Texas A&M PEER Program Promotes Veterinary Medicine At Franklin ISD STEAM Night
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) program introduced 670 elementary students to the world of veterinary medicine at the Franklin ISD Elementary STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math) Night on Nov. 8. By taking advantage of the young students’ interest […]
Texas A&M PEER Program Receives NIH Grant Supplement To Counter COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy In Rural Texas
A new vaccine hesitancy project led by the Texas A&M Partnership for Environmental Education & Rural Health (PEER) Program aims to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among rural and medically underserved populations in Texas. In support of this project, the PEER Program is one of 12 Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) programs from across the country […]
PEER, Donna ISD Assist Unaccompanied Minors In Rio Grande Valley
Remote learning resources produced by the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) are being used to educate at-risk youth in Donna Independent School District (ISD), located within Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, near the United States/Mexico border. PEER’s One Health standards-based […]
CVMBS Teaching Assistants Support Undergraduates Learning Histology
In Dr. Larry Johnson’s VIBS 243 course on histology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), teaching assistants (TAs) play an invaluable role in mentoring and teaching undergraduate biomedical sciences (BIMS) students. Over the past several years, these BIMS students have expressed great appreciation for the TAs’ efforts. Each semester, […]
Texas A&M PEER Program Receives $1.26 Million Grant To Support Rural STEM Education
Dr. Larry Johnson, a professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS) and principal investigator for the PEER Program, has received a five-year, $1.26 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes […]
Three Faculty Members Recognized with University-Level Distinguished Achievement Awards
The Texas A&M Association of Former Students (AFS) honored three members of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) faculty with university-level Distinguished Achievement Awards, which are among the highest honors presented by the AFS. This year’s honorees from the CVM are Dr. Audrey K. Cook, associate professor in […]
