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Jul 8, 2025

Summer Research Program Opens Doors of Discovery for Veterinary Students 

Many NC State veterinary students are spending this summer getting hands-on learning through internships in animal clinics or externships in equine practices, but more than 50 are working with faculty mentors on campus, knee-deep in research ranging from investigating the role of COVID in neurodegenerative diseases to using electrical pulses to try to induce a…

Jun 12, 2025

NC State Scientists Advance Understanding of Cystic Fibrosis by Finding Drug Class to Avoid 

By Bethany Brookshire People with cystic fibrosis are in a constant battle with the thick, sticky mucus that builds up in their lungs. But while the genetic disease is due to mutations in one specific gene, it takes a team of proteins to make mucus, and not all of them are fully understood. In a…

Apr 10, 2025

Veterinary College Dean Emeritus Wins Award for Distinguished Service

The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges has honored Dr. Oscar Fletcher, dean emeritus of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, with the Billy E. Hooper Award for Distinguished Service for 2025.  The award recognizes an individual whose leadership and vision made a significant contribution to academic veterinary medicine and the veterinary profession. Fletcher,…

Mar 11, 2025

Open House Wows Hundreds of NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Visitors

With baby pigs and goats to the left, handsome horses to the right and dogs of all descriptions straight ahead, hundreds of visitors strolled up to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine on Saturday for 2025’s Open House and a chance to explore the ways the college and veterinary hospital are leading forces in…

Feb 25, 2025

You’re Invited! NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to host Open House on March 8

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the college and veterinary hospital will welcome the community for a free behind-the-scenes look at our advanced veterinary research, training and medical care.

Feb 24, 2025

Research Roundup February 2025

Scientific breakthroughs are around the corner for every species at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine! From clinical care, to benchtop studies, to research on best educational practice, we are finding innovative solutions to modern problems that propel each of our missions forward.

Feb 21, 2025

Meiklejohn, Saini chosen as University Faculty Scholars for 2025

Dr. Kelly Meiklejohn, associate professor, and Dr. Yogesh Saini, professor, both of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, have been named University Faculty Scholars for 2025. The faculty scholars program, launched in 2012, recognizes outstanding academic achievements and teaching, service and scholarship contributions. Honorees carry the title through…

Jan 23, 2025

Avian Influenza: What North Carolinians Need to Know to Keep Themselves and Their Pets Safe

Wild bird migratory season is approaching, bringing heightened risk for transmission of the emerging H5N1 strain of bird flu. NC State poultry disease expert Dr. Rocio Crespo explains how to stay safe.

Jan 22, 2025

Research Roundup January 2025

Studying Veterinary Educators Response to Student Emotions in Their Classrooms Davis R, Kedrowicz A, Moffett J, Zaneb H, Armitage-Chan E. A recent study including the Department of Clinical Sciences’ Dr. April Kedrowicz explored how veterinary educators experience and respond to students’ positive and negative emotions, which can affect the learning environment. It can be difficult…

Jan 7, 2025

Justice Agency Grants Keep Crime-Fighting Forensic Science Advancing at NC State

The National Institute of Justice has awarded Dr. Kelly Meiklejohn of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine two grants totaling more than $600,000 to support her innovative and crime-fighting work in forensic biology. In collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Meiklejohn will use one grant to apply a new DNA method to…