{"id":241421,"date":"2026-02-26T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=241421"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:04:36","slug":"cahnrs-sarah-reed-recognized-for-excellence-in-food-and-agricultural-education-by-aplu-usda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/02\/cahnrs-sarah-reed-recognized-for-excellence-in-food-and-agricultural-education-by-aplu-usda\/","title":{"rendered":"CAHNR\u2019s Sarah Reed Recognized for Excellence in Food and Agricultural Education by APLU, USDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Reed, associate professor of animal science in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cahnr.uconn.edu\/\">College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR)<\/a>, has been honored for excellence in teaching by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Reed is the northeast regional recipient of the 2026 Excellence in College and University Teaching Award in Food and Agricultural Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The awards celebrate university faculty\u2019s use of innovative teaching methods and service to students. In recognition of their scholarship, exemplary pedagogy, and dedication to instruction, the annual awards include stipends for awardees to be used for improving teaching at their respective universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Reed\u2019s commitment to innovative, responsive teaching exemplifies UConn\u2019s land-grant mission,\u201d says Interim Dean Kumar Venkitanarayanan. \u201cI am thrilled that the APLU and USDA have recognized her contribution on the national scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The awards were presented as part of the 2026 APLU Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Reed joined the UConn faculty in 2011. She is the editor in chief of Animal Frontiers, the official journal of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), the American Meat Science Association (AMSA), and the World Association for Animal Production (WAAP). She earned her master\u2019s in animal science and PhD in animal molecular and cell biology from the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Reed is a core faculty member in UConn\u2019s animal science and equine programs where she teaches courses in comparative exercise physiology, horse breeding farm management, equine rehabilitation, and scientific writing.<\/p>\n<p>Reed\u2019s research program explores maternal nutrition and fetal programming in sheep and horses, focusing on muscle growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m truly honored to be this year\u2019s award recipient,\u201d says Reed. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the mentors who have supported me throughout my career and the students who make this work rewarding and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/uconncahnr_social\"><em>UConn CAHNR<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on social media<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reed is a core faculty member in UConn\u2019s animal science and equine programs where she teaches courses in comparative exercise physiology, horse breeding farm management, equine rehabilitation, and scientific writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":189395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2298,2429,2224],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2140],"class_list":["post-241421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-science","category-awards-scholarships","category-cahnr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 23:49:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241422,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241421\/revisions\/241422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/189395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241421"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=241421"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=241421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}