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By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Brittney Davidson and her mentor, Jimena Laporta, have gotten to know each other pretty well during their last six years together.   Davidson is a Ph.D.…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Regardless of the field, an employer looks for consistent performance in an employee, someone who can be relied on to get the job done.  The…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Jocelyn Woods didn’t know much about sheep when she joined Dr. Sarah Adcock’s lab to begin her Ph.D. studies in January of 2021.  But it…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Megan Lauber has spent more than a third of her life attending classes in the UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, and she isn’t…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Kylie Konyn has gotten used to the pressure associated with a daylong dairy judging competition during her four-year career as a student in the UW-Madison…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   It didn’t take Kelsey Hardy very long to dive into dairy research after she enrolled in the UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences.  In…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Four young women from Polk County discovered in November that hard work and dedication can be the difference when seeking the ultimate prize.  The four…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   When Dennis Patterson was asked to judge Grant County 4-H livestock teams in 1988, he did so because two of his younger brothers were on…

The Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences takes great pride in recognizing the outstanding students in our program, and we are excited to showcase some of our amazing freshmen. Throughout…

The Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences (ADS) in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences recently received approval from the UW Board of Regents to launch master’s and PhD…