Baker Institute for Animal Health2019-05-132019-05-132019-02-22https://hdl.handle.net/1813/65767This news item is about: As a first-generation college student, when Robert López-Astacio first heard Dr. Colin Parrish give a talk at University of Puerto Rico-Ponce about his work on viral evolution, he had no idea that just a few years later he would be one of Dr. Parrish's graduate students, studying the deadly disease of dogs caused by canine parvovirus. Parrish had visited UPR-Ponce through the Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (RISE), an NIH-funded program to diversify the students entering biomedical research.en-USCornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine -- Periodicals.James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health -- Periodicals.Parrish, ColinLópez-Astacio, Robertarticle