Topics of articles in this issue of 'Scopes include: Dean's Message (M. I. Kotlikoff); News Briefs; Triage of a Different Kind; Locating Lyme Disease: New Lyme Disease Test Reveals Infection History (B. Wagner); Learning Genes to Label Germs: Genetic Comparison Can Identify Mystery Pathogens (C. Altier); Cross-Continental Collaboration (K. Bischoff); Training Future Leaders in Diagnostics (W. Cha); The Future of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories (B.L. Akey); Healthy Herds: Cattle Health Program Helps Herds and Humans (K. Finnerty); Looking Through the Window: Clinical Pathology Bridges Animals and Answers (T. Stokol); The Agent of Change: Dr. Saliki Tackles Global Viruses Every Day in This Athens laboratory (J. Saliki); Funding Globetrotters: Grants Give Students Veterinary Experience in Developing Nations (K. A. Schat); Like My Father Did (T. Goldhaft); Enduring Legacy (D. F. Smith); Creative Ways to Give; Class Notes; In Memoriam; Marking a Milestone.