Texas A&M Veterinary Student Receives $75,000 Scholarship
Chelsea Folmar, a fourth-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), was one of three distinguished students selected to receive a $75,000 Coyote Rock Ranch Veterinary Scholarship from the Foundation for the Horse. The Coyote Rock Ranch Scholarship awards top veterinary school students who have a passion for […]
CVMBS Student Named Among Four Prestigious USDA Fellowship Recipients
Colette Nickodem, a second-year Ph.D. student in biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), is a recipient of the first United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Graduate Student Food Safety Fellowship. The fellowship, established […]
CVMBS Receives Fourth Consecutive HEED Award For Commitment To Diversity, Inclusion
From an integrated and inclusive curriculum to initiatives that make higher education accessible to students at all levels and training opportunities for faculty and staff, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) commitment to celebrating diversity and inclusion is multifaceted. For the CVMBS’ efforts over the years, the college has been […]
Hamer Lab Researcher Receives Campus-Wide Mentoring Award
Alyssa Meyers, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research associate in the Sarah A. Hamer Laboratory at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been awarded the 2019 Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Award for Mentoring by the Texas A&M organization Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). This annual award recognizes women on campus who […]
AAVMC Names Dean Eleanor Green Recipient of 2020 Billy E. Hooper Award
Washington, D.C., January 27, 2020 – The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has named Dr. Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University (TAMU), as the recipient of the 2020 AAVMC Billy E Hooper Award for Distinguished Service. The award is sponsored this year by the Stanton […]
CVM Students Compete in Feline Enrichment Final Contest
Four veterinary students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) placed as finalists in the American Association of Feline Practitioners’ (AAFP) 2019 Student Feline Enrichment Contest. Second-year veterinary student Jennifer Nary, third-year veterinary students Nicole Benard and Kate Rowatt, and fourth-year veterinary student Jill Starks attended the 2019 AAFP Conference […]
Texas A&M CVM Recognized With Third Consecutive Diversity Award
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is one of only two colleges of veterinary medicine in the nation to be named a third consecutive recipient of the 2019 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The national honor, announced Oct. 15, recognizes U.S. […]
CVM Students Win Top Prizes at Society for Theriogenology Conference
Two students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have won first and second place in the Veterinary Student Case Presentation Competition at the Society for Theriogenology’s annual conference in Savannah, Georgia. The competition required students to select and research a clinical case and then submit an abstract and develop […]
Cohen Receives Top-Level AVMA Clinical Research Award
Dr. Noah Cohen, a professor of large animal internal medicine in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department (VLCS), has been recognized with the 2019 Clinical Research Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for his contributions to equine medicine. The AVMA selected Cohen for […]
Texas A&M Small Animal Hospital Earns Gold-Level ‘Cat Friendly’ Designation
While dogs may have the reputation for being the friendliest of the companion animals, cats actually outnumber dogs in U.S. households. According to the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP), more than 86 million cats, compared to 78 million dogs, reside with families in America, yet dogs seem to receive more consistent and regular veterinary […]
