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Results for: Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
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A night of glamour and giving back , articleProceeds from the January event will be applied to two programs that are used at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Date: Feb 06, 2023 -
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Research funding skyrockets at Virginia Tech's veterinary college , articleFunding awarded to the college has tripled in a decade, with most of that growth – from roughly $7 million to over $18 million – occurring in the past five years. Research funding jumped 80 percent, from $10 million to $18 million, between fiscal years 2021 and 2022 alone.
Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
General ItemRecruiting dogs with bone cancer (osteosarcoma) for a two clinical trials Date: Feb 03, 2023
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Nutshell Games offer a fun speaking competition for graduate research students , articleAre cows afraid of the dark? Are bees OK with weedkiller? Do mothers really know best? These are only a few of the research topics that will be explained as 30 Virginia Tech graduate students compete for $500 in professional development funding in this year’s event.
Date: Feb 02, 2023 -
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Veterinary student Alex Marsh arrives on campus after deep immersion in tropical rainforest research , articleHandling scores of tropical snakes isn’t a prerequisite for entry into the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. But Marsh already has impressive credentials and experience researching wildlife in the Amazon rainforest of Peru.
Date: Jan 31, 2023 -
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Public health expert says annual COVID-19 vaccine will be an important disease prevention tool , articleLisa M. Lee, a professor of public health at Virginia Tech, provides perspective on the FDA plan to have individuals receive a single bivalent COVID-19 shot each year, just like flu shots). An epidemiologist, bioethicist, and ethics educator, Lee worked for more than 25 years in public health and ethics, including 14 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Date: Jan 31, 2023 -
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Yuba Gautam joins faculty at Virginia Tech Public Health Program , articleGautam will teach in the undergraduate and graduate public health programs and aid in placing students in practicums so they can get hands-on experience and apply their classroom knowledge to practical situations.
Date: Jan 29, 2023 -
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Kevin Lahmers, leader in exotic tick disease study, receives Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence , articleLahmers has been a central figure in the discovery, tracking, and control of Theileria, a parasite transmitted to cattle by the Asian longhorned tick. The tick was not known to be in the United States until 2017, and Lahmers helped identify its arrival in Virginia the following year.
Date: Jan 27, 2023 -
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Why some of Virginia Tech’s most popular courses are online , articleAs undergrads craving flexibility gravitate toward online learning options, a few Virginia Tech classes have expanded to enroll thousands of students.
Date: Jan 24, 2023 -
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Only 1.2 percent of veterinarians are Black — this club chapter wants to change that , articleStudents at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have established the newest chapter of the National Association of Black Veterinarians, working to provide education and promote inclusion within an overwhelmingly white field.
Date: Jan 24, 2023 -
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Former police dog Thor swallows hard for holidays, receives compassionate, life-saving care at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleIt’s much easier to get a cloth elf and a plush teddy bear chew toy into a dog than to get them out. But out they came, thanks to the combined efforts of more than 20 personnel at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Date: Jan 20, 2023 -
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Internationally recognized scientist and writer C. Brandon Ogbunu to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar , articleThe 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar features C. Brandon Ogbunu, a self-described radical collaborator, who will lead a talk, “Living, Learning, and Adaptive Landscapes: How Evolutionary Biology Can Help us Navigate it All,” on Jan. 20 at Steger Hall on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus.
Date: Jan 13, 2023 -
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In memoriam: Cecil R. Maxson, former member of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors , articleMaxson, a Virginia Tech alumnus who later served 12 years on the university’s Board of Visitors, died Dec. 8 at the age of 91.
Date: Jan 12, 2023 -
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Chris Byron named new head of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Virginia Tech veterinary college amid equine crisis , articleByron, who has been a faculty member at the college since 2014, currently divides his time between teaching, research, and clinical work. He will succeed Sherrie Clark, professor of theriogenology, who has held the position of interim department head since January 2021.
Date: Jan 09, 2023 -
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'This is your space': LGBTQ+ students forge community at veterinary college , articleLGBTQ+ students at the veterinary college have created a chapter of PrideSVMC, a place for community and camaraderie. PrideSVMC is the student arm of PrideVMC, a national organization of LGBTQ+ veterinary professionals.
Date: Jan 06, 2023 -
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Veterinary Terminology Services Laboratory works behind the scenes of big data , articleData has a huge influence on the future of veterinary medicine, impacting everything from epidemiology to predicting disease in individual animals. Through the study of large amounts of data sourced from practitioners, veterinarians can develop evidence-based medicine.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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Looking back: 22* things we learned in 2022 , articleAs the calendar year nears an end, browse this list of discoveries and achievements made by the Hokie Nation in 2022.
Date: Dec 21, 2022 -
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Fall rankings spotlight Virginia Tech’s emphasis on research , articleSeveral organizations that rank higher education institutions listed Virginia Tech among the top universities in the nation and the world in the areas of research, sustainability, and international faculty. Three of Virginia Tech’s subject areas ranked in the top 100 globally — electrical and electronic engineering, water resources, and general engineering — according to U.S. News & World Report.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive $3.3 million in Department of Defense grants to study deadly virus , articleResearchers led by Professor Kylene Kehn-Hall at Virginia Tech’s Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will study mouse models of how the Eastern equine encephalitis virus changes the brain.
Date: Dec 19, 2022 -
Video ItemVetMed - 2022 a year in review , video
Against a background of ever-constant change, 2022 has been a year pursuing educational excellence, research progress, and community cohesion. The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is particularly thankful for our college community's inspiring accomplishments, made feasible by our faculty and staff's shared commitment and whole-hearted efforts. We are grateful for all our students, alumni, donors, referring veterinarians, and special friends of the college.
Date: Dec 15, 2022
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