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Dr. Margaret Gruen squats as she works with a black dog in the behavior lab at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Oct 14, 2025

NC State Behavioral Specialist Leads $5.5 Million NIH Grant for Research Contributing to Opioid Fight

As part of its ongoing effort to combat opioid addiction in the United States, the National Institutes of Health is advancing research into the mechanisms and impacts of pain, recently awarding a $5.5 million grant to an interdisciplinary research team co-led by Dr. Margaret Gruen of NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine to examine how…

Oct 13, 2025

NC State Cat Camp Engages 35 Early-Career DVMs in Focusing on Felines 

Expanding on its commitment to advance feline-focused research and care, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine recently hosted its inaugural Cat Camp, a weekend devoted to equipping 35 veterinary residents from 28 colleges across the U.S., Canada and Europe to become the next generation of feline-focused veterinary clinician scientists. Cat Camp, sponsored in part…

Oct 8, 2025

NC State Announces Newest Fellows in Veterinary Academic Leadership Program

With the addition of 17 fellows this year, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Academic Leadership Program now is training and supporting 40 veterinary clinicians who are considering careers in academia. Only about 6% of veterinarians in the United States are engaged in academic practice, and a shortage of educators is expected only…
Blacktip Shark swimming in blue water.

Oct 6, 2025

Setting Health Standards for Sharks

If you want to keep a shark healthy, you must first define what healthy is. “The gold standard for health is a robust wild shark,” says Greg Lewbart, professor of zoological medicine at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine. While that seems obvious, what isn’t so obvious is how, exactly, veterinarians get data on healthy wild…
Equine scholar, Austen Stinson-Miller and the team at Reagan Equine stand together for a group photo in matching branded t-shirts and polos

Oct 2, 2025

First Undergraduates Accepted as NC Equine Scholars Get a Taste of Veterinarian Life

Six North Carolina undergraduate students are on their way to becoming equine veterinarians with guaranteed seats at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, thanks to the NC State Equine Scholars Program announced in 2024. The program, which also has two other students participating as alternates, requires that the students complete applications and meet all…
Physical therapy specialist Catherine McDonald works with WALL-E the pug in the NC State Veterinary Hospital therapy room. She is crouched over him, strapped into his special cart, using her hands to guide his paws forward and teach him how to use his cart.

Sep 24, 2025

‘He’s Got to Live!’ — The Case of WALL-E and the Power of Exploring Possibilities 

Because of the strength in the dog’s hind legs, the spunk in his spirit and the loving interactions with his devoted companions, Dr. Kady Gjessing felt that end-of-life conversations about WALL-E, a deaf and nearly blind pug, might be premature. Cara Smelter and Phillip MacDonald had brought their nearly immobile 16-year-old rescue baby to Gjessing,…
Third-year veterinary student Joseph Richardson works his shift caring for dairy cattle at the college's Teaching Animal Unit.

Sep 19, 2025

One Committed and Caring NC State Veterinary Student, So Many Choices

Compassion, community and care are every bit as foundational to Joseph Richardson’s core as calcium and carbon.  His maternal grandfather, likely the first Black physician in rural Hertford County, North Carolina, opened his clinic in 1938, served his country in the medical corps during World War II and then spent five more decades caring for…
Dean Kate Meurs stands with NC State alum Dr. Cheryl Stroud in front of a red background.

Sep 16, 2025

One Health Pioneer Honored as NC State Distinguished Alumni 

Dr. Cheryl Stroud, a veterinarian who received a master’s and Ph.D. in immunology and physiology from the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has been recognized as an NC State Distinguished Alumni for her tireless work promoting the urgency of embracing and implementing One Health. Dr. Stroud, who was the first post-DVM graduate student accepted…
Veterinary student Azariah Spurlock wearing a black zipup stands beside a white truck outfitted for veterinary field work

Sep 11, 2025

NC State Student Creates Coloring Book to Help Children Picture Possibilities in Veterinary Medicine

To be a thriving third-year veterinary student at NC State today, Azariah Spurlock first had to have a high school friend tell her that North Carolina A&T State University existed. The Charleston, West Virginia, native had never heard of it. Then she had to have met people at the Greensboro, North Carolina, university who were…
Golden Retriever in field of flowers.

Sep 3, 2025

Researchers Identify Gene Associated With Deadly Heart Disease in Golden Retrievers

Researchers have discovered the first genetic mutation associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and sudden death in golden retrievers. The work could lead to increased early detection and disease prevention for the breed while further shaping our understanding of the disease in humans. HCM is a cardiac disease that most commonly affects humans and cats but…