2015 College of Veterinary Medicine News Archive
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Item 2015 CVM News: Shelter medicine plays vital role in Newfield, New York hoarding caseOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-12-15)This news item is about: A couple in Newfield, NY is facing 62 charges after a number of animals were seized from their trailer in November 2015. Tompkins County SPCA officers called it one of the worst animal hoarding cases they had ever seen: 28 animals, and three that had already died, crowded into a filthy single-wide trailer.Item 2015 CVM News: Poultry vaccine wins Innovator Award for CVM EmeritiOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-11-02)This news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Two Cornell professors emeriti of veterinary medicine have received the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as co-inventors of the Marek's disease vaccine. Currently, 22 billion doses of vaccines that treat various strains of Marek's disease are administered annually to chickens in commercial production, of which Cornell’s vaccine is the most used. On Oct. 22 Provost Michael Kotlikoff, former dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented the award to Bruce Calnek, DVM '55, the Steffen Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, and Karel Schat, Ph.D. '78, professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.Item 2015 CVM News: Clinical Investigators' Day spotlights residents' researchOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-10-30)This news item is about: The fourth annual Clinical Investigators’ Day took place Friday, October 16 in conjunction with the fall New York State Veterinary Conference, held at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Clinical Investigators’ Day provides CVM residents and interns with an opportunity to present their research to the veterinary community at large. In addition to serving as a forum for the presentation of important research, the event promotes interaction among students, faculty, practitioners, and alumni.Item 2015 CVM News: Licensed Veterinary Technician Week honors dedicated professionalsOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-10-13)This news item is about: When people first learn that Laura Barlow works in a cancer clinic, they assume her job is depressing all the time.Item 2015 CVM News: First test tube puppies born at CVM-Baker InstituteOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-12-05)This news item is about: Researchers at the Cornell laboratory transferred 19 embryos to a host female dog, who gave birth last spring to seven healthy puppies. Genetic testing shows that two are from a beagle mother and a cocker spaniel father, and five from two pairings of beagle fathers and mothers.Item 2014 CVM New: CVM's Dubovi recommends new vaccine against canine influenza H3N2Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-11-25)This news item is about: A virologist at the College of Veterinary Medicine urges dog owners to take advantage of a new vaccine to protect against H3N2, the strain of canine influenza that sickened hundreds of dogs in the Chicago area last March and has since spread across the U.S. Edward Dubovi, who helped identify the virus, says H3N2 is more of a challenge than the older H3N8 virus.Item 2015 CVM News: An owl's tale: Rescued, recovered, releasedOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-09-30)This news item is about: The young Great Horned Owl was brought to the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, in Ithaca, NY. The staff provided supportive care, including fluids, pain medication, nutrition, antibiotics, and anti-fungal medication.Item 2015 CVM News: CVM is Nat Geo WILD's Vet School [television series]Office of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-08-25)This news item is about: After months of filming at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) complex, Nat Geo WILD presents Vet School, a new series that follows first- and fourth-year students over one academic year. The show premieres Saturday, Sept. 19, at 10/9c on Nat Geo WILD.Item 2015 CVM News: New AHDC director arrives October 1, Dr. Francois ElvingerOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-09-23)This news item is about: Dr. François Elvinger, Dr.med.vet., Ph.D., has been named Executive Director of the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). He will also serve as Assistant Dean for Diagnostic Operations. His appointment will begin Oct. 1, 2015.Item 2015 CVM News: Cornell AQUAVET students live the life aquaticOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-08-14)This news item is about: The biomedical skills that veterinarians use to care for traditional livestock can be applied to aquatic animals as well. The AQUAVET program offered by Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is designed to train students and stimulate research in aquatic animal medicine.Item 2015 CVM News: College supports local carousel projectOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-08-12)This news item is about: The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University (CVM) is dedicated in part to the wellbeing of large animals. So when the college leadership learned of a horse in need of rehabilitation, they stepped forward to help. The result: A gorgeous Paint—or rather, painted—pony, now making the rounds as part of the iconic Stewart Park carousel.Item 2015 CVM News: 2015 Salmon Award to honor VIN founder, Paul D. PionOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-09-24)This news item is about: Paul Pion, DVM ’83, received the Daniel Elmer Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service at the fall 2015 New York State Veterinary Conference, held at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). The award is presented annually by the CVM Alumni Association to recognize and honor Cornell DVM graduates who have distinguished themselves in service to the profession, their communities, or the College.Item 2015 CVM News: Two from CVM receive inaugural Engaged Cornell grantsOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-09-23)This news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: Engaged Cornell has awarded its inaugural Engaged Curriculum Grants to 18 projects initiated by faculty across the university. The grants, totaling $930,299, support work that places community-engaged learning at the heart of the Cornell student experience.Item 2015 CVM News: A tribute to Emeritus Dean George PoppensiekOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-09-11)This news item is about: Dr. George Charles Poppensiek, emeritus dean of Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine from 1959 to 1974, passed away Sept. 8 in Ithaca, NY. He was 97 years old.Item 2015 CVM News: Biobanking the Big CatsOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-06-10)This news item is about: What has spots, can jump 7 1/2 feet in the air from a standstill, and is helping improve the health of cats around the world? The Cornell Feline Health Center was pleased to host a visit from Peanut and Motzie, two Savannah cats who stopped by the College of Veterinary Medicine this past Friday to donate blood samples and undergo testing for a feline health screening study of the Cornell Veterinary Biobank. At 20 pounds and 16.75 inches tall at the shoulder, Motzie is the second tallest cat in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.Item 2015 CVM News: K-12 'classroom in a test tube' program expands with grantOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-07-30)This news item is about: The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant supports Cornell’s Advancing Secondary Science Education with Tetrahymena (ASSET) program, which develops science educational materials that use live Tetrahymena, a single-celled protozoan, to address key biology concepts. Cells for the program are provided by the NIH-funded Tetrahymena Stock Center, the national repository for Tetrahymena.Item 2015 CVM News: Some PigOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-06-26)This news item is about: Very few teaching hospitals are dedicated with a quote from Charlotte’s Web, but the Nemo Farm Animal Hospital at Cornell is named for a very special former patient. As Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine Michael Kotlikoff put it at the June 23 dedication ceremony, Nemo was “some pig.”Item 2015 CVM News: Michael I. Kotlikoff dean of Vet College named ProvostOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-07-16)This news item in the Cornell Chronicle is about: Michael I. Kotlikoff, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine since 2007, will be Cornell University’s next provost, President Elizabeth Garrett announced today. Kotlikoff will assume the office Aug. 1.Item 2015 CVM News: Warnick and Thompson take officeOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-08-04)This news item is about: Dr. Lorin D. Warnick, a professor of ambulatory and production medicine, took office August 1 as Interim Dean for the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He was appointed to the post by former Dean Michael Kotlikoff, who has been appointed Provost of Cornell University. Dr. Meg Thompson, Associate Clinical Professor of Imaging, will now oversee CUHA as Interim Director. Thompson has served as Imaging Section Chief and more recently as a Medical Director and member of the hospital executive committee.Item 2015 CVM News: Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists celebrates a successful first yearOffice of Marketing and Communications. Media Relations (Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-07-10)This news item is about: Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists (“Ruffian”) celebrated their first year in business on June 25 with an event held at the practice, located right across the street from Belmont Park. Guests included Long Island-area owners, trainers, veterinarians, and other horse lovers.