ANSC Undergraduates posing for a photo outside of the George White Building.

ANSC Undergraduate Student Accolades

Recent Awards, Accolades & Honors

Vianna Bassani and Sarah Reed posing for a photo inside the UConn Women's Center

Vianna Bassani '23

Vianna Bassani '23 received the 2023 Outstanding Senior Woman Academic Achievement for CAHNR Award through the UConn Women's Center and Office of the Provost.

The Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award, presented annually, recognizes women undergraduate and graduate students who have excelled academically within each school/college and demonstrated high achievement in research and service to the University community.

Emilia Fong-Gallagher '24

Emilia Fong-Gallagher was selected as a UConn Idea Grant recipient for 2023 through the Office of Undergraduate Research.

Emilia’s IDEA Grant project was inspired by a very special horse, whose diagnosis and treatment sparked her interest in learning more about the functions of vitamin E in equines and its preventative properties when it comes to neuromuscular diseases. Over the summer, Emilia collected blood samples from three groups of UConn Morgan horses to analyze serum alpha-tocopherol vitamin E concentrations in order to compare the effectiveness of powder vs. liquid forms of vitamin E supplementation.

 

Emilia Fong-Gallagher posing for a photo next to her horse outside of Horsebarn Hill Arena
L-R: Rebecca Syme, Abigail Wilber, and Savannah Battles pose during the 50th annual North American International Livestock Exposition Invitational Dairy Judging Contest in Louisville, KY

Abigail Wilber '25 & Savannah Battles '26

Abigail Wilber & Savannah Battles participated in the 50th annual North American International Livestock Exposition Invitational Dairy Judging Contest in Louisville, KY, as members of the UConn Intercollegiate Dairy Judging Team, which placed 12th overall. Savannah, competing in her first dairy judging contest, was the team's highest scorer and in reasons, while Abigail placed 6th individually in the Holstein category.

2023

UConn University Scholars Honors Medals

Recipients

    • Vianna Bassani
    • Alexandria Boutin
    • Lindsey Cowden
    • Phoebe Drupa
    • Hannah Fortune
    • Jasmine Morris
    • Julia Oudiz
    • Shawn Re
    • Lindsay Sickinger
    • Brady Sweeney
    • Zoey Weisman

    Previous Awards & Honors

    2022

    American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Undergraduate Award

    Recipients

    • Hannah Brewer
    • Vianna Bassani

    UConn OUR SURF Award

    Recipient

    • Vianna Bassani

    New England Scholar Award

    Recipient

    • Alexandria Boutin

    Babbidge Scholar Award

    Recipients

    • Hannah Brewer
    • Vianna Bassani
    • Meaghan Shannon

      2021

      UConn OUR SURF Award

      Recipient

      • Morgan Dougherty

      2020

      UConn Idea Grant

      Recipients

      • Meagan Goodridge
      • Annushka Sewrathan

      Nutmeg IFT Undergraduate Student Scholarship

      Recipient

      • Kathleen Atkinson

          ASAS/CSAS Annual Meeting

          Poster Competition - 1st Place

          • Lauren Soranno

            2019

            UConn Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award

            Recipient

            • Mackenzie Fischer

              UConn Idea Grant

              Recipients

              • Daria Larson
              • Lindsey Vendermeir

              Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Award

              Honorable Mention

              • Caitlyn Splaine

                  2018

                  UConn Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Award

                  Recipients

                  • Alyssa Condon
                  • Jessica LaRosa

                  The Anthony Yurgaitis & George Malkemus Arethusa Farm Scholarship

                  Recipients

                  • Rebecca Flodquist
                  • Melissa Hill
                  • Erin Norris
                  • Megan Goodridge

                  UConn Idea Grant

                  Recipients

                  • Kelli Knapp

                  National Association of State Departments of Agriculture's Next Generation Program

                  Participant

                  • Daria Larson

                  Dave Theno Fellowship

                  Recipient

                  • Emily Forauer

                  Holstein Association USA Distinguished Junior Member

                  Recipient

                  • Erin Norris