News Stories
Study shows migratory songbirds can carry ticks into the United States
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – When billions of songbirds make their yearly trip from their winter homes in South and Central America to North America, they are not alone. Some migratory songbirds pick up hitchhikers-specifically ticks, according to a study from researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and the […]
Student Leaders Ready to Host National Event: Pride in New Facilities, Educational Opportunities Provide Inspiration for Task Ahead
Veterinary students Mike McEntire and Caitlin Conner are the senior and junior Texas A&M; College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) delegates, respectively, to the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA). Due to their dedication and willingness to tackle a challenge, Texas A&M; will be the host campus of the 2017 SAVMA National Symposium. […]
Research at Texas A&M uncovers new facets of blood vessel formation
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Researchers at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) are a step closer to understanding how blood vessels form. In a study published in Molecular Biology of the Cell and highlighted on the journal’s cover, Drs. Sankar P. Chaki, Rola Barhoumi, and Gonzalo Rivera identified the contribution of […]
VOICE Leaders
Angela Harrington and Erin Black, DVM students at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), are leaders in the organization Veterinary Students as One In Culture and Ethnicity (VOICE). They were both elected to their current posts at the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) Symposium in March 2015. What follows […]
A Visual Link to Human and Veterinary Medicine
At the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), modern medical imaging technology and techniques have transformed how researchers and doctors view and interpret cells and tissues. The CVM has assembled an unparalleled collection of advanced imaging technologies that are being used in basic, clinical, and translational research as well as diagnostic […]
Communicating Complexity and Transforming Interdisciplinary Research
When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the first questions that often come to mind are, “why did this happen to them,” and “what can I do.” Faced with this very situation, Dr. Ivan Ivanov, clinical associate professor in bioinformatics at the Texas A&M; College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), began a […]
Texas A&M Professor Receives the 2015 Piper Professor Award
COLLEGE STATION, May 18, 2015 – Dr. Louise Abbott of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences has been named a recipient of the 2015 Piper Professor Award, a prestigious faculty honor bestowed by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Ten Piper Professor Awards of $5,000 each are made annually to professors for […]
Making Room for Transformative Teaching
When the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences moves into its new complex in 2016, the space will be larger, modern, and full of light. More importantly, it will fundamentally change the way professors teach and students learn. The new facilities will foster learning rather than constraining it. “We spend a […]
Texas A&M Professors Collaborate to Take Up Fight Against Emerging Zoonotic Disease
A disease most people have never heard of, which has come to the Americas only in the last year, may soon become a major public health issue in the United States. Chikungunya (pronunciation: chik-en-gun-ye) virus has been recognized as the cause of periodic epidemics in Africa and Asia since the 1950s and has now spread […]
One Health Learning Community Provides High-Impact Educational Opportunities
“It has shown me that everything influences health,” said Katelyn Franck, an animal science major at Texas A&M; University. She was talking about the One Health learning community, a non-credit course experience for first-year students majoring in any of a variety of fields. It introduces them to the concept of One Health: the collaborative effort […]
