Smithsonian Mobile Exhibit Explores the Human–Animal Bond
“Animal Connections” Comes to College Station From the cows that provide the milk for a bowl of cereal to the deer nibbling on a shrub in the park, and from sea lions working with their trainers at the zoo to puppies chasing balls in the yard, the connections humans have with animals are vast. This […]
A&M Veterinary Students at the Houston Cat Show
COLLEGE STATION, TX – For the past several years, representatives of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have been attending the Houston Cat Club Annual Charity Cat Show. At this year’s show, held last weekend, veterinary students interested in feline practice staffed one of more than 40 booths and answered […]
Texas A&M Holds Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Training Program Conference
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Over the course of the summer, twenty-three veterinary medical students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences had the opportunity to move from the classroom into the laboratory to learn about veterinary medical research through the Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Program (VMSRTP), which culminated with a conference. […]
Texas A&M Kicks Off Spring Graduation Activities Thursday By Awarding 129 DVM Degrees
COLLEGE STATION-Spring graduation ceremonies at Texas A&M University kick off Thursday (May 9) when the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) awards 129 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees. The awarding of degrees at the 2:00 p.m. ceremonies in Rudder Auditorium will follow an address by R. H. (Steve) Stevens, Jr., chairman of the […]
CVM SCAAEP Reaches National Audience with its Annual Technical Skills Lab
Two hundred and fifty veterinary students from all over the nation braved the chilly morning of January 21, 2012, to participate in one of the largest technical skills labs in the nation. For seventeen years, the Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP) has hosted a workshop at the Texas A&M College […]
Texas A&M Professor Delivers 2011 Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture to Equine Practitioners
Cohen, an expert in epidemiology and equine infectious disease, has presented numerous lectures nationally and internationally on applying principles of epidemiology, the branch of medical science concerned with the occurrence, transmission, and control of diseases, to specific areas of equine practice, including racing injuries, gastrointestinal disease, evidence-based medicine, and infectious disease. “When most practitioners think […]
SCAVMA World Rabies Day Clinic and St. Francis Fest
The Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association (SCAVMA) at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is organizing a low cost vaccination clinic on Oct. 1, 2011 in honor of World Rabies Day. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Saint Francis Church located […]
CVM’s SCAAFP Attends Annual Charity Cat Show
The Texas A&M veterinary students staffed a booth throughout the show where they answered questions about the college’s various programs in feline medicine and discussed careers in veterinary medicine with aspiring veterinarians and their parents. In addition to the veterinary student’s contribution, this year the department of small animal clinical sciences and the development office […]
Tizard Announced as 2011 Convocation Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ian Tizard, Richard M. Schubot Professor of Exotic Bird Health in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been selected as the keynote speaker for the 2011 Freshman Convocation on August 28, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in Reed Arena. In the spirit of […]
“Superbug” Author to Speak Next Week at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Nov. 24, 2010 – Journalist Maryn McKenna, who wrote “Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA” and “Beating Back the Devil,” will speak on public health Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 29-30) at Texas A&M University. She will present “Superbug: The Story and the Book” – an account of the global epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus […]
