News Briefs
PEER Programs Work to Spark STEM Interest in Area Youth
Area students received lessons on veterinary medicine and birds during two recent PEER presentations. On May 22, PEER Fellows Lynanne Graf, Caitlin Spillers, and Anna Blick gave more than 90 Bryan Collegiate High School freshmen a peek into potential careers for veterinarians and the veterinary curriculum. The BCHS students examined how veterinarians can have multi-faceted […]
Quick Honored with Professorship in Teaching Excellence
Christopher Quick, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology in Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), is one of two Texas A&M University faculty members who has been selected for a 2017 University Professorship in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE). Texas A&M’s University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching are a […]
Dean Green Reflects on Past Year During ‘College Hour’
Dr. Eleanor M. Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), presented “A Year in Reflection” at the CVM’s College Hour on Friday, May 19, morning. The discussion included recent changes at the CVM during its centennial year in 2016, such as […]
CVM Celebrates End of ‘Year’ with Picnic
As the spring semester wound down, and the signs of summer begin to show, the CVM family took a moment to gather and celebrate an academic year filled with events and activities during the 17th Annual CVM Picnic. Faculty, staff, and students were treated to a barbecue lunch with an ice cream dessert in the […]
BIMS Graduation Highlighted by Student Speaker, Singer
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) 277 graduates were treated to inspiring words by a classmate and entertained by another classmate during their commencement exercises on May 11, at Reed Arena. Joel White—Aggie graduate, a Singing Cadets alumnus, and son of professor & Tom and Joan Read Chair in Veterinary […]
CVM Professor to Promote Worldwide Bone Health in Bulgaria
Though cancer treatment in the United States involves open and communicative relationships between doctors and patients, this isn’t always the case in European countries. Dr. Larry Suva, head of the Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), hopes to change this by participating in […]
Castiglioni Says ‘Goodbye’ As CVM Administrator
Faculty, staff, administrators, and students celebrated the service of Dr. Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and wished her a fond farewell as an administrator in the college during a reception on Monday, May 15, in the VENI Building’s Mark Francis Room. Castiglioni, who previously served as […]
VET Supports Van Zandt Recovery Efforts, Veterans
The College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) traveled across the eastern half of Texas to offer a healing hand to those afflicted by the tornadoes that struck Van Zandt County on April 29 and to support veterans and their service companion animals for Wounded Warriors’ Weekend, May 19-21. The […]
CVM Alumna Wins Excellence in Research Award
Rachel Curtis-Robles, who earned her doctorate in biomedical sciences in December from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), was one of 16 students or graduates recognized with a Distinguished Graduate Student Award by the Association of Former Students (AFS). Curtis-Robles was among seven selected from students across Texas A&M’s 17 colleges for […]
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 […]
