Animal Science

The students earnestly filed into a lecture hall. Seed corn caps, jeans, and boots mingled with bright T-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops. Carrying backpacks, smartphones, and cans of pop, each found a seat next to an acquaintance from another class or a...

As you read this column, schools are in session and college campuses are filled with students attending classes in order to fill their time between football games. As I reflect on this and other things about education and America, I find we are no...

Dr. Barbara Royal consults at every Chicago zoo, has administered acupuncture to elephants and zebras, scrubbed oil from otters and tagged wild owl nests. She's treated arthritic camels, tarantulas with torn skin, and a starving spider monkey. But...

The MinnWest Technology Foundation is hosting the second annual conference at the MinnWest Technology Campus to bring animal science and food industry stakeholders together for discussions on the latest industry trends, for networking and investment...

McGregor J. Ferguson, an Annapolis veterinary cardiologist, died Sunday of undetermined causes at his Millersville home. He was 41. "We are waiting for a cause of death pending the results of an autopsy," said his father, Dr. Ray Ferguson of Federal...

NDSU selects Charlie Stoltenow as Extension's interim assistant director for agriculture and natural resources. Charlie Stoltenow has been named the North Dakota State University Extension Service's interim assistant director and program leader for...

 BROOKINGS — Dakotafest is the perfect opportunity to get face time with SDSU Extension experts and South Dakota State University faculty and researchers, says Barry Dunn, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of SDSU Extension.  "As South...

Gerald Stokka has joined North Dakota State University's Department of Animal Sciences as an associate professor of livestock stewardship. He primarily will be working with livestock producers on a variety of stewardship and animal welfare issues. “I'...

ELON,N.C. — Emily M. Steiner, daughter of Patrick and Dora Steiner of Boonsboro,  was named to the President’s List for the spring semester at Elon University. LORETTO, Pa. — The following area students graduated from Saint Francis...

NDSU's Animal Sciences Department head is elected president-elect of the American Society of Animal Science. Greg Lardy, head of the Animal Sciences Department at North Dakota State University, has been elected to a one-year term as president-elect of...

Robert Maddock, an associate professor in North Dakota State University's Animal Sciences Department, has received the American Meat Science Association's Distinguished Achievement Award. He was presented the award at the association's annual awards...

FREDERICK, Md. — Sally Ann Johnston was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Hood College. Johnston was inducted in March into the college’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society for college freshmen,...