By Charlie Powell, College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has received approval of its educational agreement with Utah State University from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education, the profession’s official accrediting body.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Last night (Oct. 8), Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine captured and hospitalized an abandoned 11-foot long reticulated python. It is the second large snake in a month with which law enforcement has requested the college’s assistance.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Ram and Vanmathy Kasimanickam, husband and wife faculty members in Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently returned from India where they combined a visit to their home state and veterinary alma mater with professional outreach. What evolved from a single email to the Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI), […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – To help make their education as relevant to the profession as possible, Washington State University veterinary students will survey veterinarians nationwide to assess their expectations of new graduates’ abilities. Students are hoping many practitioners respond. “This is their opportunity to potentially help change the level of performance they can expect from a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Acclaimed veterinary historian, educator, publisher and editor J. Frederick Smithcors donated his 1,200-volume library to the Washington State University Libraries in 1978. Thirty-five years later, the American Veterinary Medical History Society will host an all-day Smithcors History of Veterinary Medicine Symposium Sunday, July 21, in Chicago to honor the late WSU donor […]
By Jennifer Dimas, Colorado State University Related Profile of Chris Orton, CSU Proteomics may be the key to successful cardiac surgery High heart surgery success rate FORT COLLINS – Dr. Christopher Orton, a Colorado State University veterinary heart surgeon and a WSU alum, has been hired as the new head of the Department of […]
PULLMAN – About 20 Yakima Valley high school students will interact with health care educators and professionals July 19-22 in the sixth annual “Connecting Youth with Health Careers” program on the WSU Pullman campus. The camp at WSU takes place during the last week of a four-week program and it is organized by the Yakima Valley […]
The Washington State Veterinary Medical Association awarded its 2007 Washington State University Faculty Member of the Year award to veterinary specialist, Patrick Gavin. The award was presented Sept. 29, during the WSVMA’s annual banquet and award ceremony in Yakima. Gavin received the award in recognition for his long association with WSU, the WSVMA and his […]
Pullman–Washington State University is ranked first in the nation when it comes to other institutions’ scientists recognizing and noting WSU research in their own scientific papers. The ranking was published in the March 5 edition of “What’s New in Research,” an editorial component of Essential Science IndicatorsSM available at http://www.in-cites.com/research/2007/march_5_2007-2.html . The ranking comes from […]
Claude A. Ragle, an equine surgeon at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, recently received the Distinguished Service Award at the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) annual convention in San Antonio, Texas. Ragle is an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences where he plays a critical role on the department’s […]