Education
AAEP names Moyer vice president for 2009
October 1st 2008LEXINGTON, KY. - William Moyer, DVM, professor of sports medicine and head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was named 2009 vice president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP).
Veterinary college dean takes over as university provost
September 29th 2008Pullman, Wash. -- Washington State University (WSU) College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Dr. Warwick Bayly began also serving as WSU provost Sept. 23, when Provost Steven Hoch filed a last-minute personal-leave request after less than two months on the job
Novartis doles out five-year $625,000 grant to NCSU
September 1st 2008North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine received a $625,000 grant from Novartis Animal Health US Inc., to support the clinical trials program administered by the college's Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research.
NCSU veterinary college receives $625,000 research grant
August 7th 2008Greensboro, N.C. -- North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine received a $625,000 grant from Novartis Animal Health US Inc., to support the clinical trials program administered by the college's Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research.
Alternative energy source blowing in the wind at Tufts veterinary school
August 3rd 2008North Grafton, Mass. - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University will conduct a feasibility study later this year to determine whether winds blowing across the campus are strong enough to generate power, Dean Deborah Kochevar announced.
Former OSU veterinary dean named to research panel
July 26th 2008Columbus, Ohio - The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) has selected Dr. Thomas Rosol, an Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine professor in the department of veterinary biosciences and former veterinary college dean, as the newest member of its Science Policy Committee.
Porcine disease research gets boost from USDA
July 22nd 2008Urbana, Ill. - A $400,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine will help provide more clues about how the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus evades the immune system.
Veterinary college welcomes new administrator
July 20th 2008Columbia, Mo. - A long-time professor and chairman at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine is taking over the post of academic affairs associate dean Sept. 1 to make sure the school's curriculum matches the fast-changing pace of the profession.
Interim teaching hospital director makes it official
July 16th 2008Blacksburg, Va. - Dr. F. William "Bill" Pierson, interim director of the veterinary teaching hospital at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech since last July, now has officially been named to the full-time veterinary teaching hospital director position.