A total of 6 Masters and 3 Doctors graduated from the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM on Wednesday (1/22). The mean GPA of graduates for the Master Program is 3.82 and for the Doctoral Program is 3.83.

This was said by the Head of the Doctorate Study Program, Ir. Yuny Erwanto, S.Pt., M.P., Ph.D., IPM when delivering a remark at the graduation ceremony at the FAS UGM campus, Wednesday afternoon.

“The average study period of the Master Program graduates is 2 years 1 month and the average study period of the Doctorate Program graduates is 4 years 0 months. Thus, FAS UGM has graduated 777 Masters and 127 Doctors,” said Yuny. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM held a seminar for lecturers who have entered the retirement period, Prof. Dr. Ir. Sri Harimurti, SU and Dr. Ir. Setiyono, SU on Tuesday (7/1) at the Auditorium Drh. R. Soepardjo FAS UGM. The seminar presented the theme “The Role of Livestock in Producing Healthy Food Products”.

Prof. Dr. Ir. Sri Harimurti, SU is a lecturer at the Poultry Science Laboratory of FAS UGM. In the seminar, Prof. Sri Harimurti presented a presentation on “Probiotics of Indonesian Original Lactic Acid Bacteria as Alternative for Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry: Its Role for Intestinal Health and Food Safety for Meat and Eggs”. Meanwhile, Dr. Ir. Setiyono, SU who is a lecturer at the Meat Science and Technology Laboratory presented “Preparing Healthy Meat Products”. read more

Indonesia is on the ring of fire which is geographically very vulnerable to natural disasters. One problem that is often encountered is the difficulty of distributing logistics to disaster affected areas that are difficult to reach. For this reason, the idea of ​​packaging food that is durable, ASUH (safe, healthy, whole, and halal), inexpensive, highly nutritious, and easily distributed to disaster areas is needed at this time.

“One alternative food packaging that can preserve and maintain the quality of the product at present is retort pouch packaging, which is military plastic packaging that allows food to be easily distributed to affected areas,” said Dr. Ir. Endy Triyannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng., IPM, ASEAN Eng., Lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM when met at the FAS UGM campus, Friday (6/12). read more

Elisa Christian, student of the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM batch 2018, took part in cultural exchange and community service activities in three countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The activity entitled “Saudara Satu Negara” was carried out on 10-17 November 2019.

“In this activity, I attended a Community Development workshop at CoSpace Park National University of Singapore and the University of Malaya, visited a foreign cultural exchange center at the Malaysia Tourism Center (MaTic), and visited an orphanage in Thailand,” Elisa said when contacted Tuesday (3/12) at the FAS UGM campus. In the workshop, he learned about community empowerment with the potential they have. read more

Alumnus of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM batch 2014, Nisma Islami Maharani, became the Science Ambassador of the Center for Science and Technology Research (Puspiptek). She was appointed in the 2019 Puspiptek Innovation Festival (PIF) event on 3-6 October 2019.

“Being a Science of Ambassador is a great honor and pride for us as the nation’s successors. As a young face of science, it is necessary to develop more innovative, creative, and motivating ideas for the nation’s successors. We also want people to be aware that technology is very important,” Nisma said when contacted Tuesday (3/11). read more