Education

RALEIGH, N.C. - 11/16/05 - North Carolina State University (NCSU) received a donation of $24.2 million from the R.B. Terry Charitable Foundation to establish the Randall B. Terry Jr. Companion Animal Medical Center.

ORLANDO, FLA. - 11/14/05 - The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) will host the Nestle Purina College Challenge, where student representatives will be challenged on their knowledge of anatomy and internal medicine.

FORT COLLINS, COLO. - 11/03/2005 - Animal sciences professor John Sofos and his research team at Colorado State University, were awarded $2 million to study how to control the transmission of Listeria in food-processing and foodservice facilities.

NORTH GRAFTON, MASS.- 11/1/05 - Cynthia R.L.Webster, DVM received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study liver disease at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

EDISON, NJ - 10/26/05 - Ross University (RU) inked an "articulated agreement" with Mercy College to boost enrollment in its veterinary program.

Minneapolis - Some veterinary leaders want a more diverse veterinary population, and they are willing to take their case tio the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to promulgate it.

DAVIS, CALIF. - 8/26/05 - Practitioners are invited to attend a public policy course at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

EDISON, N.J.- 8/17/05 - Ross University signed an articulation agreement with Fairleigh Dickenson University (FDU) for admission of qualified students to the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.

North Grafton, Mass. — After nine years at the helm, Dr. Philip Kosch resigned as dean of Tufts veterinary school to go on sabbatical.

NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. - 05/17/05 - The generosity of the Cummings Foundation manifested with the renaming of Tufts' veterinary school to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

FORT COLLINS, COLO. - 5/12/05 - A $1 million gift to Colorado State University (CSU) is earmarked for a new cancer biology program within the institution's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

RALEIGH, N.C.— In a first-of-its-kind procedure, osseointegration was used in a 1-year-old cat born without the lower half of its tibias at North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine.

DAVIS, CALIF. — The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) restored the University of California at Davis' (UC-Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine to full accreditation after almost seven years. The school had been on limited accreditation since the summer of 1998, when the AVMA cited inadequate facilities for teaching, research and clinical care.

RALEIGH, N.C. - 4/29/05 - North Carolina State University?s College of Veterinary Medicine will dedicate a $35 million building designed specifically for clinical research in veterinary medicine today.

NORTH GRAFTON, MASS. - 4/28/05 - Dr. Philip Kosch, dean of Tufts University's veterinary school since 1996, has asked to step down and begin a one-year sabbatical starting July 1.

DAVIS, CALIF. - 4/25/05 - In an effort to improve the relationship between owners and their older dogs, the University of California-Davis will conduct a study to monitor aspects of animals' lives that can improve cognitive impairment.

RALEIGH. N.C. - 4/15/05 - The North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine incorporated new technology to treat cataracts.

FORT COLLINS, COLO.-A Colorado State University (CSU) cardiology team is headed to the University of London to perform open-heart surgery on a dog and help set up an open-heart surgery program at the Royal Veterinary College.

FORT COLLINS, COLO.—A Colorado State University (CSU) study reportedly shows antibiotics used specifically for enhancing growth, preventing diseases and increasing feed efficiency in food animals are making their way into public waterways.

ATHENS, GA.—After an eight-year stint, Dr. Keith Prasse, dean of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, has announced his retirement for February 2005.

IOWA CITY, IOWA—Hundreds of research animals were stolen from the University of Iowa's Spence Laboratories Nov. 14, when vandals took rodents, trashed computers and dumped chemicals throughout various wings of the facility. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) allegedly claimed responsibility for the theft and damage, which the university was unable to assess at presstime.

Davis, Calif.-On Oct. 18, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, dismissed Dr. Carol Mandell's accusations of gender discrimination and national origin discrimination, but it said there is sufficient evidence to pursue an age discrimination case.

PORTLAND, ORE- The deans of 24 veterinary colleges met in September to discuss issues that will influence the future of veterinary medicine.

NORTH GRAFTON, MASS.-Tufts University's School of Veterinary Medicine received a $50-million gift commitment last month, the largest endowment in the institution's history.

POMONA, CALIF.-Western University and Banfield, The Pet Hospital(tm) officials celebrated the groundbreaking of its 6,000-square-foot veterinary teaching hospital.

Oklahoma State fills deanship as five other accredited universities pull from small pool of qualified candidates

Davis, Calif.-University of California Davis (UC Davis) officials announce construction started last month on the veterinary school's new instructional facility to be named Gladys Valley Hall.

His commitment provides hands-on, personal involvement with the center.

Cleveland -Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee are looking for a better way to treat canine seizures by looking at human health treatment options.

Davis, Calif.-Patricia Conrad, DVM, Ph.D, a professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine is the first veterinarian to receive the 2004 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship.