The UVM Horse Barn, a student run cooperative
barn for UVM students who wish to bring their horses to college, hosted
a fun evening for local trick-or-treaters on Monday, October 26. This
yearly event attracted hundreds of area children, parents and friends
of UVM who enjoyed interacting with costume-clad students and their
horses. Halloween
Barn pictures.....
The
faculty and staff of the Department of Animal Science are pleased to
welcome Dr. Andrè-Denis Wright
as our new chair. College of Agriculture & Life
Sciences' Dean Tom Vogelmann sums up our enthusiastic support of
Dr. Wright. "I am excited for Andre-Denis Wright to join our
excellent team of animal scientists and faculty, His leadership will
bring UVM animal science to an extraordinary new level. His
collaboration with colleagues will mutually benefit research teams
across disciplines on campus, and his international connections will
bring an exchange of new ideas and focus to UVM. And all of this
benefits our students in the classroom and in the laboratory." Read more.....
Animal
Science faculty and staff welcomed incoming students on their first day
of class, September 1st. The ninety-nine students in the
Introductory Animal Sciences (ASCI 001) class were greeted by their
professor, Dr. David Kerr, who then invited ASCI faculty, post docs,
graduate students and staff to introduce themselves.
Students in Animal Science may develop a program of study under one
of four available options:
Heather
Dann, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal
Science and Scientist at Miner Institute, received the 2009 Northeast
ADSA/ASAS (American Dairy Science Association/American Society of
Animal Science) Young Researcher Award in recognition of her
outstanding contributions to animal and dairy science. Last modified November 06 2009 04:26 PM
