Category: Member News

Penn State’s Engaged Scholarship and Experiential Learning Seed Grant Program, offered through the University’s Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science, has awarded five teams funding to help students apply skills they are learning in class to meet the needs of an external partner or stakeholder. 

Building on its world-renowned leadership in researching the aging process, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is establishing a Center for Healthy Aging led by Dr. Natasha Olby, the Dr. Kady M. Gjessing and Rahna M. Davidson Distinguished Chair in Gerontology. The center will bring NC State faculty members from multiple disciplines under the same umbrella […]

Hector Aguilar-Carreño, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Marjolein van der Meulen, Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering, have been named associate vice provos

Medical expenses for newborn animals are generally unanticipated and can be substantial. The Big Babies Fund covers part of the medical expenses for clients in need, and are also used to support the training students and residents who will become veterinarians and specialists who can help these big babies.

Some scientific publications from CVM faculty members.

A canine gallbladder disease that involves the accumulation of abnormal mucus similar to that seen in human cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is caused by improper expression of the gene associated with CF in humans. The finding could have implications for human CF patients as well as for animal models of CF. The disease, gallbladder mucocele […]

For the next five to ten years, the John K. Kazmierczak ’69, D.V.M. ’72 scholarship will annually support a second-year student from New Jersey at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) with $5,000. 

Everybody wants to find a diamond in the rough, but no one wants their pig to develop diamond skin disease — an infection that can cause pain and discomfort and may lead to death if left untreated.  Dr. Kevin Washburn, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. […]

Hard Knocks for Nox, UC Berkeley’s Youngest Peregrine Falcon Subtitle But thanks to UC Davis veterinarians and other helpers, his broken wing is mending Rob Warren July 25, 2024 Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley Nox recovering at the California Raptor Center at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. His three siblings will soon fly away, […]

Dr. Jen Fridley and Ace As a veterinarian and pet owner, Dr. Jen Fridley is well accustomed to the human-animal bond. However, when she first met her horse Ace, she had no idea how much their special bond would come to shape her life and career. Together, Fridley and Ace highlight how the human-animal bond […]