News

Student Success Spotlight

October 25, 2021

Check out the amazing accomplishments our students have achieved the past few months!


World Food Day

October 16, 2021

Our Department Head, Professor Job Ubbink, gives his insightful considerations on the future of food and community on this World Food Day


Recruiting New Faculty

October 7, 2021

FScN will soon be recruiting for four new faculty positions in a variety of fields


Professor Selected as ASABE Fellow

July 28, 2021

Professor P. Kumar Mallikarjunan has been chosen as a member of the 2021 Class of Fellows by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers


FScN Alumni Awarded by CFANS

May 14, 2021

Two FScN alumni were recognized at the 2021 CFANS Borealis Night of Excellence Awards


Student MnDrive Fellows

July 20, 2021

Three FSCN graduate students were selected as 2021 MnDrive Global Food Ventures Fellows


Spring Student Success Spotlight

June 12, 2021

Our students are unstoppable! Here’s another Student Success Spotlight full of some of their impressive spring achievements


PTS Holds Book Drive

December 11, 2020

The UMN Chapter of the Phi Tau Sigma Food Science and Technology Honor Society recently donated over 500 books to Kisii University in Kenya


FScN Researcher Collaborates with Taco Bell and Dairy Management Inc

November 9, 2020

Dairy Management Inc.’s (DMI) Global Innovation Partnership Team and our researcher, Sonia Patel, in her role as applications lab scientist within the Midwest Dairy Food Research Center (MDFRC) worked together to develop a first-of-its-kind, shelf-stable, dairy-based creamer for Taco Bell.


Students Place 3rd in OceanSpray Product Development Competition

August 31, 2020

Their submission, “Cran-Z Chips and Salsa”, are an innovative take on the classic appetizer