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Inspiration for a career in veterinary medicine often comes in furry packages! As the 2025 College of Veterinary Medicine Commencement Ceremony nears, the graduating Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students are reflecting on the animals that got them across the finish line.

When Lexi High takes the Veterinarian’s Oath this weekend, she will bring to it a determination that has been unwavering and the knowledge that she led the way for other doctor dreamers from North Carolina’s rural areas. In 2017, the Laurel Hill native was the first University of North Carolina-Pembroke undergraduate to be granted entrance […]

Cornell’s incubator Class of 2025, composed of startups Llume, Meiogenix and TETmedical, is advancing innovations in human performance monitoring, non-GMO plant breeding and neurological critical care.

A groundbreaking approach to equine intestinal motility takes center stage as Drs. Barbara Delvescovo and Marta Cercone join us to discuss their pioneering research on ultrasound-guided celiac plexus blocks in horses.

Nine Cornell doctoral candidates have been inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.

Dr. Nick Jeffery examines a dog Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that dogs with meningiomas — the most common type of brain tumor in dogs — live longer if they receive radiation therapy rather than surgery. Together with collaborators at clinics in the United States, […]

Dr. Leif Andersson Dr. Leif Andersson, a professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, has been awarded the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters’ Grand Prize for his outstanding contribution to genome biology of domestic animals and natural animal populations. At the society’s annual […]

Luke Gibson, photos by Ryleigh Rejeck ’26, VMBS Marketing & Communications Growing up in Corpus Christi around his family’s many chickens and fish tanks, fourth-year veterinary student Luke Gibson has always been fascinated by the relationship that people have with their animals.  Now in the final semester of his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, […]

Dr. Cynda Crawford Cynda Crawford, M.S., Ph.D., D.V.M., the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Fredrica Saltzman Endowed Professor in Shelter Medicine and clinical associate professor in the college’s shelter medicine program, was honored with the 2025 Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ Meritorious Service Award, which annually recognizes individuals who have made sustained and meaningful contributions to […]

By Carlos Gabriel Falto Zeno I remember something my dad said to me the day I got accepted to my undergraduate school back home in Puerto Rico. He told me, “You know why they call it a ‘university’? It’s because you’ll have the whole universe to explore.” At first, I thought I understood what he […]