VTPB Team Earns University Patent Award
Three professors in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB) were among the 64 faculty members recognized by Texas A&M Technology Commercialization on May 4 with a Texas A&M Patent Award. Dr. Garry Adams, senior professor of veterinary pathobiology, and Drs. Allison Ficht and Thomas Ficht, both of […]
Stevenson Center Featured in Woman’s Day Magazine
The work of the Stevenson Companion Animal Care Center at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and resident/student Lauren Schwerdfeger are featured in Women’s Day magazine. The one-page article, found in the current edition, explores the “Rowdy Roommates” of the Stevenson Center, detailing the nearly 600 pets—including six miniature donkeys and […]
Texas A&M Foundation Trustees Honor Outstanding Students
The Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees named Brenda Castillo as one of two recipients of its fifth Outstanding Student Award during a dinner on May 3 at the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center on the Texas A&M University campus. Castillo, a graduating senior who is the first in her family to attend college, was […]
CVM Looks to the Future with Veterinary Innovation Summit
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) welcomed game-changers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and visionaries to the Veterinary Innovation Summit on April 28-30. At the event, veterinary and non-veterinary entrepreneurs and health professionals shared fresh perspectives on the latest technologies, debated controversial issues, fostered new ideas, and […]
Renowned Pathobiologist Discusses Vaccinology, Malaria at CVM
When Dr. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo was a child, his family moved from a small village in Colombia to a city of more than 80,000. No longer able to run “wild” as he did in his village, Patarroyo was given a comic book on Louis Pasteur—the renowned French microbiologist and chemist known for his discoveries of […]
Ramadoss Featured In ‘Pedagogy Project’ for Teaching Practices
In his classroom, Dr. Jay Ramadoss, assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology department (VTPP), employs a number of strategies to keep his students engaged. “Students learn to apply concepts in real-life scenarios,” Ramadoss said. “We use a balance between instructional and active learning, […]
CVM Honors Faculty, Students at Annual Convocation
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) recognized its faculty and students with 68 awards and more than $41,200 in prizes, not including in-kind awards of journal subscriptions and conference fees, on Friday, April 21. The CVM Honors and Awards Ceremony provides the college with an opportunity to reward and recognize […]
Veterinary Students Receive White Coats in Annual Ceremony
In the midst of family and friends, second-year veterinary students walked across the Rudder Auditorium stage on the Texas A&M University campus, where they were met by a mentor who was ready to arm each student with their white veterinarian’s coat, a symbol of reaching the halfway point of their educational careers. The annual White […]
Black Awarded for Commitment to Women’s Progress
Following her recognition as the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges’ (AAVMC) 2017 Patricia M. Lowrie Diversity Leader Scholarship recipient in March, Texas A&M veterinary student Erin Black has been honored with the Texas A&M University Women’s Resource Center’s 2017 Women’s Progress Student Award. Black received the award during the Accountability, Climate and Equity (ACE) […]
Hardegree Honored With LGBT+ Awareness Award
Austin Hardegree, a fourth-year veterinary student in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been recognized for his contributions in supporting and ensuring inclusivity in academia with one of the Broad Spectrum Veterinary Student Association’s (BSVSA) 2017 LGBT+ Veterinary Awareness Awards. Hardegree is among the six vet med students, faculty […]
