UMaine Food Science Students Win Regional College Bowl
Contact: Denise Skonberg, (207) 581-1639
A team of University of Maine food science and human nutrition students won first place at the regional Institute of Food Technologists (ITF) College Bowl Competition at Rutgers University and now are preparing for national competition in New Orleans this summer.
The UMaine team beat Cornell, Rutgers, University of Massachusetts and Penn State over the weekend and now will represent the North Atlantic region at the Institute of Food Technologists national competition in June.
Team members include graduate students Suzanne Agro, Joe Galetti and Alison Lacombe, and senior Valerie Antonio, sophomore Rafael Garcia and senior Shaun Verrier, the team captain.
The “Jeopardy”-style competition tests students in areas of food science and technology, including food chemistry, microbiology, processing, engineering and food law.