NBC Connecticut visited the Kellogg Dairy Center in a video news segment about how Connecticut dairy is part of the climate change solution. They spoke with Animal Science Department Head and Professor and Steve Zinn and UConn Extension Department Head and Assistant Director Bonnie Burr about the college’s dairy facilities and related educational programs. Zinn […]
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CAHNR in the news
UConn Today shared a UConn Health Minute video on common running injuries and how the UConn Institute of Sports Medicine, a collaboration between UConn Health and the Department of Kinesiology, works to enable athletes at all levels of play to reach their peak performance while working to prevent and treat sports-related injuries through world-class clinical […]
Awards and achievements in CAHNR
Ph.D. student receives ESA Graduate Student Policy Award The Ecological Society of America (ESA) recently awarded the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) to Sarah Klionsky, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. As part of the GSPA 2021 cohort, Klionsky will meet with other graduate student awardees […]
CAHNR in the news
NBC Connecticut aired a segment on Solid Ground Farmer Trainings, a UConn Extension program designed to offer education, mentoring and technical assistance to new and beginning farmers. The program was launched in 2016 through the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. Charlotte Ross, program coordinator, was interviewed. James Knighton, assistant professor in the Department of […]
Awards and achievements in CAHNR
Graduate student named 2021 HortScholar Ankit Singh, a graduate research assistant completing his doctorate in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, was recently named a 2021 HortScholar. The AmericanHort Scholars program sets students in horticulture on a path to success by exposing them to the breadth of the horticulture industry, its opportunities, and […]