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From ‘Bench to Farm to Table,’ 3-Time Alumna Helps Ruminants and Protects Our Food

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Dr. Katie Sheats, left, and Dr. Callie Fogle, two of NC State's equine health experts, pose in front of a pasture holding a grazing brown horse.

Oct 15, 2024

NC State’s New Equine Scholars Program Helps Put Undergrads in the Saddle of a Veterinary Career

There’s no question that North Carolina is an equine-friendly state. Horses and the people who love them brought an estimated $2.9 billion in economic impact to the state last year, according to the North Carolina Horse Council, and nearly a third of North Carolina households include horse enthusiasts. While this equestrian energy shows little sign…
Dr. Jazz Stephens sits on the edge of a table with a box of pathology slides in her lap. Behind her, a microscope and a computer screen sit on a table to form a pathologist's work station.

Sep 17, 2024

House Officer Highlight: This ‘Biology Detective’ Solves Medical Mysteries in Animal and Human Health

Nearly every diagnostic test or research study that involves cell, tissue or fluid samples requires a pathologist’s trained eye. Luckily, the NC State Veterinary Hospital has third-year comparative pathology resident Dr. Jazz Stephens.
Zuzu, a black-and-white Lab mix dog wearing a pink harness, looks into the camera with her mouth open in an expression like a smile.

Sep 12, 2024

Lymphoma Treatment at NC State Grants More ‘Wonderful Life’ to Zuzu

Care from NC State veterinary oncologists helped a zippy Lab mix maintain her zest during treatment for multicentric B-cell lymphoma.
A group of 48 people across two rows stand in front of a stage where a Zoom meeting is projected on a big screen.

Aug 27, 2024

Which Patients Are More Likely to Contract Bacterial Infections in Hospitals? NC State Researchers Use Machine Learning to Find Out

A new study led by a College of Veterinary Medicine Ph.D. student and faculty member used artificial intelligence to determine a link between sociodemographic factors and the diagnosis of health care-associated infections.
Lindsey Britton, a first-year student at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, stands in front of the Teaching Animal Unit barns outside the NC State CVM.

Aug 5, 2024

Class of 2028: Working with Pigs is Hog Heaven for Pork Scholar

Lindsey Britton, an incoming first-year student at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is determined to become a swine veterinarian, despite growing up with little agricultural background.
Aoi Nakanishi-Hester

Jul 23, 2024

NC State’s Dual DVM/Ph.D. Program Ups the Ante on Life-Changing Research

For Victor Rivas, Aoi Nakanishi-Hester and other research-minded students, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM/Ph.D. program, which provides the opportunity to combine a doctor of veterinary medicine degree with a Ph.D., is an undeniable example of the college’s world-class caliber. NC State’s veterinary college is one of only five or six in the country that…
Graphic of human body with organ icons

Jul 16, 2024

THE HUMAN CONNECTION

At the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, we conduct research that leads to healing across the animal-human bond. ‘Bench to bedside’ takes a unique form on our campus, where advancements bridging veterinary research and human health care can span ‘barn to bedside’ or ‘farm to table.’
A male veterinary student smiles at two of his mentors, who are looking at slides in a pathology lab.

Jun 12, 2024

Equine Colic, Coastal Microplastics and So Much More: Summer Research Program Sees Record Participation and New Projects

The College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Scholars Program offers DVM students with little lab experience a paid opportunity to pursue their research interests under faculty mentorship.
A woman with shoulder-length light brown hair smiles at the camera in the Veterinary Hospital's intensive care unit.

May 22, 2024

House Officer Highlight: Army Veterinarian Sees Animals at Their Worst to Help Them Feel Their Best

Dr. Candace Wimbish, an Army major and third-year emergency and critical care resident at the NC State Veterinary Hospital, keeps a cool head while providing life-saving care to beloved pets.
In the right foreground, Dr. Danielle Mzyk smiles at two students working with a goat on a farm.

Apr 4, 2024

From ‘Bench to Farm to Table,’ 3-Time Alumna Helps Ruminants and Protects Our Food

Dr. Danielle Mzyk, an NC State College of Veterinary Medicine clinical veterinarian, safeguards the nation’s agricultural system and cares for North Carolina’s livestock, all in a day’s work.