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New high school scholarship aims to diversify veterinary medicine

Monday, March 1, 2021 – 10:28am DSC00419.jpg High school students attend CVM’s precollege studies course, Veterinary Medicine: Small Animal Practice, during pre-COVID times. Moving forward, this course will have greater diversity thanks to a new scholarship that recruits students from under-represented backgrounds. Photo: Cornell Vet. The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has created a new […]

Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs Willow, a house-trained golden retriever, seemed young to be experiencing incontinence. Not long after her owner, Jordan LaCasse, had her spayed, Willow began dribbling urine all over the house. “At first […]

FDA Approves a Third COVID-19 Vaccine

Cummings School veterinary pathologist aided research behind new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson On Feb. 27 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson for emergency use to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The new vaccine from Johnson & Johnson was shown to be 72 percent effective in […]

Equine Medical Director Dr. Rick Arthur to Retire

Equine Medical Director Dr. Rick Arthur to Retire Trina Wood February 26, 2021 Dr. Rick Arthur Equine Medical Director Dr. Rick Arthur will be retiring after 15 years of distinguished service in this position. An expert on horse racing injuries, regulation, drug testing, anabolic steroids, medications, veterinary procedures and pre-race veterinary examinations, Arthur provided valuable […]

Alumni Feature: Dr. Tracie E. Bunton

In celebration of Black History Month, the College features Dr. Tracie E. Bunton, who was the College’s first Black female veterinary graduate.

Alumni Feature: Dr. Ann R. Donoghue

As the College celebrates Women in Research this month, we recognize the many scientific contributions of our veterinary alumnae like Dr. Ann Donoghue!

Hooked on public good

For Lisa M. Lee, moving the needle on social justice is a big part of ethics — thinking not only about what public health can do to prevent disease and illness, but what and how it should do it.

NC State Veterinary Medicine Research Roundup, February 2021

A look at some of the latest published research from the CVM. Cattle Pain Management A survey of producers and veterinarians offers differing perspectives toward pain management practices in the United States cattle industry. The study, published in Animals, found that producers most often cited drug cost, availability and logistics for administration as factors impacting […]

OVC Researchers Further Heart Research

At the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), several researchers are focusing on heart health and disease. During February, Canada’s annual Heart Month, we are highlighting some of this ongoing work. Heart Month is a time to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health, as well as what can be done to prevent […]