Pullman, 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
Schaumburg, Ill. -- Make a donation to the American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee and earn money for your state VMA's scholarship fund or college scholarship fund.
WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed the Higher Education Reauthorization Bill into law, paving the way for a veterinary grant program that would increase the number of veterinarians in public health practice and research.
North Grafton, Mass. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) closed its investigation of a recent botulin toxin scare at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.
Baton Rouge -- Louisiana State University's (LSU) campus is set to reopen Sept. 5 following a Sept. 1 visit from Hurricane Gustav.
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.
The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine will welcome its fifth dean Oct. 1 with the appointment of Dr. James Thompson.
It's second straight 'Big Win' for OSU; school's SAVMA chapter receives cash, trophy
"The father of small-animal reproduction" sued the University of Florida for breach of contract after the associate professor received a layoff notice in May.
Two clinical research programs at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive $1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next four years.
Two veterinary colleges have been moved from full to limited accreditation, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE).
College Station, Texas -- A course originally sponsored to raise money for parrot research will do that and much more when it begins in January 2009.
Washington - The U.S. Senate earmarked funds to help veterinary students repay loans and ease the shortage of veterinarians in rural areas.
Fort Collins, Colo. -- Scientists can look deeper into why traditional tuberculosis treatments work so slowly and the reason for recurrence in an infected subject thanks to a $1.25 million Bill and Melinda Gates Grant.
Knoxville, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine will welcome its fifth dean Oct. 1 with the appointment of Dr. James Thompson.
Ithaca, N.Y. --C ornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has sights on strengthening its equine education and research programs following a the receipt of a $25,000 unrestricted gift from Plainfield Asset Management of Greenwich, Conn.
Greensboro, 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.
North 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.
Columbus, 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.
Raleigh, N.C. - Novartis Animal Health US Inc. contributed $625,000 to the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University to help support the school's clinical trials program.
Urbana, 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.
Stillwater, Okla. - The only full-service, 24-hour small-animal critical care center in Oklahoma recently got a $1 million helping hand.
Columbia, 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.
Urbana, Ill. - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine is preparing two new studies that will look at various treatments for common canine ailments.
Fort Collins, Colo. - A nonprofit business-development foundation at Colorado State University (CSU) has selected one of its own board members to lead the program into its second year.
Blacksburg, 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.
St. Paul, Minn. - Dr. Trevor Ames is the new dean of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, after holding the post of interim dean for a year.
Ithaca, N.Y. - Two clinical research programs at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive $1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next four years.
Limited licensure is not exactly a revolutionary concept.
Columbus, Ohio - Three years after taking the helm of the nation's largest land-grant veterinary college, the dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is stepping down.
