2025 CALS Investiture Ceremony
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences honors faculty members who have earned named professorships for their research and scholarly accomplishments. These prestigious awards are the highest faculty honors bestowed by the college or their academic department and are made possible by the generosity of our donors. CALS is a global leader in the life sciences and agriculture and these outstanding faculty are instrumental in our impact. The 2025 Professorship Investiture Ceremony was hosted on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Memorial Union.
The Department of Food Science is proud to announce that assistant professor Tu-Anh Huynh was awarded the Fritz Friday Chair in Vegetable Processing Research. The chair was established by Fritz Friday (BS’55), owner and CEO of the Friday Canning Corporation in New Richmond, Wisconsin, to support a CALS faculty member who demonstrates outstanding research and service in vegetable processing. Huynh’s research focuses on the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, which is the leading cause of foodborne illness mortality. She investigates the mechanisms of Listeria stress response and pathogenesis, works to understand the interactions of Listeria with resident microbiota, and develops natural antimicrobials for food safety applications.