Poultry Science Association Honours Students at Annual Meeting
US - The Poultry Science Association (PSA) announced winners of Student Research Certificates of Excellence, the Aviagen Turkeys Communications Award and Student Research Certificates of Participation during its 104th annual meeting.
11 August 2015
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By: PSA recognised students who presented high-quality research papers at the awards celebration at the end of its annual meeting held on July 27-30 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
In addition to student research awards, professional members of PSA were honoured for their excellence in areas such as research, teaching and Extension.
Student Research Certificates of Excellence were awarded to students who present high-quality research papers at the annual meeting.
Though they are not in competition with graduate students, undergraduate students are evaluated and recognised if their scores rank among the scores of the graduate student winners of Student Research Certificates of Excellence. Thirty-one Student Research Certificates of Excellence were awarded.
Aviagen Turkeys presents an award to a graduate student whose oral presentation was given with the turkey as the principal unit of research and deemed of high-quality. One graduate student received the Aviagen Turkeys Communication Award this year.
Student Research Certificates of Participation were also awarded to undergraduate students who presented research papers at the annual meeting. Twenty-two undergraduate students presented at the 2015 PSA Annual Meeting.
