Feature Story
By Kim Markesich According to the Centers for Disease Control, foodborne diseases cause up to 81 million illnesses and as many as 9,000 deaths each year in the United States. It is difficult to pinpoint the actual number of illnesses, as most cases of food poisoning go unreported.
Kumar Venkitanarayanan, professor in the Department of Animal Science, has been involved in multiple research projects focusing on food safety, specifically, using food-grade plant compounds to reduce bacterial threats.
Salmonella enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen, causing more than a million cases of ... more
Food scientist’s research helps make animal food products safer
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Office of Technology Commercialization
The Office of Technology Commercialization is a real mouthful of a name for any entity, but for UConn’s Rita Zangari, executive. ... more
4-H FANS teaches fitness and nutrition while have fun
In April 2012, the UConn Extension program 4-H FANs (Fitness and Nutrition Clubs) completed a successful five-year ... more
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STUDENT PROFILE:
Dietetics student receives prestigious award for academic achievement
Dietetics student receives prestigious award for academic achievement
Patrice Hubert, a senior majoring in dietetics in the Department ... more
College stories in UConn media
- Professor Yi Li's laboratory in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has developed a seedless variety of the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, also called 'burning bush.
- The Dairy Bar at UConn offers ice-cold summer sweets
- Senior Extension Educator Donna Ellis says native plants mean more wildlife, less work
- After almost a decade of work, a University of Connecticut scientist and his research team have pinpointed the genetic combination to grow a seedless, noninvasive version of burning bush …
- New guide from UConn and AFT helps towns and farmers navigate agricultural land leasing
- Residents are urged not to overdo it on tree-trimming
- Agriculture's star rises in Malloy administration
- Cinnamon to fight Salmonella? UConn researchers using spice extract to reduce bacteria In eggs
- The Sierra Club, a national environmental organization, has ranked the University of Connecticut 16th among the top 50 "Coolest Schools" in the United States, based on energy, environment and sustainability.
College stories in other media
- UConn scientist develops sterile variety of invasive plant
- How it’s made: UConn Dairy Bar ice cream
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UConn rises to 16th among “Greenest Colleges”
- Pathobiology grad student making waves
- Manisha Bicchieri: Helping out students and the environment
- Behind the scenes of a major gift
- Growing the farm economy in Connecticut
- College alumnus helps bring food to millions of hungry Americans
- UConn poultry expert talks turkey
- Waging the war against Salmonella … One molecule at a time
- Animal science and English alumna directs work in Dar es Salaam
- Fracking: good news or bad for America’s energy needs? Prof. Gary Robbins comments.
- College alumna starts beekeeping cooperative in Ecuador
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