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A woman in black clothes holds a cell phone camera and take a picture of 9 other women who are Class of 2030 DVM students as they stand in front of a brick building that says COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Aug 12, 2026

The Story of the NC State DVM Class of 2030: Chapter 1 

Ballerinas, gymnasts and an Irish dancer. A Navy pilot, a professional lacrosse player and a barrel racer. A banjo player, a cellist and a high school biology teacher. A fourth-generation North Carolina dairy farmer, a pole vaulter and a family funeral home owner. However the members of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Class…
Aniya Brown crouches down in the bush to take a picture of a small elephant.

Aug 11, 2026

From the Elephant Sanctuaries of Thailand, Aniya Brown Reports

After one canceled and rebooked flight, three connections totaling seven hours and nearly 25 hours in the air, I finally arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to begin one of my fourth-year clinical rotations: an international externship with Loop Abroad, a veterinary study abroad program.  Over the course of the experience, I worked at two elephant…
veterinarians treating equine patient

Aug 5, 2026

From the Veterinary Scholars Program, Kristen Folk Reports

I’ve just completed my two-week externship with Willow Creek Equine Veterinary Services in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, learning from a team dedicated mainly to equine and some small ruminant primary care. Because they practice in the area where I am originally from, it was a lot of fun to spend time with animal owners I used to…
Kate Bessette in blue scrubs stands next to a veterinarian in light green scrubs outside a veterinary clinic in Isla Mujeres that has a bright mural of teal and green trees

Aug 3, 2026

From Dairy Farms Across the Land, Kate Bessette Reports

After my time in the Veterinary Scholars Program ended, my summer veterinary adventures didn’t stop. I traveled 8 miles off the coast of Cancun to a little island in the Mexican Caribbean called Isla Mujeres. It is only 4.3 miles long and about half a mile wide and surrounded by the most beautiful turquoise waters…
Dr. Christine Long in orange shirt and gray pants kneels next to a brown horses as she hold a gastro tube that is draining into a pink bucket held by DVM student Meredith Moss.

Jul 30, 2026

Learning the Rural Ropes: Across NC, Veterinary Students Lock In

Before heading home each day to the family farm outside Chadbourn, North Carolina, Christine McPherson Long would leave West Columbus High School, cross the street and spend time at the local veterinarian’s office, where she had, to her great ninth-grade joy, snagged a job cleaning cages.  “It was on from there,” says Long, now a…
Dr. Duncan Lascelles treats a patient at the NC State Veterinary Hospital.

Jul 29, 2026

Advancing Pain Research and Alleviation: Inside NC State’s Comparative Pain Research and Education Center

Pain doesn’t discriminate by species — and neither does the science needed to understand and relieve it. That’s the driving philosophy behind the Comparative Pain Research and Education Center (CPREC) at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, a hub where clinicians, scientists and educators have been reshaping how the world understands, measures and treats…
A scientist in a lab coat and gloves carefully handles a pipette while working at a laboratory bench surrounded by equipment and supplies.

Jul 28, 2026

Record Number of NC State Veterinary Students Engage in Summer Research

At NC State this summer, more veterinary students than ever participated in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Scholars Program (VSP), a crucial opportunity for students to push beyond the classroom and clinic walls and dive into the research that is shaping the future of veterinary and human medicine. An international program, VSP supports participating…

Jul 27, 2026

From an Aquatic Animal Odyssey, Sydney MacDonald Reports

July has been an exciting time for me to expand my summer experiences beyond the boat! Although I have spent time in the field conducting research, I have also been in a small animal clinic, volunteering and presenting.  The first week of July, I spent volunteering with individuals with mental and physical disabilities at Camp…
Dr. Jorge Piedrahita, third from left, is director of the Comparative Medicine Institute and a professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences.

Jul 24, 2026

NIH Renews Prestigious Training Grant for NC State Ph.D. Students Preparing to Lead Complex Research Teams

The National Institutes of Health has approved a $2.5 million grant for the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to continue the work of its Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Program, which awards fellowships to Ph.D. students in NC State University’s Comparative Medicine Institute. Since NIH first funded the program in 2021, more than 20 students…
Bella Black in green scrubs and a black jacket gives thumbs up as she stands in front of a line of cows.

Jul 23, 2026

From Across the Midwest’s Farms, Isabella Black Reports

Onwards and westward! Following my time in Indiana, I ventured to West Point, Nebraska, for my next three-week rotation at Nebraska Vet Services (NVS). Although West Point is a small town of fewer than 3,500 people, its home county, Cuming, is home to over one million cows!  NVS is a unique practice because it is…