Education
Ohio State nets $3.9 million construction grant for research facilities
December 29th 2009Columbus, Ohio -- A $3.9 million construction grant has been awarded to The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine from the National Institutes of Health to renovate research facilities at the school.
University of Wisconsin nets $9.5 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
December 27th 2009Madison, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of a 5-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will finance studies to identify virus mutations that may serve as early warnings or pandemic influenza viruses.
AVMA reinstates funding for veterinary student leadership program
December 22nd 2009Schaumburg, Ill. -- Just three months after voting to slash funding for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Veterinary Leadership Experience (VLE), AVMA board members decided to reinstate it for the next two years.
Georgia veterinary college leads the way in discovery of freshwater fish parasite
December 16th 2009Athens, Ga. -- Through whole-genome sequencing, researchers at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have uncovered new information about treating "Ich," a single-celled protozoan parasite that attacks freshwater fish.