News Briefs
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 […]
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 […]
Texas A&M University Hosts Meeting to Discuss Veterinary Biobanking
COLLEGE STATION, TX-The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) hosted a workshop on April 9-11 to address the future of veterinary biobanking. The participants convened at the new Texas A&M Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC) to discuss lessons learned from building human and veterinary biobanks. “When Dr. Patty Olson called to […]
