Topics in this Annual Report include; [Letter from the Dean] (Michael I. Kotlikoff); [Letter from Advisory Council]; News Briefs; Innovation: Department Updates (Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Baker Institute for Animal Health); Discovery: Research Highlights (Johne's Disease and Animal Models, An Uncultured Approach to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Artificial Microvascular Device Could Catch Metastasis in Midstream); Partnership: Giving (Driven by Compassion, Responding to Change with a Bequest that Changes Everything, The Mother of Feline Medicine (Jean Holzworth); Report of Giving 2007-2008;