Category: Member News

Almost 25 years after that first visit, Kotlikoff is now looking ahead to another career transition. On July 1, he assumes the role of Cornell’s interim president following the retirement of Cornell’s 14th president, Martha E. Pollack. He will serve until 2026.

Shortly after Charla Nash and her two-year-old daughter Brynlee returned from a vacation to Florida, their English Bulldog Maisie swallowed Brynlee’s souvenir from the trip — a little rubber duckie with a pink bow on its head. “Brynlee took it out of the suitcase and dropped it, and Maisie picked it up thinking it was […]

The Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences welcomed Jessica McArt, D.V.M.’07, Ph.D.’13, as its new chair on July 1. McArt assumes this leadership position after taking a year-long sabbatical in Australia.

A Night to Remember—Celebrating 75 Years! Trina J Wood July 01, 2024 Trina Wood Dreams do come true at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, as witnessed at the 75th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, June 29, at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.  As guests arrived decked out in a mix of Country Music Awards attire […]

In this episode of the Disease Du Jour podcast, Dr. Elizabeth Acutt talks about acquiring quality radiographs in the field.

Dr. Mary Lassaline debunks a pervasive myth about dog vision.

The anticipated celebration of America’s Independence Day calls for an annual celebration full of fireworks, grilling, and cheers. Amid the fun-filled chaos, however, sometimes lies the overlooked care of pets that may have a contrasting and much more fear-filled perspective of the Fourth of July. Dr. Christine Rutter, a clinical associate professor of emergency and […]

My name is Meghan Chung, I’m a fourth-year veterinary student focusing in zoological medicine. I am currently rotating through the May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina.  The May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center annually admits more than 1,500 injured or orphaned wildlife patients from the western part of North Carolina. […]

You might have heard that dogs “don’t sweat.” This is not true, but in a way it’s a useful myth—because, while dogs do have sweat glands, they don’t keep cool by sweating like humans do. 

Wildlife experts have developed a regional computer model – and user-friendly app – that predicts counties in 16 states where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease in deer, helping them conserve scarce money and labor resources.