Welcome

We are pleased to provide you with the Fall 2018 edition of the Animal Science Nsider. The fall semester is well underway and we are looking forward to another successful year. We started the semester with 318 Animal Science and 149 Pre-Veterinary undergraduate students. We had an outstanding class of freshman matriculate and look forward to helping them reach their greatest potential as they progress through our degree programs. Our faculty also continue to recruit outstanding graduate students.

Megan Homolka, senior animal science student, was selected as the first recipient of the Robert and Karla Baltzell Student Innovation Award. The award was established in 2016 with a gift from Robert and Karla Baltzell and a matching contribution from the Robert B. Daugherty Foundation, the Robert and Karla Baltzell Student Innovator Fund aims to provide research support to undergraduate and graduate students studying critical questions at the intersection of water and livestock, animal feed and/or crops.

The 15^th annual Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Science Complex on November 2 - 4, 2018.

Welcome to the second edition of our departmental newsletter, the “Animal Science Nsider”. As I begin my second year in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska, I continue to be amazed at the talent and commitment to excellence of our faculty, staff, and students. We are pleased to share a few of the stories from the many wonderful activities and achievements which have occurred throughout the fall 2017 semester. We also want to make you aware of some upcoming events in the Department of Animal Science and hope that you will be able to participate.