Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
HIGHLIGHTS
A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Fall 1996

Message from the Chair

It wasn't long ago that faculty had their letters typed in the main office, the chair communicated by memos and records were stored in notebooks As you know, that has all changed with the computer.

Faculty do their own word-processing, the chair communicates by e-mail and records are stored on little chips. In the process, we've become much more efficient at what we do.

One of the lead articles in this issue of Highlights is about our new Department Web Page. By going to the World Wide Web and entering our address http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu , you can find information about our faculty and Extension specialists, staff, students and the Department Development Board. It will bring you up to date on our current teaching curricula, research programs, outreach activities and events.

Prospective students can find out about the courses we teach, scholarships and fellowships, internships, student clubs and job opportunities.

Animal producers can access information about their businesses, including software developed by our Extension specialists.

The department's Web Master, Abbas Ahmadi, tells me that we are getting 500 to 1500 hits a day on our home page from all over the globe. How did we ever get along without these little machines?

Ed Price