Category: Member News

Fecal microbiota transplants, or FMTs, are a magic bullet for patients with recurring infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), but researchers are only beginning to understand why. A new in-depth study of pre- and post-transplant microbiomes shows that FMTs result in an increase of bacteria that inhabit the same niche within the gut as C. […]

Jorge Colon, associate professor at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, will use the funding to support a teaching assistant for his class, Agile Innovation;

What was it like to be a veterinary student in the 1960s compared to students today at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM)?

Since classes began at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in mid-August, staff and students may have wondered if they’re seeing double when they pass by first-year veterinary students Kaylee and Madisyn Fulcher in the hallway.

We will update this page during the course of Hurricane Milton with information relevant to students as well as regarding closures/patient care at UF College of Veterinary Medicine/UF Veterinary Hospitals and our satellite facilities. Update: October 8, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. CVM College Operations: Students are dismissed at midnight Tuesday, Oct 8 and will return […]

California Raptor Center at UC Davis Plans Fall Open House Rob Warren October 08, 2024 The California Raptor Center at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine will host its annual Open House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 12. Julie Cotton, co-manager of operations at the California Raptor Center, holds a […]

Lilly Conteh is a third-year DVM/PhD student who followed her multidisciplinary interests to her dream project—mosquito disease transmission research that was kicked off at the USDA Veterinary Research Scholars Program.

In the past 10 years, only 11 Oklahoma State University researchers have had their research published in the prestigious journal, Science. The most recent, and the first in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s history, is Dr. Xufang Deng, assistant professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences.

While some people perceive mice as pests to be eradicated and others see them as cute and cuddly symbols of Disney magic, Dr. Joy Scaria sees something entirely different. At the forefront of microbiome research as Oklahoma State University’s Walter R. Sitlington Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases, Scaria views germ-free and humanized mice as innovative […]

For the Cornell Feline Health Center’s 50th birthday, we round up some of the cat-tastic discoveries it has facilitated.