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VSP participant Brooke Stonemetz wears purple gloves and a white coat as she works with a microscope and slides

Jul 8, 2025

Summer Research Program Opens Doors of Discovery for Veterinary Students 

Many NC State veterinary students are spending this summer getting hands-on learning through internships in animal clinics or externships in equine practices, but more than 50 are working with faculty mentors on campus, knee-deep in research ranging from investigating the role of COVID in neurodegenerative diseases to using electrical pulses to try to induce a…
Dr. Caroline Laplante in a white labcoat standing at her lab bench

Jun 27, 2025

NIH Gives NC State ‘Outstanding Investigator’ a Grant to Advance Her Research on Cell Division

Dr. Caroline Laplante, an associate professor of quantitative and computational biology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has received an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health to advance her work on unraveling the forces that drive cellular division. The grant, called an R35 and funded through the NIH National Institute…
A graphic with Dr. Glenn Cruse in a lab

Apr 15, 2025

Researcher Aims to Hinder Allergic Responses, Keep Cancer Cells from Dividing

During pollen season in North Carolina, relieving allergy symptoms with antihistamines can be top of mind for many of us, but what is below the surface causing the itchy eyes and scratchy throats are mast cells behaving badly. Dr. Glenn Cruse, an associate professor of immunology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, studies…
Dr. Megan Dillon leans against a lab bench, posing with her hands on her hips.

Mar 20, 2025

What Do Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs and ‘Jurassic Park’ Have in Common? Ask This Up-And-Coming Population Geneticist

Through NC State’s Genetics and Genomics Scholars program, Ph.D. candidate Megan Dillon has become a leading expert in the population genetics of stray dogs living around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Dr. Yu Ueda works in the NC State Veterinary Hospital's ICU.

Feb 24, 2025

Research Roundup February 2025

Scientific breakthroughs are around the corner for every species at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine! From clinical care, to benchtop studies, to research on best educational practice, we are finding innovative solutions to modern problems that propel each of our missions forward.

Raveendra Rangarao "Ravi" Kulkarni and Christophe Daniel Guilluy

Dec 2, 2024

Two CVM Faculty Members Named to 2024 Goodnight Early Career Innovators Class

Ravi Kulkarni of the college's Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and Christophe Guilluy of the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences have been honored for their early productivity in STEM research and innovation.
People walking into the college.

Sep 30, 2024

September 2024 Accolades

Our students, faculty and staff at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine are problem-solvers, innovators and life-changers providing world-class care and making ground-breaking discoveries every day that advance animal and human health.

Quote from Dean Kate Meurs: Many complex medical problems require a basic scientific approach to truly make a major clinical impact in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This position will allow us to hire a skilled scientist with benchtop science skills and a passion for using those skills to resolve complex clinical problems.

Aug 2, 2024

$3 Million Kenan Gift Leads to Endowed Chair in Translational Medicine 

With philanthropist and business leader Thomas S. Kenan III playing an instrumental part, the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust has given $3 million to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to establish an endowed chair in translational medicine.  “We recognize with enthusiasm that this chair will add to – and build upon –…
Aoi Nakanishi-Hester

Jul 23, 2024

NC State’s Dual DVM/Ph.D. Program Ups the Ante on Life-Changing Research

For Victor Rivas, Aoi Nakanishi-Hester and other research-minded students, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM/Ph.D. program, which provides the opportunity to combine a doctor of veterinary medicine degree with a Ph.D., is an undeniable example of the college’s world-class caliber. NC State’s veterinary college is one of only five or six in the…
Graphic of human body with organ icons

Jul 16, 2024

The Human Connection

At the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, we conduct research that leads to healing across the animal-human bond. ‘Bench to bedside’ takes a unique form on our campus, where advancements bridging veterinary research and human health care can span ‘barn to bedside’ or ‘farm to table.’