News Briefs
CVM Introduces Youth to Animal Health During Short Course
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) faculty and students provided an opportunity for 4-H students to learn about equine and food animal health during Texas A&M’s 64th annual Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 5-7. Leslie Easterwood, clinical assistant professor of equine community practice, said the short course participants were split into two […]
Aggies Bid Farewell to Reveille VIII
The Texas A&M community gathered together on the morning of Aug. 30 to pay tribute to the former “First Lady of Aggieland” Reveille VIII, who died on June 25. During the standing-room only ceremony, held at The Zone Plaza at Kyle Field, speakers including Texas A&M President Michael K. Young, vice president for Student Affairs […]
CVM Graduate Students Receive White Coats During Ceremony
Master’s and doctoral students in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) reaffirmed their commitment to their work and their promise to uphold the highest professional standards during the second annual Graduate Student Oath Ceremony on Aug. 23. During the event, students were welcomed with comments from Dr. Robert Burghardt, CVM […]
Girl Scouts have ‘Sweet’ Visit with VET
Each year during Girl Scout cookie season, the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council offers a “virtual cookie share,” through which cookies are donated to the council’s pre-determined choice. Scouts also collect donations in person and may choose to donate to a “brick and mortar” organization. This past cookie season our council designated the virtual […]
CVM-Hosted Scholars Symposium Breaks Attendance Records
More than 500 veterinary students from across the United States, Canada, and Europe converged at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) for three days of discussion on research and global health. The National Veterinary Scholars Symposium (NVSS) at the CVM, Aug. 2-4, included a record-breaking 663 guests who came to […]
CVM Welcomes DVM Class of 2022
Days before their peers returned to campus, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) newest veterinary students in the Class of 2022 arrived the Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC) for three days of getting to know each other, the facilities, and the faculty and administration. During the CVM Class of […]
Texas A&M Receives Funding
West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) and the Texas A&M Veterinary Education, Research & Outreach (VERO) Center received a four-year, $243,500 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Project director Dee Griffin, DVM, and co-director Dan Posey, DVM, both Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences faculty, relocated to WTAMU […]
Former Texas A&M Mascot Reveille VIII Dies At Age 12
COLLEGE STATION, June 25, 2018 – Former Texas A&M University mascot and “First Lady of Aggieland” Reveille VIII, who served from August 2008 until her retirement to Texas A&M’s Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center in May 2015, passed away Monday, June 25. She was 12 years old. Veterinarians and student caretakers at the Stevenson Center […]
Texas A&M Researchers Document Genetic Copy-Number Changes in Roundworm Model
Diseases such as cancer and other chronic ailments are the result of copy-number changes in our genome, that is, when certain genes are accidentally duplicated to create extra copies or when genes are deleted so that they exist in fewer copies than normal. In addition to potential hazards to our health, changes in gene copy-number […]
Texas A&M Researchers Help Preserve History Through Equine Genetics Study
From the stunning rock formations to the fields of wild flowers, the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota offers more than 70,000 acres of adventure. The park is also home to some of the most majestic and breathtaking animals in the United States—wild horses. “Legend has it that the Teddy Roosevelt horses are descendants […]
