News Briefs
BIMS Students Inducted into Maroon Coats Program
Two students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences are among the 20 selected to serve in the latest cohort of the Texas A&M Foundation’s Maroon Coats ambassador program. Junior biomedical sciences majors Ryan Bindel, from Mansfield, and Elizabeth Nevins, from Plano, were welcomed into the 10th class of Maroon Coats […]
Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Uses the SynDaver Surgical Canine–A Futuristic Model–for Training Veterinary Students
COLLEGE STATION, Texas-–The College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) at Texas A&M; University will soon be using the SynDaver Surgical Canine, as a component of its surgical training program. Students from the doctor of veterinary medicine program in the CVM will begin using the Surgical Canine during the 2017-18 school year. The SynDaver […]
Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Participates in Aggies Invent
As veterinary care evolves and pet owners look for more personalized, convenient, and affordable resources to ensure their companions are happy and healthy, students focused on veterinary care are “stepping up.” Six teams of students representing veterinary medicine, agriculture, and engineering met over a weekend in early April to participate in “Aggies Invent” – an […]
Texas A&M Professor Andersson’s Study Has Significant Implications for Atlantic Herring
COLLEGE STATION, TX- A study published in PNAS, led by Leif Andersson, professor at Uppsala University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and Texas A&M; University, has significant implications for how climate change may affect the reproduction of herring and other marine fishes. Scientists in Sweden and Canada have studied the genetic basis of reproduction […]
Texas A&M Professor Leads Study on Domestic Animals as Models for Evolutionary Processes
COLLEGE STATION, TX-In a new study published in PLoS Genetics, an international team of researchers report that two independent mutations are required to explain the development of the sex-linked barring pattern in chickens. Both mutations affect the function of CDKN2A, a tumor suppressor gene associated with melanoma in humans. Leif Andersson, Uppsala University, Swedish University […]
Dr. Bill Murphy Receives Presidential Impact Fellows Award
Dr. Bill Murphy, professor in the department of Veterinary Integrative Biomedical Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been recognized as one of the university’s rising stars as a member of the first faculty class of Presidential Impact Fellows Award recipients. The inaugural award was announced this year […]
Texas A&M Faculty Contribute to AVMA Global Food Security Summit
Four faculty members from the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) attended the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Global Food Security Summit, held in Washington, D.C., Feb. 9-11, 2017. The summit, titled “Food Security–Understanding the Role of Animal Health and Well-Being,” introduced and explored constructive public and private stakeholder partnerships between national and […]
Legislative Ladies Receive Aggie Welcome at CVM
Wives of members of the Texas State House and Senate were welcomed to the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on March 7 for a day of tours, talks, and socializing. The annual Legislative Ladies’ Day was an opportunity to meet CVM administration, faculty, interns, residents, and clients, while learning about […]
Students ‘Unite’ for Remembrance Day
One in every six veterinarians will consider suicide at some point during their career. To combat this statistic, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVM) joined with the #VetMedUnited movement on April 4 to remember veterinarians and veterinary students who have been lost to suicide. In addition to offering wellness carts […]
Thousands Visit College For Annual Open House
The sounds of laughter, joy, astonishment, glee—anything but silence—filled the CVM from one end to the other during another hugely successful Vet School Open House on April 1. Paintings of animals, sent in from elementary and middle schools across the country, lined the hallway walls of the VENI Building, adding color and beauty to an […]
