On October 18th 2018, a memorandum of understanding, was signed by Mark Cochran, Vice President-agriculture for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, and Stefan Jakob, Director of Research and Development in Nutrition and Animal Health at Adisseo.
This agreement aims to create professorship endowment* for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and research collaboration to promote further development of sustainable poultry nutrition strategies.
“The University of Arkansas is pleased to be establishing a close collaboration with Adisseo. We are convinced that this partnership will be highly beneficial for academic research and its translation into industry application”, Mark Cochran said.
“Once the endowed professorship position is filled, ongoing research at both institutions will be developed together and strengthened with broader projects”, Stefan Jakob said.
Then they celebrated this great commitment, with a gathering that brought together faculty and students from the University of Arkansas, researchers, scientists and technical staff from Adisseo.
To learn more: read the press release
Source : Press release from University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
* A professorship endowment : is a position permanently paid for with the revenue from an endowment fund specifically set up for that purpose. Typically, the position is designated to be in a certain department. The donor might be allowed to name the position.