Nebraska Meat Science Research

LAST DAY TO ORDER!!!
Get your T-shirt orders in today so you’re not left out of all of our RMC fun!!!

The AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference in Amarillo/Canyon is just around the corner! Show your Nebraska Meat Science pride by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below to order your UNL RMC Tshirt today!

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The AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference in Amarillo/Canyon is just around the corner! Show your Nebraska Meat Science pride by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below to order your UNL RMC Tshirt today!

https://forms.gle/DdGPtvKJ2bmhmwpq7

Congratulations to all of our lab research assistants on their graduation this weekend! Undergrad and grad research assistants are the lifeblood of any working lab, and this week we saw 6 cross the stage and become UNL Alumni. This group is off to careers in the meat industry, building family businesses, applying to medical programs and veterinary school. We are so proud of yall and thankful for all the work you put in to make our lab what it is today! GBR 🥩🥓

Undergrad Assistants:
Joshua Abbott, 2 yrs Quiz Bowl Team
Mattison Beattie, Meat Judging Team
Claire Thompson
Johanna Knoerzer

Graduate Assistants:
Kara Reynolds, Masters, Meat Judging Coach
Grace Johnson, Masters

A special congrats to our other meat group affiliated graduates!
Larissa Meier, UG Research Asst, NUTrack, Dr. Schmidt
Noah Summers, Loeffel Meat Lab Worker, Meat Judging
Storey Forster, Masters under Dr. Schmidt
Bo Garcia, PhD under Dr. Reiling

Congratulations to our own Dr. Ty Schmidt for receiving the Sustained Excellence in Teaching & Learning Faculty Award!!

Dr. Schmidt teaches Fresh Meats, the Krutsinger Beef Industry Scholars Issues class, Physiology and Anatomy Lab. These courses play a vital role in our meat science curriculum and we are thankful for Dr. Schmidt’s hard work!

Congratulations to Sarah Vos and Ty Schmidt on being presented awards at the 2026 College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Awards Luncheon. Vos received the Graduate Teaching & Learning Assistant Award, and Schmidt received the Sustained Excellence in Teaching & Learning Faculty Award!

Let’s keep the celebration train going!
Congratulations to Grace Johnson on the successful defense of her masters thesis today!

Grace served as an UG and graduate research assistant, meat lab worker, and was a part of the UNL Quiz Bowl Team during her tenure with the meat science group and will be dearly missed!❤️🥩

Grace was advised by Dr. Jordan Wicks and committee members Drs Sullivan & Dennis.

We would like to congratulate Kara Reynolds on the successful defense of her masters thesis today!

Kara will be greatly missed as part of our research lab and we wish her the best as she pursues a career in the meat industry!! ❤️🥩

Kara was advised by Dr. Gary Sullivan and committee members Drs Wicks & Danao.

Congratulations to graduate student Brooke Parrish (PhD student, Dr Ty Schmidt) for winning the $20,000 grand prize at the 3rd Annual Governor’s New Venture Competition!!

Brooke and former Schmidt graduate student Aaron Holliday are cofounders of startup FuturHerd Solutions, LLC, a company aiming to use autonomous robotics to reduce piglet mortality.