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As the 2023-24 school year comes to a close, we would like to highlight some of the exceptional accomplishments and work completed by our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the department during this last quarter. Throughout the summer, faculty will be traveling across the globe to present at research conferences and find regeneration through professional development opportunities. Before we know it, the new class of Aggies will be joining us this fall.

PhD student, Angelica Carrazco received the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award from Grad Studies. The Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award (OGTA) recognizes the contributions of graduate students to teaching and learning at UC Davis. This is a tremendously important award as it honors outstanding graduate students, reminds the campus that teaching is a central part of the university’s mission, and can inspire students and professors to give increased attention to the educational process.

Linda Truong (King Lab) and Andrea DeRogatis (Klasing Lab) were 2 of 4 winners of the WPSA-USA Carpenter Essay Award. It will provide funding for the World's Poultry Congress conference on 16th to 20th of August, 2020 which will be hosted in Paris, France

Meredith Harrison (James Oltjen) was elected as the Graduate Student Director of the Western Section American Society of Animal Science in April. Congratulations Meredith!