News Stories
Houston Native, 57, Becomes Oldest to Get Veterinary Medical Degree
May 3, 2005 – At age 57, Pat Ryan says she is dog-gone tired. When she receives her degree next week (Thursday, May 12) from Texas A&M University ‘s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Houston native will become the oldest person ever in Texas to graduate with a veterinary medicine degree. It’s […]
First Cloned Horse in North America Born at Texas A&M
WHAT: In what is believed to be the first success of its kind in North America, researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University have successfully cloned a horse. The privately owned colt named Paris Texas was cloned from the adult skin cells biopsied from its genetic donor by […]
Outstanding Veterinary Alumni To Be Honored
(COLLEGE STATION, TX) – The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, will be honoring five outstanding alumni at a ceremony on April 15, 2005, at the George Bush Library Conference Center. Brigadier General Michael B. Cates, DVM, Class of `80, is the highest-ranking veterinarian in the United States armed forces serving […]
AVMA Presidents
COLLEGE STATION, Mar. 11, 2005 – Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has a unique dual distinction – that of having a professor and a student head the top two veterinary posts in the country. Travis McDermott, a third-year veterinary student from La Grange , will be installed as the student […]
Jeff Corwin to Speak at SAVMA Symposium
COLLEGE STATION – Jeff Corwin, 2-time Emmy award-winning host of Animal Planet Network’s wildlife adventure series The Jeff Corwin Experience , will speak to veterinary students at Rudder Theater Saturday, March 12, as part of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association’s (SAVMA) Symposium hosted this year by Texas A&M University ‘s College of Veterinary Medicine […]
Texas A&M Contest Winners Recognized
COLLEGE STATION – Student winners of a drawing/essay contest co-sponsored by Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences PEER program and the University’s Chapter of Sigma Xi, Office of the Provost, will be recognized at a dinner held on March 8 at the University’s Presidential Conference Center. The Partnership for Environmental Education […]
Texas A&M Professors Reach Out to Budding Scientists
Scientists from Texas A&M University have shared their passion for science by visiting more than 30,000 students in their classrooms over the past five years as a result of PEER (Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health), an innovative outreach program of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Lighting a fire in youngsters […]
Womack Awarded $1 Million Grant For Cattle Genome Research
(COLLEGE STATION) Dr. James E. Womack, a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a $1 million research grant from the Robert J. Kleberg and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation for cattle genome research. Womack was the […]
Economic Impact Report
In the first study of its kind, the field of veterinary medicine is credited with having a $1.72 billion economic impact on the state of Texas. Veterinary medicine services total $827 million annually, and when the multiplier effect – how much each dollar generates in related revenue is applied – more than $1.72 billion is […]
Dr. Woytek Receives Prestigious Texas A&M Foundation Award
COLLEGE STATION – January 1, 2005 – Dr. Oscar “Bubba” Woytek, Sr. Director of Development for Texas A&M University ‘s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Texas A&M Foundation Trustee Award “Dr. Woytek has been a positive force on the development team at the Foundation for the […]
