CALS and Extension faculty, staff and students are making headlines for their commentaries, research findings, as subject matter experts, and for outreach collaborations. Below is a collection of recent stories.
March 2022 New Hires
Eric Hatungimana, Postdoctoral Associate, Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI)
Dr. Eric Hatungimana is a postdoctoral associate and will be working on sustainable intensification of forage-based dairy farms through improved forages and feeding, under the supervision of ASCI Associate Professor Sabrina Greenwood. His research project aims at managing forages to maximize economic and environmental gains as well as agronomic productivity of dairy farms in the northeast U.S. Continue reading “March 2022 New Hires”
Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Caitlin Jeffrey and Victoria Taormina, Ph.D. students in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI) Animal Biosciences program, received pre-doctoral fellowship grants under the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program. The fellowships from the Education and Workforce Development Program provide two years of salary, tuition and materials and supplies support for their thesis projects. Continue reading “Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships”
Inaugural Animal Science Internship and Job Fair Held
On March 19, 2022, Krista Jones, Christina Rohan, and Stephen Wadsworth hosted an Animal Science Internship and Job Fair at the Hardacre Equine Center in South Burlington, VT. Continue reading “Inaugural Animal Science Internship and Job Fair Held”
Pandemic Food Security Research Published
Ashley McCarthy, a post-doctorate in Nutrition and Food Sciences, along with UVM faculty Meredith Niles, Emily Belarmino, and Farryl Bertmann, recently published an article in the journal Nutrients entitled, Food Security Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Evidence from a Cohort of Adults in Vermont during the First Year. Continue reading “Pandemic Food Security Research Published”