Category: Member News

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 – 11:49am FrontOfCollege-2.jpg In recognition of their leadership and impact in the field of large animal surgery, two members of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine community have been honored by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Photo: CVM In recognition of their leadership and impact in the field of large […]

Crude Awakenings Subtitle An Oil Spill, a Tiny Bird and a Big Care Network Trina Wood November 08, 2021 Kat Kerlin An oily plover is examined before being washed. (OWCN/UC Davis) It’s early October in Southern California, and Danene Birtell is psyching herself up to wash an oiled snowy plover.  “I can do this. I’ve […]

Doctors at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine had to get creative in helping a recent patient breathe following surgery to address an obstruction of his upper airway.

Researchers aim to determine if rapamycin can be used to treat preclinical dilated cardiomyopathy, the second most-common acquired cardiac disease in dogs. Dr. Sonya Gordon and Dr. Elizabeth Malcolm Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the second most-common acquired cardiac disease in dogs. In its early stage, called the preclinical stage, dogs are apparently healthy to their […]

Monday, November 8, 2021 – 11:16am Kahrs was born and raised in Lynbrook, New York. Photo: Bob Kahrs Robert Kahrs ’52, D.V.M. ’54, M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’65 — college alumnus, associate dean, bovine vaccine scholar and leader across veterinary institutions — died Oct. 28 in Colfax, North Carolina. He was 91. “Dr. Kahrs will be […]

Suresh Kuchipudi, clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine emphasized its commitment to modern farm animal practices and food security with the Oct. 29 groundbreaking of a $5.5 million dairy barn addition to the college’s iconic Teaching Animal Unit. With the new barn, the college will be ideally positioned for students to learn the latest in food […]

University of Saskatchewan PhD student Jensen Cherewyk has been awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious doctoral scholarships for leading-edge research into an overlooked compound formed by a toxic fungus in forage grasses and cereal grains that threatens human and animal food safety.

Dr. Dan Posey Dr. Dan Posey, the director for Student Recruitment and Professional Relationships at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has received the Southwest Veterinary Symposium’s (SWVS) 2021 Visionary of the Year Award for his contributions to veterinary education. The award is presented annually to an individual recognized by […]