News Briefs
Texas A&M Graduate Student Earns NIEHS Superfund Externship Award
Krisa Camargo, a graduate research assistant in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Integrative Biosciences department and a pre-doctoral trainee with the Texas A&M University Superfund Research Center, has been recognized with a 2018 KC Donnelly Externship Award. Granted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Superfund Research […]
PEER Presents at Six College Station Area Schools
Fellows from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) PEER program gave six presentations at six different schools in various cities surrounding the College Station area during the week of May 21. While presenting on a variety of topics to audiences reach approximately 515 students from third through 12th grade, the […]
Committee Led by Rusyn Reviews Army Medical Protocols
Last fall, Ivan Rusyn, a professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), was asked by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to chair an ad hoc committee to review a report on how the Army approaches the medical cases of veterans who were […]
Students Head ‘West’ For Production Tour, Internships, Research
Twelve students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have headed to the Panhandle this summer as part of the college’s collaboration with West Texas A&M University. Through the Food Animal and Rural Practice Summer Internship Program, second-year veterinary students Jess Lawton and Kate Jimerson and third-year veterinary students Elizabeth […]
Small Animal Hospital Receives Donated Aquarium
A new aquarium in the lobby of the Small Animal Hospital, at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), has been donated in memory of Madlin Stevenson. Stevenson—an animal lover, artist, philanthropist, historian, and world traveler, with a generous, gentle soul, quick wit, and boundless energy—is the namesake and a major original supporter of […]
CE Partners with TEVA to Offer Online Courses
The Texas A&M Continuing Education (CE) office has partnered with the Texas Equine Veterinary Association (TEVA) to offer interactive online continuing education starting in 2018. For the web-based courses, participants who register online are introduced to a case, either through TEVA’s Remuda publication or the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) […]
Parker Explores Potential Collaborations in France, Germany
Dr. Gerald Parker, associate dean for Global One Health in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), traveled across Europe in April to give a keynote address at a military veterinary symposium and working to build strategic relationships that would allow for mutually beneficial collaborations. In Lyon, France, Parker, Scowcroft Institute […]
Endowment Honors Retired Animal Genomics Professor
Though Dr. Jim Womack, a distinguished professor emeritus in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Pathobiology retired last year after 40 years of service, his legacy has continued both through his influence on his students and now through the establishment of the Jim Womack Endowed Fund in […]
VET Reaches Across State with Recent Activities
The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) has had a busy month, traveling around the state to highlight the team’s partnership with the Banfield Foundation, presenting at the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) conference, and offering veterinary services to the animals of veterans for the annual Wounded Warrior event. Raising Awareness in Houston In […]
CVM Celebrates Employees, Students at Annual Picnic
Faculty, staff, and students were treated to a barbecue lunch with an ice cream dessert in the Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC) Courtyard during the 18th CVM Picnic on May 18. The annual activity provides an opportunity for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) family to gather and celebrate an […]
