Category: Member News

Friday, June 24, 2022 – 9:10am Indy-thumbnail.jpg Thanks to the Petco grant, patients like Indy are able to receive vital cancer treatments that can help extend and improve life. Photo: provided As part of a long-standing partnership with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Petco Love has provided a $75,000 grant to subsidize the cost of […]

California loves its hummingbirds. But climate dangers loom (not verified) June 23, 2022 Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle Dr. Lisa Tell, professor of avian medicine at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, attempts to catch a hummingbird to record its size and fit it with a numbered band while working at the private residence of […]

Thursday, June 23, 2022 – 10:05am dean’s leaders inaugural group photo.JPG The inaugural cohort of the Dean’s Leaders Program gathered for an induction ceremony on June 6, 2022. Photo: Carol Jennings/CVM On June 6, the College of Veterinary Medicine inducted the inaugural members of the Dean’s Leaders Program. The program, first developed in spring of […]

A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) research chair position at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) will focus on the health of pollinators that play an integral role in global food production and agricultural sustainability.

Jasmine Morgan, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in veterinary and biomedical sciences, was selected as the 2022 Outstanding Senior in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.  

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 – 10:26am 2-survivor and 1yro offspring foraging.jpg A new publication from Cornell details the crows’ survival and the species’ possible adaptation to West Nile virus. Here, one of the surviving crows forages with its offspring. Photo: Dr. Anne Clark West Nile virus may no longer be a death sentence to crows. In […]

Bob and Jane DeMeulmester of Vass live in the heart of horse country in the North Carolina sandhills. In addition to owning competitive horses – Jane participates in equestrian jumping events – they are the producers of Banixx Horse and Pet Care products.  In both their competitive and professional capacities, they have taken advantage of […]

Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – 10:32am 1- Drag Show History Talk with Tilia Cordata.jpg Broad Spectrum arranged for local drag queen, Tilia Cordata,  to educate the CVM community on the artform, history and culture of drag. From left to right: Amanda Flanagan, D.V.M. ’24; Collin Gier, D.V.M. ’24; Kelsey McCarthy, D.V.M. ’23; Tilia Cordata; Sabrina […]

“It was not a fun surprise,” said Dr. Shawna Hawkins, a zoo and wildlife veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The post Not Just for the Birds: Avian Influenza Is Also Felling Wild Mammals appeared first on School of Veterinary Medicine.