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After more than 32 years with the UA System, Dan Street is hanging up his hard hat as director of design and construction for the Division of Agriculture. A reception will be held Wednesday.

Zac Williams is passionate about education

Williams joined the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science and Poultry Science Department as an assistant professor in June.

Doctoral students Manita Adhikari and Kavita Shripati Patil and masters students Arshpreet Kaur Khattra and Erin Ramsay made presentations at a food protection meeting in Ontario, Canada.

A program about opportunities and careers for undergraduates in the field of food science included looks at supply safety and security in complementary degree programs like biology, chemistry and agricultural studies.

Arkansas rice farmers in northeastern Arkansas were checking their fields for losses after storms on Thursday dumped more than 6 inches of rain; a less-than-ideal situation for a crop so near to harvest.

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Assistant professor Adnan Alrubaye spent June in Kazakhstan helping universities strengthen their poultry science graduate programs through a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

The teams autonomous cotton harvester robot successfully detected and picked ripe cotton balls, storing them while avoiding unripe cotton balls. The team finished fourth in national competition.

Sumanjot Kau, Mattias Lenie and Arda Tuhanioglu, graduate students in food science, had top finishes at the Institute of Food Technologists First Event and Expo in Chicago.