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A blonde, female veterinary resident smiles at the camera inside a greenhouse habitat at the North Carolina Zoo.

Jun 27, 2024

House Officer Highlight: Her Workplace is a Zoo — and an Exotic Animal Clinic and Several Aquariums

As an NC State zoological medicine resident, Dr. Lauren Mumm helps in healing thousands of exotic and aquatic animals across North Carolina while researching improvements for these animals’ care.
A brunette female veterinarian wearing a black shirt stands in front of a flamingo enclosure at a zoo.

Oct 26, 2023

Veterinary Medicine, Done ‘Taylor’s Way’

The Greensboro Science Center’s new head veterinarian Dr. Taylor Gregory, an NC State alumna, has taken an unconventional route through her early career but one that's proudly her own.
female veterinarian looking at penguin

Jan 11, 2022

No Pay Gap For Female Zoo Vets, but Children Perceived as Career Hindrance

For female veterinarians who want to specialize in zoological work, a new CVM-led study on family work and income holds both good and bad news.
Samuel Tucker

May 3, 2021

Class of 2021 Story: An Army of Support

Coming into veterinary school at NC State, Samuel Tucker was certain of one thing: He wanted to be an Army veterinarian.
Sarah Ozawa

Dec 1, 2020

Welcome to the CVM Family: Meet Sarah Ozawa

The assistant clinical professor of avian and exotic medicine has pursued her interest in veterinary medicine from coast to coast. 
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Sep 3, 2020

NC State Veterinary Master’s Graduate Honored for Wildlife Conservation

Groundbreaking wildlife conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has won the 2020 Aldo Leopold Award honoring extraordinary work protecting mammals and their habitats.