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Dress for success as an animal scientist

By Amanda Davis, ASAS Southern Section Graduate Director During this year’s Lunch and Learn at the SS-ASAS Annual Meeting in Orlando, attendees asked for clarification regarding the appropriate manner of dress as animal scientist for interviews and professional meetings. As … Continue reading

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Staying longer with dairy problems

Raymond Erick Zvavanyange works as a dairy specialist in an extension department in Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation, and Irrigation Development. In this guest blog post, he shares his experiences as an animal science student. By Raymond Erick Zvavanyange For … Continue reading

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New Biology Graduate Fellows Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The New Biology Graduate Fellows Program in Animal and Plant Production at the University of Illinois is a graduate studies program that trains students on systems biology approaches to mine large and complex data sets and identify interrelationships that will … Continue reading

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Animal science is not just for farm kids

Never fed a goat? No problem. Animal science departments are welcoming the growing number of non-farm kids eager to learn about agriculture. In a new article for the High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal, animal scientist Jodi Sterle explains how … Continue reading

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Video: Three tips for a good interview

Want to make your next job (or grad school) interview look effortless? The experts from OnlineMBA.com recommend a few strategies for looking confident and friendly in an interview:

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