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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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