USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are recognizing Dr. Darrin Karcher as the recipient of the annual Dr. Charles Beard Research Excellence Award. Karcher is an associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., and an adjunct associate professor of animal sciences at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The award is named in honor of Charles Beard, former director of the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory and former vice president of research at USPOULTRY.