Category: News

Continuing the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences “Student Spotlights”, we will be highlighting another one of our Animal Science students who graduated this Spring! This week we will get…

The Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences takes great pride in recognizing the exceptional students in our program. Throughout the summer, we will be showcasing some of our remarkable individuals…

The Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences recently received approval from the UW Board of Regents to launch a new undergraduate major in dairy and food animal management. The major,…

By Kent A. Weigel, Department Chair Greetings alumni, stakeholders, and friends! I hope you are all doing well. We have an exciting newsletter for you, packed with features about student…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer For as long as she can remember, Ella Gonzales has always had a love for animals. Whether it was dogs, cats, hamsters, or even a…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer When Isaiah Hoffman came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from his home state of Pennsylvania, he basically had no interest in returning to his family’s…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer Aaron Bodie wasn’t sure what to do when he got the word that Steve Ricke, his mentor and dissertation adviser at the University of Arkansas,…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer Sara Gragg was settling into a career as an associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University in Manhattan,…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer The first few weeks of life can be critical to the development of an animal’s immune defenses for a lifetime, according to a new faculty…