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By Grayson Walker More than 50,000 emails. Seven years. Two doctoral degrees. One College of Veterinary Medicine. My NC State journey poetically ends with becoming a veterinarian.  This journey started when I was 6. I would find injured critters in the woods surrounding our home and try to fix them. I soon converted a 90s-era laptop […]

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Two years ago, Craig Barnett sat proudly in the audience as his daughter, Dr. Alex Barnett, received her DVM degree and recited the Veterinarian’s Oath. This year, their roles will be reversed, and the cheers from their family’s seats will be extra loud. The Barnetts were the first father-daughter duo simultaneously enrolled at the NC State […]

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Class of 2024 will celebrate their achievements and years of hard work on May 3 at the annual Oath and Hooding ceremony. Held at 2 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum, the graduation ceremony will mark the official transition to becoming veterinarians. During the event, the graduates will all take the […]

(from left to right) Dr. EV Voltura, Dr. Bianca Murphy (Harrison’s Bird Foods), Dr. Greg Harrison, Dr. Sarah Hamer, and Debra Turner (Senior Research Associate and Aviary Manager, Schubot Center).Photo by Alyssa Moore ’27, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences The Texas A&M Schubot Center for Avian Health has received a $250,000 donation from […]

Dr. Dustin Major and Dr. John R. August The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) recognized 71 students, faculty, and staff at the 2024 Honors & Awards Ceremony on April 24. “The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences would not be the great institution it is without the […]

The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in a bottlenose dolphin recovered by the University of Florida marine animal rescue team marks the first time the virus has been identified in a cetacean in America. By Sarah Carey The case of a Florida bottlenose dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV […]

How Bird Flu Virus Fragments Get into Milk Sold in Stores, and What the Spread of H5N1 in Cows Means for the Dairy Industry and Milk Drinkers Rob Warren April 26, 2024 Noelia Silva del Rio, Terry Lehenbauer, Richard Pereira, Robert Moeller, Todd Cornish Cows typically get over avian flu in a couple of weeks, […]

Jacquelin Spring has been named the 2024 student marshal representing the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State’s spring commencement.