UConn Today featured Zoraida Velazquez, an extension educator in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Educator Program (EFNEP). She answers food, health and nutrition-related questions for Bridgeport-area residents every Friday morning on Radio Amor/Radio Love 690 AM to help the community improve their health and well-being. EFNEP helps families learn about healthy eating, shopping on a […]
Animals
CAHNR in the news
UConn Today announced the Korey Stringer Institute has launched a new initiative to help provide important medical care via athletic training services to secondary school student athletes. Dean Indrajeet Chaubey was a guest on WILI‘s “Wake Up with Wayne” morning show. He spoke about the College and its recent $10 million poultry research grant. The Korey […]
A new life for an “old” technology
Animal cloning first hit the public eye in 1996 when Dolly the sheep was born. The next year, Professor of Animal Science Cindy Tian and her late husband Jerry Yang, also professor of animal science and founding director of the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology, created the first cloned calf in North America. From then […]
Awards and achievements in CAHNR
Animal Science students win poster competition awards Two animal science students were recognized for their research presentations in the 2020 North American Society of Animal Science’s annual poster competition. Lauren Soranno, a recent alumna, won first place in the undergraduate poster competition for her research presentation, “The effects of poor maternal nutrition during gestation on ewe […]
CAHNR in the news
Associate Extension Professor Thomas Worthley wrote an article for UConn Today with advice for homeowners on the task of cleaning up storm-damaged trees, addressing abundant problems, dangers and risks. Worthley teaches forest sustainability in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Associate Professor Paulo Verardi spoke with NBC Connecticut about the importance of ventilation […]