Education

Schaumburg, Ill. -- After three years, AVMA Ed is ending its online continuing education, reports the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

College Station, Texas -- Tuition for first-year students at Texas A&M University?s (TAMU) College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences may jump $2,000 this fall, increasing by another $2,000 each year until 2015.

National Report -- The number of new veterinarians entering the market is up 2.92 percent over last year, with a total of 2,638 earning degrees from the nation's 28 veterinary colleges this spring.

Davis, Calif. -- A University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) veterinary professor has given up his position as chair of the medicine and epidemiology department at the school's veterinary college at the request of the university chancellor.

Davis, Calif. -- The $58.5 million research facility at UC-Davis veterinary school will bring together 50 faculty members from more than 24 disciplines.

Fort Collins, Colo. - A new company called VetDC will serve as a new arm of Colorado State University (CSU) to develop and market new products for the veterinary market.

National Report - The search for new deans of Oklahoma State University's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences and the University of California-Davis' (UC-Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine are well underway.

St. Paul, Min. - The University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center has opened a new trauma center designed to mimic the human model for clinical trauma care.

Magnolia, Ark. - Southern Arkansas University officials are talking about a new veterinary school.

Grafton, Mass. - Veterinarians at Tufts University discovered a new treatment for people suffering from E. coli poisoning.

St. Kitts -- Dr. David J. DeYoung will step down as dean of Ross University's veterinary school at the end of September.

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Ithaca, N.Y. -- Cornell has voluntarily quarantined the equine hospital at its College of Veterinary Medicine after confirming two cases of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1).

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Thibodaux, La. -- The untimely death of a young veterinarian has inspired others to create a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America

Cornell ranks at the top in the newest ranking of veterinary colleges.

The AVMA Council on Education accredits two new foreign veterinary colleges.