News Stories
Texas A&M Cardiology Team Performs Lifesaving Surgery For Puppy
Irene Gamboa has loved dogs for as long as she can remember, so much so that her social media friends are almost exclusively dogs and puppies. Yet she didn’t have a dog of her own until fate intervened. What started as a Target run to visit her son who works at the big-box store in […]
Miller Begins Appointment As Stevenson Center Director, Continues Center’s Legacy
Dr. Sam Miller ‘91 begins his workday living an Aggie dream. As he passes through the front door of his office, Reveille IX greets him with an air of excitement fit for a retired queen of Aggieland. In September, Miller assumed the role of director of the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center, a facility on […]
Crouch Returns To VMBS As Assistant Dean For Admissions, Director For DEI
Dr. Elizabeth Crouch has been named the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) assistant dean for professional program admissions, a new position created to support enrollment for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. Crouch now also serves as the VMBS’ director for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a position that […]
Texas A&M Student Surgical Program Provides Kitten With Lifesaving Eye Surgery
Life as a stray kitten is hard, and Gwennie knows this better than most. In her first eight weeks of life, the calico domestic shorthair had already caught a virus that damaged her eyes and left her essentially blind. Fortunately, Gwennie was not on the streets for long and, once rescued, her owner and her […]
VMBS Launches Underserved Communities Internship To Expand Access To Veterinary Medicine
One out of every four American households with pets experiences barriers to veterinary care, according to a report by the Access to Veterinary Care Coalition. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) seeks to change that through a variety of outreach initiatives, including a new internship program focused on reaching underserved […]
Texas A&M Superfund Center Receives NIH Funding Renewal To Continue Research on Climate Change, Health
The Texas A&M University Superfund Research Center, housed within the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), has received a five-year renewal of its funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since its launch in 2017, the Superfund Center has focused on understanding […]
Texas A&M, Equine Reining Community Support Recovery Of Child’s Dream Foal
At 5 years old, many kids dream of owning a horse. Savannah Mize, however, only wanted one specific horse—the baby of her mare, Lady Bee Packin’, and the reining stallion Gunner Dun It Again, owned by Tripol Ranch. Growing up with a mother who worked in the performance horse industry, this was not an unusual […]
Texas A&M VMBS Receives Sixth Consecutive Excellence In Diversity Award
The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has received INSIGHT into Diversity’s Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the sixth consecutive year. The Health Professions HEED Award recognizes U.S. colleges of the health sciences that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. The VMBS is one […]
VERO Faculty Member Earns Prestigious Veterinary Preventive Medicine Diplomate Certification
Dr. Becky Eschmann, a faculty member with the Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) partnership between Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and West Texas A&M University’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture & Natural Sciences, recently earned the prestigious American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM) Diplomate certification. Only 10% […]
Veterinary Emergency Team Returns From Hurricane Ian Deployment In Florida
The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) has returned to Bryan-College Station from their latest mission that helped provide closure to survivors of Hurricane Ian, the deadliest storm to strike the state since 1935. During their deployment to Florida, which began on Oct. 4, the VET—assisted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Disaster Assessment and Recovery […]
