News Briefs
Students Explore Veterinary Challenges At Inaugural Bootcamp
The landscape of animal health and veterinary medicine is changing constantly, and students need to learn how to be prepared to adapt in this ever-changing environment. To highlight current and upcoming changes in the veterinary world, familiarize students with resources that can prepare them for and adapt to these changes, and introduce those students to […]
CET Workshop To Provide Tips For Elevating Teaching
The Center for Educational Technologies (CET) and Instructional Technology Services will offer advice for elevating professors’ teaching as part of the Lunch & Learn Workshop Series on Tuesday (Nov. 13). “Active Learning Classroom Techniques” will be presented from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in VIDI Building Room 223. During the workshop, participants will explore how […]
CVM Communications Earns Three Silver Quill Awards
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Communications office was recognized with three Silver Quill awards, presented by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Jennie L. Lamb, a graphic designer in CVM Communications, attended the IABC Southern Region connect18 Conference in Nashville last month, during which she presented on “10 […]
Dean Talks About Future At Henry Schein Summit
Dr. Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, delivered a presentation on “The Future is Here: Are We Ready” to a group of approximately 600 veterinarians, technicians, and office managers who participated in the Henry Schein Animal Veterinary Summit. The summit, an annual customer meeting held Oct. 10-12 […]
VET Assists Search Teams Following Junction Flooding
When local authorities were unable to find four of the people who went missing following severe weather that led to flooding along the Llano River, the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) was called upon to join the Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) water rescue squads in Junction, Texas, in the search efforts. Twelve VET […]
Texas A&M Center Secures Funding To Continue Tissue Chip Testing And Promotion
Following the completion of their first two years of comprehensive, independent testing of 11 tissue chips, researchers in the Tissue Chip Validation Center at Texas A&M University (TEX-VAL) have been successful in securing a competitive renewal award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive, multi-million-dollar grant from the NIH’s National Center for Advancing […]
CVM Welcomes New Hospital Clinicians, PPO Staff Members
A lot of new faces have appeared at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) as departments welcomed new faculty and staff members over the past two months. Emma Warry has joined the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (VSCS) as a clinical associate professor of medical oncology. Warry obtained her […]
Texas A&M CVM’s Varner Inducted Into UK Equine Research Hall of Fame
Dickson Varner, a professor of equine theriogenology and the Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), is one of three scientists who has been inducted into the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Equine Research Hall of Fame. Varner and fellow inductees Thomas Divers […]
Renowned Elephant Conservationist Visits CVM To Discuss Animal Tourism, Abuse
When world-renowned elephant conservationist Lek Chailert was a child, she witnessed animal abuse in her home country of Thailand, often stemming from animal-centered tourism. So, when she had the chance to do something about it, she did. In 1995, three years after she rescued her first elephant, she started Elephant Nature Park sanctuary in Chiang […]
Texas A&M CVM’s Fajt Recognized With Bovine Practitioner Excellence Award
Virginia Fajt, a clinical professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology (VTPP), has been honored for her sustained excellence in education, research, and service to the field of bovine medicine with the 2018 American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Award of Excellence. Fajt […]
