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Campus Chatter - December 12, 2018
 

UT welcomes Grove as assistant professor, wildlife veterinarian

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries recently gained new faculty with the hire of Daniel Grove, DVM. His position, extension assistant professor and wildlife veterinarian, is a new appointment and will extend extension coverage and resources related to wildlife health across the state.

His office is located at the Central Region extension office in Nashville, where he works closely with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). His primary duties involve educational outreach for public and private audiences in Tennessee and beyond, and providing technical guidance to TWRA wildlife health programs.

This position will allow Grove to address and mitigate diseases that affect wildlife, domestic animals and humans such as chronic wasting disease, avian influenza and white-nose syndrome, among others.

Eastern Kentucky University unveils robotic milking system

RICHMOND, Ky. — Eastern Kentucky University staff, Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy (GOAP) staff, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, state and local officials and members of the community attended a ribbon-cutting and tour of the EKU’s new state-of-the-art robotic milking system last month.

EKU received $179,373 in Kentucky Agricultural Development Funds to purchase and install an Automated Milking System (AMS) for demonstration, education and research at its Meadowbrook Farm.

“Technology is constantly upgrading agriculture. Who would have ever thought that cows could be milked without the dairyman going to the barn? Cows are milking themselves,” said Warren Beeler, executive director of GOAP.

In partnership with the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, EKU’s Meadowbrook Farm hopes to improve economic prospects for dairy farmers by increasing exposure of this technology to Kentucky producers. The robotic milking system will benefit both existing dairy farmers across the state as well as agriculture students studying dairy production.

For more information, contact Justin McKinney at 859-622-2061 or justin.mckinney@eku.edu

Applications open for university-level agriscience competition

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Since its inception in 2005, the Alltech Young Scientist (AYS) has had participation of more than 60,000 students from more than 70 countries and has awarded $1 million in prizes. Applications are now open for the 2019 competition.

The Alltech Young Scientist competition began in 2005 as an expression of founder Dr. Pearse Lyons’ passion for curiosity and innovation within education. Most importantly, he wanted to inspire and showcase the talents of university students who represent tomorrow’s solutions for our planet’s shared future.

New for 2019, the AYS competition is open exclusively to university graduate students (master’s degree and Ph.D.), and professor nominations are no longer required. Entrants will compete first within their home regions of North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific or Europe/Africa. Regional winners will be invited to attend an all-expenses-paid Alltech Young Scientist Discovery Week in Lexington, where they will compete in the global competition during ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE19) in May. The prizes include $10,000 for the global graduate winner.

Registration will close on Jan. 31. Students may submit scientific papers on topics such as animal health and nutrition, crop science, agriculture analytical methods, food chain safety and traceability, human health and nutrition and other agriscience-related sectors. Paper submission may be completed online, and regional winners will be announced in April.

For more information and to register, visit AlltechYoungScientist.com

 

12/13/2018