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Oct 8, 2026

From Large Animal Surgeons at NC State to the Top of Their Profession

When the American College of Veterinary Surgeons bestowed its highest honors on Dr. Anthony Blikslager and Dr. Jan Hawkins today, the Wolfpack red thread that has interwoven their careers for decades was on display. Hawkins, a large animal surgeon by training, is head of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Clinical Sciences.…
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Oct 8, 2026

Hawkins Leaves Global Imprint on Veterinary Surgery Field

This week, Jan Hawkins, head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, became the recipient of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons 2026 Al and Carolyn Schiller Distinguished Service Award. The award was deeply moving to Hawkins, who had served as president-elect, president and chairman of the board…
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Oct 7, 2026

Benchtop Meets Bioinformatics: Why NC State’s Peng is a Sought-After Scientific Partner

As a professor of infectious diseases at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Xinxia Peng is a partner to Duke University transplant surgeons hoping to tackle organ rejection, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers seeking to reduce chlamydia risks, investigators at Washington, Oregon and Louisiana universities studying HIV vaccines and a colleague in the NC State…

Oct 5, 2026

Model Traces C. diff Spread in Hospital Oncology Units

Model shows most new C. diff infections in hospital cancer units are introduced by asymptomatic carriers.
Dr. Yogesh Saini in a white lab coat stands with his arms crossed in his lab at NC State University.

Sep 30, 2026

NC State Study of Lung Damage from Chronic Ozone Exposure Lands $2.8 Million Grant 

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a $2.85 million grant to Dr. Yogesh Saini, professor of pulmonary immunology and toxicology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, to expand his team’s innovative research into how overexposure to ground-level ozone damages lung cells. Through earlier studies in mice, Saini’s lab already has…

Sep 28, 2026

Neuroproteins are Potential Diagnostic Tool for Sick Foals

Blood serum concentrations of both neuroproteins and neurosteroids are associated with neonatal maladjustment syndrome (NMS) in newborn foals.

Sep 16, 2026

Preceptorship Premiere: NC State Class of 2028 DVM Students Program Pioneers

When Dr. Katie Sheats explained the veterinary curriculum redesign she was leading at NC State a few years ago, she would get to the part about preceptorships — students spending four weeks at the beginning of third year getting real-world experience at work sites — and listeners would inevitably ask: How will you find enough…
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Sep 11, 2026

Swine Health Stalwart Honored as NC State Distinguished Alumni

Dr. Harry Snelson, an NC State College of Veterinary Medicine graduate who has been executive director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians since 2018, has been recognized as an NC State Distinguished Alumni for his decades of work supporting swine health. Snelson, who also served two years as the director of science and technology…
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Sep 10, 2026

Staying Cool Under Pressure: Meet 2030’s Class President

Alex Rodeck is exactly the kind of person you want in a veterinary emergency room: he’s smart, kind, compassionate — and knows how to stay calm in high stress situations. He’s a first-year doctoral student in the College of Veterinary Medicine with plans to become an emergency surgeon for large and small animals. Caring for creatures of…
A red graphic headlined The First NC State Equine Scholars Take Their Seats with headshots of Scholars Nasya Burgess, a graduate of NC A&T State University in Greensboro; Ana Church, a graduate of the now closed St. Andrews University in Laurinburg; and Lexa McDermott, Austen Stinson-Miller, Kathryn Healy and Gracie Towles

Sep 9, 2026

First NC State Equine Scholars Begin Their DVM Journeys

The first six North Carolina undergraduates chosen to participate in the NC State Equine Scholars Program have successfully passed into the potential pipeline of needed equine veterinarians, arriving at the NC State Class of Veterinary Medicine as members of the Class of 2030. The second cohort of six scholars and two alternates, all college seniors…