News Briefs
On Capitol Hill for AAVMC
What a privilege to spend time on Capitol Hill this month with Representative Bill Flores from Texas’ 17th Congressional District and House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway along with faculty, veterinarians, AAVMC members, deans from other veterinary colleges, Aggie interns working at the Capitol, and of course our awesome government relations people, who helped to plan […]
Erin Black Receives the Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award
Erin Black, a third-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, won the Western Veterinary Conference’s (WVC) Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award for her leadership and commitment in the veterinary profession. Black was awarded $1,000 and complimentary registration, lodging, airfare, and a stipend to attend the 2016 WVC Annual […]
Texas A&M University Welcomes Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick visited the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) on Feb. 15. The CVM was honored to host Lieutenant Governor Patrick’s first tour of the CVM’s facilities, share with him the many ways the world-renowned veterinary college serves Texas and impacts Texans, […]
Small Animal Hospital Opens Remodeled Lobby
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – On Monday, Feb. 8, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) opened its doors to a newly remodeled front lobby at the Small Animal Hospital. The new lobby’s total square footage has expanded to 2300 square feet—another 1500 square feet of renovation will begin shortly. Operations of […]
Texas A&M Faculty and Researchers Develop Chagas Case Study Learning Module
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Faculty and researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have turned the recent increase in Chagas disease cases in Texas into a learning opportunity by developing an online case study learning module. The case study was one of only 15 selected for webpublication by the […]
Texas A&M Veterinarian Varner Honored With David E. Bartlett Lifetime Achievement Award
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Dr. Dickson Varner, professor and Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) at Texas A&M University, has been named the recipient of the David E. Bartlett Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society […]
Texas A&M Professor Leads Team Awarded $1 Million Food Safety Grant from USDA
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The USDA recently announced 35 Food Safety Grants, one of which was awarded to a team led by Texas A&M professor Dr. H. Morgan Scott, from the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), based on its research on antimicrobial resistance. The grant funding […]
Texas A&M Professor Awarded the Prestigious Nilsson-Ehle Gold Medal
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Dr. Leif Andersson, professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and at Uppsala University in Sweden, received the Royal Swedish Academy of Forestry and Agriculture’s Nilsson-Ehle Gold Medal for his research in animal genetics. Named after the pioneering geneticist […]
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Symposium
On Jan. 27 and 28 a record number of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the CVM participated in the 2016 Spring Research Symposium. The symposium consisted of both oral and poster presentations. The two-day program accommodated more than 80 presenters. A banquet and awards dinner at Pebble Creek Country Club honored participants and recognized […]
Texas A&M Researchers Discover How Hexavalent Chromium Impacts Early Ovarian Development
Hexavalent chromium (CrVI), a toxic form of the heavy metal chromium, is widely used in more than 50 industries such as welding and painting. Due to increased usage and improper disposal, CrVI contaminates the environment, including drinking water. New research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) indicates that, despite […]
