A story featuring Gleise Silva (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) recently appointed as the inaugural Beef Cattle Research Council-Hays research chair in beef production systems.
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New Cattlemen’s Young Leaders, Shipwheel Cattle Feeders awarded for sustainability
Gleise M. Silva (Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science), who will join the U of A as BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems starting July 1, has received Canadian Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Award for Sustainability.
New U of A research chair to study future of Alberta forests
Robert Froese (ALES), who was recently named the inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair in Forest Growth & Yield, discusses his upcoming research into the future of Alberta’s forests.
New U of A research chair will help strengthen sustainability of Alberta’s forest industries
$4-million endowed chair will focus on improving growth and yield of forests, informing industry management plans and educating the next generation of forestry professionals.
Professor Catherine Field (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) one of seven University of Alberta academics named as Canada Research Chairs by the Government of Canada
An expert in nutritional immunology, Catherine Field focuses on how diet affects maternal and infant immune health, infant immune development, and dietary fat and breast cancer. Her work also provides dietary recommendations for lactating mothers, infants, and women with breast cancer.