News & Events
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Apply before Sept. 30 for the 2024-2025 Master Meat Crafter Training Program
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery program is happy to announce applications are being accepted for the 2024-2025 Master Meat Crafter Training Program until September 30,…
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Applications open for assistant professor of companion and working animal biology
UW-Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Companion and Working Animal Biology. The successful candidate will be expected to develop innovative and impactful…
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Steven Ricke honored with USPOULTRY industry career award
Steven Ricke, PhD, director of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently received the 2023 Poultry Science Association Distinguished Poultry Industry Career…
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Wisconsin FFA recognizes Animal & Dairy Sciences’ Ted Halbach with their distinguished service award
Ted Halbach is a distinguished faculty instructor of dairy management at UW-Madison. Beginning in 1999, Wisconsin FFA has had the privilege of his service as a superintendent of the Dairy…
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Joao Dorea receives USDA-NIFA grant for computer vision system to monitor and control metabolic disorders in dairy cows
Joao Dorea, assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, received $1 million for his project “Development and implementation of an economically viable computer vision system to monitor…
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Guilherme Rosa receives USDA-NIFA funding for precision breeding of resilient beef cattle
Guilherme Rosa, professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, received $1 million for his project “Integrating enviromics, genomics, and machine learning for precision breeding of resilient beef cattle”…
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Applications being taken for assistant professor of adaptive dairy cattle nutrition
This newly created position in the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences is supported by the Dairy Innovation Hub. It is a full time 9-month tenure-track faculty position to build…
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E. Cole Diepersloot is over-all winner and earns “Peoples Choice” award at the 4-State Three-Minute Student Thesis contest
The inaugural edition of the Three-Minute Student Thesis (3MT) contest with a poster component was held in conjunction with the 2023 Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference in Dubuque, Iowa…
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Hasan Khatib receives USDA NIFA grant to explore paternal nutrition’s impact on early embryonic development and offspring fertility
Hasan Khatib, professor in the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences, received $650,000 for his project “The effects of paternal nutrition on early embryonic development and reproductive performance of offspring,”…
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Kent Weigel receives USDA-NIFA grant to select high-frequency phenotypes for resistance and recovery from stressors
Kent Weigel, professor and chair in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, was awarded $650,000 for his project “The resilient cow: Next-generation selection using high-frequency phenotypes to achieve predictable…
