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News: Multispecies Animal Learning Complex (MALC)

  • Waterman - Multispecies Animal Learning Center Begins to Take Shape

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | November 25, 2024
    The Waterman – Multispecies Animal Learning Center (MALC) facility is beginning to take shape as crews have finished pouring the concrete foundations for the main arena and the structural steel has begun to arrive to start going vertical.“Since beginning mass excavation and grading in July, more than 50,000 cubic yards of dirt have been moved on site,” said Chris Kuhn, project manager of the MALC...
    A view of the MALC site from a drone.

  • In the News: Ohio State University is building a dairy in Columbus

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | August 15, 2024
    As highlighted by the American School and University, The Ohio State University is building a state-of-the-art dairy facility at the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory. "With the latest technologies being installed on Ohio Dairy farms, this new dairy facility will provide more opportunities for hands-on exp...
    Waterman Multispecies Animal Learning Center rendering

  • In the News: Ohio State Advancing Animal Agriculture with new Waterman Dairy

    holman.126@osu.edu | July 26, 2024
    Construction of a new state-of-the-art dairy facility, adjacent to the Multispecies Animal Learning Center (MALC) facility, will soon begin to take shape at the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory. The Waterman Dairy will be located on the site of the previous dairy at Waterman. "The project will bring a modern small-scale, fully autonomous dairy to the College of Food, Ag...
    dairy barn

  • In the News: Ohio State breaks ground on Multispecies Animal Learning Center

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | February 5, 2024
    As highlighted by Ohio State News, The Ohio State University broke ground on the $52 million Multispecies Animal Learning Center (MALC), which will advance student learning and workforce development in animal agriculture. "It’s going to benefit the industry by being a hub for research and workforce development," said Ohio State President Walter "Ted" Carter Jr., who spoke at the groundbreaki...
    MALC Groundbreaking

  • In the News: MALC Groundbreaking

    hedman.11@osu.edu | February 5, 2024
    Ohio's Country Journal spotlighted the Multispecies Animal Learning Center (MALC) groundbreaking held at Ohio State on Tuesday, January 30. According to the news outlet, the $52 million project will build the state-of-the-art facility at Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory on the Columbus campus to support the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).&n...
    Waterman Multispecies Animal Learning Center rendering

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