at International Genomics Conference for sustainable livestock breeding held in Australia