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More NewsFood Science Rising Senior Wins Top Undergraduate Research Competition
Adam Forbes, a rising senior majoring in food science and mathematics, won first place in the Undergraduate Research Competition at IFT First for the project “Assessing and Predicting the Color Stability of Anthocyanins in the Presence of Ferrous Sulfate” at the annual event and expo of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), held recently in Chicago.
The number one food science PhD in the U.S. and one of the top food science departments worldwide.
Three of our faculty members are rated as the most highly cited agricultural scientists in the world.
The first food science academic discipline began at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1918.