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Department of Animal Science Alum, Dr. Tom Sutherland passes and he is remembered.  Click here to read about his accomplishments and reflections from alumni, faculty and staff.

The Department of Animal Science takes outreach seriously.  The Iowa State Fair provides a venue for our faculty, staff and students to share their knowledge with the public.   Below are just some of the activities where you may see folks from the Department of Animal Science volunteering their time.  To find out more about when and where these events take place, please click here. 

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The Poultry Science Association had their annual meeting at the Hilton in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 11- 14.  

Iowa State University had excellent showing at the annual meeting, with alumni winning five of the society’s major awards.  Awards won included (shown left to right in photo taken at the awards ceremony):

To read more about DeAnna's experience, please click here to read the Alliance for Iowa State article.  

Five graduate students attended the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) 49th annual meeting in San Diego, California July 16 - 20.  Grad Students Katie Bidne, Mackenzie Dickson, Jake Seibert, Matt Romoser and Ben Hale had the opportunity to attend this important meeting focused on Systems Biology of Reproduction.  The mission of the SSR is to advance scientific knowledge by promoting outstanding research and training in reproductive sciences and to protect and preserve human and animal reproductive health.  Department of Animal Science Associate Professor, Dr.

Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Center Director, Marshall Ruble, is an Executive Committee member of the Iowa Simmental Association which hosted the American Junior Simmental National Classic at the Iowa State Fair grounds July 9 -15th. Over 540 youth (ages 8 -22)  from across the nation competed in a contest for high individual which includes livestock judging, public speaking, quiz bowls, cattleman quiz, sales talk, fitting and showing.  According to Ruble, this is record numbers of youth and cattle,  beating the last record broken in 2010.

This summer, Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center (HASLC) is holding a storage event that will cater to the needs of Iowa State University students during the transition from summer to fall housing. It is very common for students to be left homeless for a few days while they wait to move into a new home for the fall semester. So, HASLC is offering a solution! 

It’s that time of year to bring high school youth to Iowa State University for 4-H Round Up!  June 28 – 30th students stayed in the Iowa S

Iowa Swine day will be this Thursday, June 30 at the Scheman Building.  Registration begins at 7:30am and the programs are from 9 – 4:30pm.  This conference is pre-approved for 6 CEUs from ARPAS, and 7.5 scientific and 4.25 management CEUs by the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine. 

The Iowa State University Meat Quiz Bowl Team headed down to San Angelo, Texas this past week to Angelo University for the Reciprocal Meats Conference.   They participated in the Meats Quiz Bowl Contest and T-shirt Auction. The 

Animal Science Professor, Dr. Curtis Youngs, attended the Borlaug Conference in early June.  See the full story here.