Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at UMass Amherst

Hands-on Opportunities
Animal management classes & activities
Upcoming Events
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Mar8
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Mar22
Mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis and drug resistance
Madeleine OudinTufts University4:00pmSeminar -
Mar29
Deciding between a desirable mate and an unwanted one: the long and winding road to fertilization in flowering plants
Alice CheungUMass Amherst4:00pmSeminar -
Apr5
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Apr19
VASCI SPOTLIGHT
Spring 2023 Registration
Information to register for classes

Department News
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Haley Bernardo '23 Awarded the Rick Pitino Presidential Medal Scholarship
Haley Bernardo '23 has received the Rick Pitino Presidential Medal Scholarship Award for 2022-2023. -
Barbara Osborne Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Barbara Osborne, an immunologist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was recently chosen as a 2022 Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). -
Position Available - Assistant Farm Manager - College of the Atlantic
College of the Atlantic located in Bar Harbor, Maine is seeking an Assistant Farm Manager -
Leopold Conservation Award for New England awarded to Wheel-View Farm
The 2022 Leopold Conservation Award for New England has been awarded to Wheel-View Farm of Shelburne. -
Snoeyenbos Prize Awarded to Darya Tourzani
The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program is pleased to announce that Darya Tourzani has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Snoeyenbos Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. -
Hong Fellowship Awarded to Xiaosu Miao
The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program is pleased to announce that Xiaosu (Sue) Miao has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Frances and Chou-Chu Hong, DVM, PhD Graduate Fellowship in Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
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