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Nov 18, 2024
Auburn University Raptor Center – Champions of Conservation
The Auburn University Raptor Center (AURC), a division of the College of Veterinary Medicine, is motivated by its mission of raptor rehabilitation, education and conservation. Over the past 50 years, the AURC has delivered the highest quality medical care and rehabilitation for wild raptors, supported conservation efforts, and enhanced public understanding of these magnificent birds.
Nov 12, 2024
CVM’s Joiner recognized with Leischuck Award for Teaching Excellence
Dr. Joiner was recently selected as a 2024 winner of the Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Established in 2005 by Dr. Gerald and the late Emily Leischuck, both 1964 graduates and former university administrators, the awards honor two full-time Auburn faculty members who have demonstrated effective and innovative teaching methods, as well as a continued commitment to student success through advising and mentoring.
Nov 8, 2024
Alumni awards recognize veterinary excellence, Auburn spirit
Calvin Johnson, dean of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), sees recognizing some of the college’s outstanding alumni at its Annual Conference as one of his most important roles. “The J.T. Vaughan Outstanding Equine Service Award, the El Toro Award and the Young Achievers Awards demonstrate the exceptional work our graduates conduct as they represent Auburn so well across the nation in the veterinary profession,” said Johnson. “These alumni have exerted a major impact on animal health and society.”
Oct 23, 2024
NIH grants for groundbreaking research on alcohol-induced organ damage transferring to Auburn
Paul Thomes, a new faculty member in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, conducts research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying alcohol-associated organ damage — with a particular emphasis on autophagy, a major intracellular recycling process that plays a critical role in health and disease.
Oct 21, 2024
Driving for a Cure to Breast Cancer
The big pink bus that the Gene Machine once called home is hardly inconspicuous. If you’ve traveled Wire Road at any point over the last seven years, there’s a good chance you spotted the vibrant 2002 Ford Super Duty F-250 from the road, even if you weren’t aware of its connection to Auburn.
Oct 2, 2024
Written by: Charlotte Tuggle Domestic violence survivors served by the Domestic Violence Intervention Center (DVIC) of East Alabama will have the option to take their pets with them to a safehouse starting in 2025. Auburn University faculty, the DVIC and Opelika Animal Hospital partnered to secure a Safe Housing grant from national animal welfare nonprofit RedRover. Most pets living in […]
Aug 20, 2024
One Health, Infinite Possibilities: Scott-Ritchey Research Center
Perhaps no other area of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine embodies the One Health concept quite as effectively as the Scott-Ritchey Research Center, a state-of-the-art, interdepartmental and interdisciplinary molecular medicine research program focused on next-generation therapies to treat and even cure diseases in both humans and animals.
Aug 7, 2024
Assistant Professor Awarded ‘Top Review Article of the Year’
Rachel West, assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, was recently awarded “Top Review Article of the Year” by Biology of Reproduction at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction in Dublin, Ireland.
Jun 24, 2024
Charvet Seeks to Understand Comparative Aging
To Christine Charvet, age is only a number. But it is a number she absolutely, positively wants to pin down as precisely as possible. It’s a number that will elucidate how human development and aging compare with other species. Charvet, an Assistant Professor in the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Anatomy, Physiology […]
May 29, 2024
USDA-NIFA Grant Helps Researchers Address Alabama Veterinary Shortage
More than a dozen Alabama counties have a shortage of food animal veterinarians. Food animal veterinarians play a critical role in maintaining the health of animals in the food system by providing important disease testing and health care to the beef, swine, poultry and dairy industries.
May 28, 2024
Alumna Pushes for Positive Change Through One Health
For Dr. Shaina Craige, a 2018 alumna of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, positive, proactive change in the world of veterinary and human health is more than a wish. It’s a passion that’s driven her work for the past six years.
May 22, 2024
Dr. Blagburn held a continuous faculty appointment for over 40 years at Auburn University. He began his tenure at Auburn in 1982 and quickly progressed through the faculty ranks. He was ultimately named Distinguished University Professor, and was only the 10th faculty member to receive this title in the history of Auburn University.
May 1, 2024
2024 Wilford Bailey Award Winners Announced at Reception
Three outstanding alumni of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine — Dr. John Rossmeisl ’97, Dr. Steve Wills ’83 and Dr. Cyril Gay ’85 — were honored as the 2024 winners of the Wilford S. Bailey Awards during a CVM reception held April 25, 2024.
Apr 22, 2024
Auburn’s the place for Kentucky’s DVM students
Molly Kate Stephens was born and raised in Kentucky, but she has never felt far from home as an Auburn University veterinary student. She’ll soon be joining the ranks of over 2,000 veterinary alumni from Kentucky who have pursued Auburn degrees at in-state rates. Over the past seven decades, Kentucky has had a contractual agreement […]
Mar 26, 2024
In a country with an estimated 70 million homeless cats and dogs, a 10-year partnership between the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and the Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) makes a difference, one animal and one aspiring veterinarian at a time. And that difference is adding up. Through a two-week required shelter medicine […]
Mar 5, 2024
Auburn researcher aims to help prevent, control avian influenza
Since 2022, avian flu — a rapidly circulating Influenza Type A virus — has affected over 81 million poultry, as well as the industries that depend on them. In Alabama alone, poultry generates more than 80,000 jobs and $15 billion in revenue. In the past two years, a disease-causing strain of avian flu, known as H5N1, has impacted 1,046 […]
Mar 5, 2024
15th Annual Boshell Research Day set for March 15
The annual Boshell Research Day event brings together experts from around the U.S. to present current topics related to diabetes and the role of obesity in its development. The meeting is highlighted by research presentations throughout the day and evening.
Feb 23, 2024
College of Veterinary Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony Class of 2025
The ceremony will be live streamed on February 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM Central. A recording will also be available after the ceremony.
Feb 15, 2024
Bartol honored as Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecturer
Frank “Skip” Bartol, professor of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Veterinary Medicine was honored as Auburn University’s 2023-24 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecturer. His presentation was entitled “Journey to the Milky Way: Maternal Lactocrine Programming of Postnatal Development.”
Jan 30, 2024
Professor of veterinary anatomy honored with undergraduate research mentoring award
Satyanarayana Pondugula was recently selected as a recipient of the Auburn University Provost Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring for his well-balanced program in the College of Veterinary Medicine.