Steven C. Ricke, director of the Center for Food Safety, has been named a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Jin-Woo Kim, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has been named the 2019 Arkansas Biosciences Institute Established Investigator of the Year.

Aspiring farmers can learn the ins and outs of farming in a new on-farm apprenticeship program beginning January 2020. Applications are due by Dec. 15.

Apple butter may be purchased at the Food Science building Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rooms N113 or N201.

Ten graduate students — seven doctoral and three master's — are receiving the CAST Science Communication Scholarship from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.

Luke Howard, professor of food science, was elected a Fellow of the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry of the American Chemical Society at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego.

Jeyamkondan Subbiah, professor and head of the Department of Food Science, will present a lecture on the safety of low-moisture foods at 10:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in White Engineering Hall 219.

Ben Runkle and his team work in the field find ways to increase the production of Arkansas’ top agricultural product while using less water. 

The 2019 edition of Discovery, the agricultural research journal for undergraduate students, includes 11 articles written by students representing five academic departments.

Steven C. Ricke, professor of food science, received the Evonik Corporation Award for Achievement in Poultry Science at the annual international Poultry Science Association meeting.