2021 Global Symposium on Racing a resounding success April 11, 2022 The Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) hosted the 47th Annual Global Symposium on Racing at Loews Ventana Canyon from December 5 – December 7, 2021. The event, which had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, is a principal funding source for the RTIP. Given its importance to both the racing industry and to the RTIP, incoming Program Chair, Robert Hartman, saw this event as critical for successfully kickstarting his tenure as the leader of this storied program. Read more Image
Bend the curve: hand sanitizer distribution Nov. 3, 2021 Betsy Greene coordinated and delivered multiple cases of hand sanitizer from the ACBS “Bend the Curve” project to Native American communities across Arizona. The “Bend the Curve” project produced hand sanitizer for Arizona health care workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic when hand sanitizer was scarce to impossible to obtain. Read more Image
Broadening the freshman experience - ACBS 102 Lab Nov. 3, 2021 This Fall semester, the teaching team for the animal sciences introductory course redesigned the lab experience to broaden the freshman experience for incoming ACBS students. Read more Image
Antarctic study focuses on climate-driven change June 21, 2021 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Satyendra Pothula, was awarded the Antarctic Service Medal. Read more Image
“Team Steklis” receives the 2021 Cox Faculty Teaching Award June 21, 2021 Congratulations to Netzin and Dieter Steklis on this well deserved award! Read more Image
Introduction to Animal Sciences Lab March 16, 2021 ACBS 102L (Introduction to Animal Sciences Laboratory) course instructors employed creative solutions for teaching their “hands-on” lab sections in a “hands-off” remote modality. Read more Image
Food Safety Consortium hosts invited speaker series Oct. 1, 2020 The Food Safety Consortium (FSC) hosted a Summer Invited Speaker Series to expand the knowledge of members, and foster further research collaborations. Read more Image
UArizona feedlot provides valuable cattle handling and feedlot experience Oct. 1, 2020 The facility, currently located at the West Campus Agriculture Center off of I-10 between Prince Rd. and Miracle Mile in Tucson, includes a full working feedlot, pastures for the 38 head breeding herd, and a feed mill. Read more Image
ACBS postdoctoral researcher receives esteemed USDA award Oct. 1, 2020 Jennifer Lising Roxas, a postdoctoral fellow, recently received three postdoctoral research grants, including a two-year USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship. She works in the laboratory of Gayatri Vedantam, professor of immunobiology and animal and comparative biomedical sciences (ACBS). Roxas received her PhD in Microbiology and Pathobiology from the University of Arizona working under the advisement of V.K. Viswanathan, professor in ACBS. Read more Image