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Annual CVM Research Forum Celebrates Trainees’ Scientific Contributions 

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Dr. Mat Gerard

Nov 20, 2024

Anatomy of an Exceptional and Life-Changing Professor

Occipital, parietal, temporal are words the first-year veterinary students will hear a lot over the next three hours as they examine the animal skulls on the lab tables in front of them, but first their anatomy professor offers these: “massive transition,” “right on track,” “very OK.” The possibly disappointing results of the first big test…
A group of five people sit around a circular table in a classroom, smiling at each other.

Nov 13, 2024

Following the Threads: 5 Things To Know About NC State’s New Veterinary Curriculum

Starting with the Class of 2028, DVM students at the College of Veterinary Medicine are learning within a redesigned curriculum that emphasizes graduating Day One-ready veterinarians.
Amy Sain and Carson Cole

Nov 11, 2024

Saluting the Student Veterans of the College of Veterinary Medicine

Two ‘vets squared,’ or veterans and future veterinarians, in NC State’s DVM Class of 2028 draw surprising connections between their military service and their civilian second careers.
Dr. Katie Sheats

Oct 30, 2024

Sheats Appointed to New Role: Associate Dean and Director of Professional Education and Admissions

Dr. Katie Sheats, associate professor of equine primary care, has been chosen as the new associate dean and director of professional education and admissions at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. Sheats, who received her DVM at NC State in 2005 and became part of the faculty in 2014, was instrumental in the development…
Dr. Coralie Zegre Cannon

Oct 18, 2024

Alum from Class of 2007 Wins Prestigious Award for Outstanding Laboratory Animal Care

Dr. Coralie Zegre Cannon, who received her DVM from the NC State College of  Veterinary Medicine in 2007, won the prestigious Charles A. Griffin Award from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).  The award recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the improvement of care and environment of animals used in biological and medical research.  Cannon,…
Dr. Katie Sheats, left, and Dr. Callie Fogle, two of NC State's equine health experts, pose in front of a pasture holding a grazing brown horse.

Oct 15, 2024

NC State’s New Equine Scholars Program Helps Put Undergrads in the Saddle of a Veterinary Career

Launching this fall, the program invites qualified undergraduate students with a demonstrated interest in horse health to join NC State’s DVM program from partner universities statewide.
Dr. Emma Hendrix stands in front of a whiteboard with indistinguishable writing in a veterinary neurology clinic.

Oct 10, 2024

House Officer Highlight: Following in Her Mother’s Footsteps, 34 Years Later

Dr. Emma Hendrix is expanding the veterinary connection she shares with her mother, Dr. Diane Van Horn Hendrix, as she begins the same NC State rotating internship program her mom completed over three decades ago.

Oct 3, 2024

NC State CVM’s Inclusion Efforts Win Excellence in Diversity Award

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s work toward inclusion across its college community has been recognized with the 2024 Higher Education in Excellence in Diversity Award for health professions schools. Insight into Diversity magazine created the award in 2012 to recognize institutions of higher education that have an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity and…
Dr. Jazz Stephens sits on the edge of a table with a box of pathology slides in her lap. Behind her, a microscope and a computer screen sit on a table to form a pathologist's work station.

Sep 17, 2024

House Officer Highlight: This ‘Biology Detective’ Solves Medical Mysteries in Animal and Human Health

Nearly every diagnostic test or research study that involves cell, tissue or fluid samples requires a pathologist’s trained eye. Luckily, the NC State Veterinary Hospital has third-year comparative pathology resident Dr. Jazz Stephens.
A student presenting their researcher.

Aug 29, 2024

Annual CVM Research Forum Celebrates Trainees’ Scientific Contributions 

The research of more than 100 students and house officers from the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine was on full display throughout the campus Aug. 28 as the college celebrated its annual Research Forum.