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DVM Pursuing Graduate Degree Wins Important Award for Avian Vaccine Research

Awards and Honors

Laura Castro, right, directs student counseling services at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Jan 23, 2023

NC State Counselor Chosen as Champion of Student Wellbeing by Student American Veterinary Medicine Association

Laura Castro, director of counseling services at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has won the Champion of Student Wellbeing Award from the Student American Veterinary Medicine Association for fall 2022. Castro, who immigrated from Bogota, Colombia, when she was 12, has been helping veterinary students at NC State since 2019. She holds a bachelor’s degree… 
The NC State veterinary team prepares to give a red wolf a physical.

Dec 21, 2022

2022: A Look Back at the Major Impact We Had

As the days of 2022 unfurled, they revealed over and over again how the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine consistently shines. The year, for starters, brought the college its first female dean, ushering in a new era and a new excitement about the future. Our translational research into pain management and gerontology garnered national headlines… 
Dr. Katie Anderson prepares to give Winston a checkup

Dec 1, 2022

November News and Updates: Record-Breaking Research Grants and Life-Saving Skills

Stay up to date on how the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine has been intentional in making changes to expand its research footprint and on how often we go above and beyond to treat our clients.  
Sarah J. Ewing

Nov 8, 2022

Ewing Honored With 2022 NC State Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award

Sarah Ewing is the 2022 CVM Distinguished Alumni Award winner 
NC State Veterinary Medicine surgeons perform a hip replacement on a patient.

Nov 7, 2022

Former NC State Veterinary Professor wins ACVS Foundation Legends Award

David DeYoung, a former professor of orthopedic surgery and associate dean at the NC College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the Legends Award from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Foundation. The award is given to someone who has developed a surgical or diagnostic procedure of significant value, proven by becoming the test or… 
Dr. Natasha Olby

Nov 1, 2022

October News and Updates: Our Expertise is Showing

In the Spotlight Dogs’ risk of dementia increases by half every year Natasha Olby, clinician scientist and gerontology expert, was a source for National Geographic’s story on the risk of dementia in dogs. “The beauty of this is that we can validate hands-on observations coming in from people via questionnaires,” she says. “We are finding… 
NC State CVM personnel examine a seal from the North Carolina Zoo.

Sep 1, 2022

August News and Updates: Seals, Sloths and Important Firsts

Stay up to date on the new status for nephrology and urology, our first grant from the federal USAID program for a food security project and the opening of the Ready Set Vet partnership exhibit at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, among other news. 
A herd of wild elephants walk through the savanna

Aug 29, 2022

NC State Veterinary Medicine Research Roundup, August 2022

A look at some of the latest published studies from the CVM 
Dr. Crespo speaks at conference

Aug 19, 2022

Crespo Becomes President of the American Association of Avian Pathologists

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Rocio Crespo has begun a one-year term as president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. She assumed the position in July after serving for the previous year as president-elect of the organization.  “I always found my involvement in the American Association of Avian Pathologists to be very gratifying,”… 
Allison Boone

Jul 11, 2022

DVM Pursuing Graduate Degree Wins Important Award for Avian Vaccine Research

NC State graduate student Allison Boone has earned a prestigious award from the American Association of Avian Pathologists for her innovative research.