UConn Today posted a video highlighting UConn cannabis cultivation and research. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Professor Gerald Berkowitz and student Peter Apicella spoke on the video. NBC Connecticut posted a video about the need for kids to stay active in the summer. Department Head and Associate Professor Lindsay DiStefano discussed the importance […]
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Awards and achievements for CAHNR
CAHNR Alumna Kathryn Dal Zin was recently named Wallingford Public Schools Teacher of the Year for 2019-2020. A teacher since 2010, she currently teaches in the Lyman Hall High School agriculture science program where there are over 300 students. The Meriden Record-Journal reported, “Dal Zin earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science in 2005 and […]
Meet graduate student Alexis Trench
An animal science graduate student, Alexis Trench, has a unique combination of interests in animal research, science education and mentoring women in STEM disciplines while leaving time for dancing and being outside with lambs on the farm. Here is what she says about her experiences at UConn. Where did you study as an undergraduate? […]
Awards and achievements for CAHNR
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Associate Dean and Professor Kumar Venkitanarayanan and his team received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Multistate Research from the Northeastern Region Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA). Venkitanarayanan is the administrative advisor for a multistate research project NE1442 called “Poultry Production Systems and Well-being: Sustainability […]
CAHNR in the news
NBC Connecticut highlighted experimental immunotherapy treatment for pets with cancer. CAHNR alumna Ashley Kalinauskas and her laboratory team are working on the personalized cancer vaccine. PBS NewsHour reported about research done on Pinterest sunscreen recipes. Professor Sherry Pagoto, who was not part of the study, agreed that homemade sunscreens are not tested for reliable sun […]