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Come in and have a seat
Practically all U.S. veterinary schools and colleges have increased their first-year seat capacity in the past decade or plan to do so.
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Will veterinary education hit a tipping point?
Getting into veterinary school is not easy. It takes a dedicated and bright student to excel at the undergraduate prerequisites, earn enough
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Swine center planned for Iowa State
The country's first veterinary college program focused on swine health and production is now being established at ISU.
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School for Global Animal Health receives $26 million
Washington State University's School for Global Animal Health has received a $26 million gift from Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Inc.
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AVMF seeking scholarship, disaster training applications
Applications are now being sought for disaster training session grants and student scholarships offered by the American Veterinary Medical Foundation.
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Partnership forged between ISU, specialty practice
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine will purchase a 24-hour Des Moines veterinary hospital this year.
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Father of veterinary medicine in Australia
Dr. William Tyson Kendall founded institutions, promoted veterinary medicine
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AVMA invites nominations for trial leadership program
The AVMA is seeking to identify emerging leaders in veterinary medicine for a pilot leadership development program.
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Mexican school joins an elite group
The National Autonomous University of Mexico School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry has quietly gone about its business for the past 158…
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UC-Davis to add poultry veterinarian to faculty
Funding has been pledged to create a faculty position for a poultry veterinarian at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
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AVMF announces Pfizer scholarship recipients
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation announced in late March that 300 veterinary students had received scholarships
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Ross attracts a different breed
Sunrise hit Mount Liamuiga on the island of St. Kitts, West Indies, a little more than an hour ago. Below, on the sloping campus of Ross University…
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Research in motion
The bat, illuminated by the student's headlamp, yielded to her light yet firm grip. It had already been weighed, had had its forearm and tibia…
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Ross dean retires after school accredited
Dr. David J. DeYoung, dean of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, announced his retirement April 11, just a month after the school received…
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We're all in this together
Campus climate is part of how veterinary schools and colleges support and mentor underrepresented students, how they recruit these students, the…
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Structure leads to progress in China
Chinese Veterinary Medical Association sets sights on quality education, economics
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Student committee, leadership activities get AVMA support
A committee could begin work in 2012 to promote the AVMA and improve Association benefits for students and veterinarians who are within 15
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House to consider accreditation of foreign schools
The AVMA House of Delegates will consider a resolution to establish a task force to review the impact of AVMA Council on Education accreditation of…
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3 universities interested in veterinary programs
The number of U.S. veterinary schools and colleges has not increased substantially in the past few decades, but that could change in the
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Sports medicine and rehab specialty to publish certification requirements
Achievement marks culmination of years-long process
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Foreign externs learn more than veterinary medicine
The fourth-year veterinary student from the Veterinary School of Lyon and one of her classmates, Maxime Cambournac, spent two weeks on a neurology…
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Stem cell policy receives updates
The Executive Board approved revisions to the AVMA policy on stem cells that reflect the changing face of stem cell research and stem cell–based…
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Carlson's vision is a call to action
Innovation must come to veterinary economics and education, AVMA governance
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AVMA members, staff to study global activities
The proposals are the product of debates in the AVMA House of Delegates over the Association's role in international activities and the impact of the…