NEWS AND EVENTS
- Kirk Klasing receives the Evonik Degussa Award for Achievement in Poultry Science
 - Thanks to Ed DePeters, Trish Berger, Tom Famula, Russ Hovey, Jim Murray, Kathryn Jackson, Emma Martinez, Sydney Westbrook, Kathleen Furtado, Naomi Cholst, Lisa Holmes, & Marissa Bothwell who made Transfer Advising s-mooooo-th
 - Curt Finley retires after 35+ years! Thanks Kelly Wade, Dan Sehnert, Meats Lab, & Farm Crew for a great send-off
 - Serge Doroshov retires after 35+ years! Thanks Joel & Alison Van Eenennaam for creating the stage to recognize Serge
 - Emma Wils-Plotz awarded the Jones-Hamilton Co. Graduate Student Travel Grant Award by Poultry Science Association
 - Brian Welly’s Western Section Am Society of Animal Scientists Young Scholar award write up: http://takingstock.asas.org/?p=12435
 
OUTREACH AND TRAVEL
- Food Chain Radio show with Michael Olson hosts Alison Van Eenennaam in a discussion on genetically-modified foods www.foodchainradio.com
 - Horse Production Sale Great Success! Thanks to Joel Viloria, the Horse Barn Students, Jan Roser, Caleb Sehnert, the Meats lab students, Farm crew, Dan Sehnert & Dan Macon (ANS alum) for putting on an exceptional event.
 
RESEARCH
- Peter Robinson & Rainer Rauch coauthors of “Effects of rice straw versus wheat straw as ingredients in a total mixed ration on intake, digestibility and growth of Holstein heifers” in Anim Production Sci
 - Kirk Klasing authors “From research measurements to application: Bridging the gap; Overview of practical and scientific measurements in nutrition” in J Appl Poultry Research