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Mar 27, 2024
Dr. Sandra (Sandy) Velleman will retire from her role in the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University in March of 2024, following thirty years of service to our students, faculty, and the Ohio community at large. Velleman has been a pioneer in Avian muscle biology and an asset to our department and students over the years.
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Mar 20, 2024
The Ohio State University was represented well at the ASAS Midwest Academic Quadrathlon in Madison, WI. This competition tests the team in all areas of animal science and incorporates hands-on production tasks though the practicum, written evaluation, and oral communication, as well as creativity through the presentation and quick thinking/trivia knowledge through the quiz bowl. The team placed 5th in oral presentations, 7th in the written exam, 7th in the quiz bowl, and 9th in the practicum.
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Mar 12, 2024
Dr. Callan Lichtenwalter joined the Department of Animal Sciences in February of 2024.
Callan joins us following her PhD program at Washington State University, where her research focused on dairy cattle welfare and behavior, as well as European Starling Management. Callan currently instructs Animal Health 2 and will also be leading Companion Animal Biology in the fall. She also works to coordinate global education for the department, a key component of the experiences of Animal Sciences students.
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Mar 7, 2024
If you had asked Animal Sciences alumna Dr. Ashley Blilie where she would be in ten years when she was a freshman at The Ohio State University, she probably would have told you: practicing veterinary medicine.
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Feb 20, 2024
23 seniors have been recognized with the most prestigious undergraduate award at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), with three hailing from the Department of Animal Sciences. The Distinguished Senior Award honors top graduating seniors on the Ohio State Columbus campus who exemplify the CFAES mission in areas such as academics and scholarship, research and innovation, service and involvement, and influence and leadership.
The 2024 Recipients in the Department of Animal Sciences are:
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Feb 9, 2024
Fort Worth, TX- The Dairy Judging Team at the Ohio State University kicked off the 2024 season at the Fort Worth Stock Show (FWSS). Students Lindsay Davis, Rachel Sherman, Grant Debruin, and Brady McCumons – all Animal Sciences students – left FWSS as the 5th High Team in the collegiate competition.
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Feb 6, 2024
19 meat and poultry processors participated in the Introductory Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Process (HACCP) course on January 25 & 26, 2024. Allyssa Hedges, Training Development Analyst with Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Division of Meat Inspection, and Paul Daniels, retired from USDA FSIS meat inspection, helped facilitate the HACCP workshops alongside coordinator and Animal Sciences faculty, Dr. Lynn Knipe.
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Feb 5, 2024
Dr. Hui Yu joined the Department of Anima Sciences in January 2024 as the Assistant Professor of Animal Genetics. Dr. Yu joins the department following her postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan, focusing her research on obesity, diabetes and metabolism in adipose tissue and central nervous system. Hui will teach Animal Genetics in the fall of 2024 and continues her research using well-controlled biochemical, molecular, cellular and genetic experimental approaches to better understand disorders in both animals and humans.
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Feb 5, 2024
Dr. Grazyne Tresoldi joined the Department of Animal Sciences in December 2023. She joins us from the University of California, Davis with years of experience researching heat stress in dairy cattle and developing solutions to to optimize cow cooling considering more sustainable, less water-demanding strategies.
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Feb 5, 2024
Please welcome Sheriden Schuerman to the department as our new student office assistant in the Animal Sciences Building on the Columbus campus. Sheriden is a 3rd year, undergraduate student, majoring in Sustainable Plant Systems – Plant Biosciences and minoring in Agriculture Communication and Leadership Studies. Outside of school, she is currently involved in Sigma Alpha where she holds the treasurer position, the Saddle and Sirloin Club where she also holds the treasurer position, and the Crops and Soils Club.
