News & Announcements Archive

Graduate Seminar Series Fall 2023

The Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences (ABBS) Graduate Program announces the Fall 2023 Seminar series.

Jessica Price '23 Awarded MLK Fellowship

Jessica Price has been awarded the Martin Luther King Fellowship at Northeastern University.

Zn2+ is Essential for Ca2+ Oscillations in Mouse Eggs

Members of the Fissore Lab have released new research on the effects of zinc ion deficiency and excess on the periodical release of calcium ions, known as calcium oscillations.

VASCI Coin War benefits Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center

The VASCI Climate Advisory Committee is proud to highlight that members of the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences worked together to raise $410 for the Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center run by Tom Ricardi in Conway, Massachusetts.

2023 Scholarship Awards

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is pleased to announce the 2023 Scholarship Awards.

Rising Researcher Awarded to Isabella Boyack

Isabella Boyack '23, has been recognized as a UMass Amherst Rising Researcher for her work in Dr. Alicia Timme-Laragy's lab.

Science Day held on May 18, 2023

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences held its annual Science Day on May 18, 2023.

Finnish Landrace Sheep added to UMass Hadley Farm

The Finnish Landrace or Finnsheep breed has been introduced into the UMass Hadley Farm flock.

VASCI Undergraduate Students present at NESDB 23

Students from our undergraduate Fundamental Vertebrate Embryology course attended the annual New England Society for Developmental Biology conference held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in April and presented their research on two posters.

Jordan Messier Selected for Scanlon Award

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is proud to congratulate Jordan Messier as a 2023 recipient of the Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award!

VASCI Raises Donation for Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center

The VASCI Climate Advisory Committee challenged VASCI folks to a Coin War to raise funds for the Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center. As a group, VASCI students, faculty members, staff, and post-doc.s raised just over $390 for the Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Center.  This is an outstanding total for a coin war!

Bay State Livestock Classic

The annual Bay State Livestock Classic was held Saturday, April 22 at the UMass Hadley Farm.