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Mar 29, 2022

Groundbreaking Pain Researcher Lascelles Will Receive Distinguished Professorship

Pain Expert Lascelles Honored with Distinguished Professorship 

Oct 14, 2021

Terrence Curtin Society Honors NC State Veterinary Medicine’s Founding Dean

Our new Terrence Curtin Society recognizes the individuals whose generous financial support enables the college to build on Curtin's legacy. 

Oct 14, 2020

CVM Alum’s Scholarship Challenges Others to Give Back

The Linda J. Kuhn Class of 1989 Graduate Award Endowment will give CVM students a financial boost as they focus on making an impact on the veterinary world. 

Jun 11, 2019

Finding a Better Way for Zora

Dick Johnson can succinctly yet poignantly sum up how he and wife, Donna, feel about the treatment their dog, Zora, received at the NC State Veterinary Hospital: “We got three years instead of six months.” Zora’s intelligent, piercing gaze now looks down upon the waiting room in the hospital’s radiation oncology service. The Portraits of Courage… 

May 30, 2018

DeFrancesco Receives Inaugural Cardiology Faculty Award

Teresa DeFrancesco, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine professor of cardiology and ICU critical care, is the recipient of the newly established Cobblestone TAGS Faculty Excellence Award in Cardiology. The award was created and funded by Deborah and Paul Resnick, longtime supporters of the CVM and the NC State Veterinary Hospital. The award recognizes faculty providing compassionate… 

May 29, 2018

Sherry Buckles Named NC State CVM Executive Director of Development

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s new executive director of development is a familiar face to CVM supporters. Sherry Buckles, who has served as the CVM’s director of development since 2014, stepped into her new role on May 25, and leads a team that tirelessly cultivates wide-ranging support for the top-ranked veterinary school and hospital. “Being a… 

Mar 16, 2018

A Once-Neglected Stray Receives an Unforgettable Memorial

She was dangerously thin, fleeing in fear at even the sound of a falling leaf. The leather collar around her neck was so tight it was clear she had grown out of it some time ago. Vicki Webb first spotted the reddish-blond Labrador-shepherd mix stray when she began stealing cat food from bowls in the… 

Jan 17, 2018

CVM Alum Finds Calling, Gives Back

When Nancy Rathbun-Ramsey was a kindergartener in Buffalo, N.Y., she scrawled in crayon what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I put down ‘animal doctor’ because I didn’t know how to spell ‘veterinarian,’” she says. It’s a goal that she realized in 1994, when she graduated from the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.… 

Nov 6, 2017

Courageous Canine Fights Cancer

The Bullmastiff is an imposing breed. Developed by 19th-century English gamekeepers to stand guard over country estates and typically weighing between 110 to 130 pounds, they give any intruder second thoughts. However, as everyone knows, looks can be deceiving. Bullmastiffs are also notably quiet, mild-mannered and, if properly socialized, affectionate, gentle and calm. That is… 

Oct 24, 2017

Extraordinary Gift Supports Aging Pets

Once you met Rahna Davidson you never forgot her. She was smart, a financial whiz, and unflinchingly honest and direct. She was strong and gutsy and unafraid to say exactly what was on her mind at any given time. But above all she was a mother who was very proud of her daughter, Kady Gjessing,…