News & Events
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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…
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Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame seeks nominations
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences and the Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council are seeking nominations for the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame’s 2023 class…
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Steve Ricke involved in new $1M NSF-funded, WiSys-led partnership to support sustainable ag in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin partnership led by WiSys, a supporting foundation of the University of Wisconsin System that sparks research, innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, has been awarded $999,911 from the U.S.…
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Congratulations to our undergraduate spring ’23 grads!
Animal Sciences spring 2023 graduatesShane AlstonAshleigh BrannenJulia BuettnerEmma DayKaylee FurnessJackson GuthartCaley HaasAllyson HarbridgeLi JiangMia KennedyEvan LangoneAbigail LindsayPeiheng LiuSarah MalinaAshley NelsonKayla OlbrotWilliam RhodesClaudia TischMcKenzie TrinkoBrooklynn WepnerVictoria WuHailey XiongChristina So-Hyun YuElizabeth ZieglerAnimal…
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Dennis R. Buege Meat Science Endowed Student Assistantship awarded to Adam J. Franzen
Middleton, WI – The Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors (WAMP) held their 84th annual convention on April 13-16, 2023, at the Marriott Madison West-Middleton, Wis. The convention hosts meat processors…
