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Medford, Mass. -- The Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation named the dean of Tufts University's veterinary college its 2010 Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year.

Gainesville, Fla. -- Longtime faculty member Dr. Paul Gibbs has been named associate dean for the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology.

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Atlanta -- Hundreds of veterinary leaders will convene today to address multiple issues facing the veterinary profession at the American Veterinary Medical Association meeting here.

Brookings, S.D. -- Administrators at South Dakota State University voted recently to change the name of the school's Department of Veterinary Science to the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.

Stillwater, Okla. -- The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Alumni Association has launched a $1 million campaight for veterinary student scholarships as part of the university's Branding Success Campaign.

Knoxville, Tenn. -- UT's W.W. Armistead Veterinary Teaching Hospital will now be known as the UT W.W. Armistead Veterinary Medical Center.

Gainesville, Fla. -- Large-animal veterinarian Dana Zimmel is now interim chief of staff for both the large-animal and small-animal hospitals at the University of Florida College of Veterinary medicine.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Five veterinary education institutions in the United States and abroad will be visited for review by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (COE) by the end of 2010.

49-year-old veterinary student earns DVM after putting her aspirations on hold.

Large number of veterinary graduates still seeking more education rather than employment

After years of state cuts, many universities left with fewer funding choices

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A new measure requires veterinary schools to review and assess educational outcomes as it relates to clinical experiences.

A new DNA database is unveiled at UC-Davis.

Washington -- The North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium released an executive summary of its second national meeting yesterday.

An interview with U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader, DVM.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- New Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn sites will provide a variety of information about the Colorado State University's veterinary college.

Manhattan, Kan. -- A Kansas State University veterinary professor is working to develop a partnership between the university and China aimed at improving Chinese animal health education, research, government and industrial work force.

Gainesville, Fla. -- A cloned foal -- the first created using oocytes from a live mare -- was born at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine (UF) in March.

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Ithaca. N.Y. -- Cornell University?s College of Veterinary Medicine isn?t planning on waiting for customers to come through its hospital doors. Instead, the school has signed a 10-year lease to open the Cornell University Veterinary Specialists (CUVS), a satellite referral and 24-hour emergency care hospital, in the New York metro area, by early 2011.

West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University plans to expand its emergency services beginning July 1, as part of a collaborative effort with the Animal Emergency Clinic near the school.

St. Louis -- The goal of the meeting was to bring together a group of primary-care educators to talk about the real-world skills veterinary students need.

National Report -- The numbers of new veterinary graduates will increase by 3 percent this year.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Colorado State University has received a $15 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development to study the impact of climate change on global livestock systems, particularly those in developing countries.