The Magruder Hall atrium is filled with light: some of it natural, some of it LED, and some of it from the spirit of giving that surrounds this year’s holiday tree. Last week, the CVM Shelter Medicine Club decorated the tree with nearly 90 colorful, hand-made ornaments. Each ornament featured the face of an animal […]
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Lots of Giving Going On
Monday, December 5th, 2011A Whole New Adventure
Monday, November 21st, 2011In a world of shrinking state funding for higher education, every college in Oregon needs an energetic advocate to go out into the non-academic world and tell people about the hard work and forward-thinking achievements that occur weekly on a college campus. The College of Veterinary Medicine recently got that advocate in Kelley Marchbanks. Kelley […]
Keep Your Llama Out Of The Haagen Dazs
Monday, November 7th, 2011Dr. Chris Cebra, Clinical Sciences Department Head, is pursuing research into the physiology of camelids as pseudo-diabetics. Using a college herd of more than 30 alpacas and llamas, Cebra is investigating how certain hormones affect blood sugar. Because the metabolism of a camelid is very similar to that of a human diabetic, the results of […]
VDL Joins Fight Against Food Contamination
Monday, October 24th, 2011Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a massive egg recall when a salmonella outbreak at two major egg producers sickened 1,700 people. Contaminated chicken feed was the culprit. The FDA relies on a network of government agencies and laboratories to investigate and diagnose food contamination outbreaks and they have their hands […]
CVM Students Stand Out at National Conference
Monday, October 10th, 2011OSU College of Veterinary Medicine students stood out at this year’s AABP (American Association of Bovine Practitioners) national conference in St. Louis. Students Kim Noyes, Tessa Maggiulli and Elisha Adkins presented three of the nine research and case studies accepted for the Student Abstract Competition. Participation in the competition required selection from a large pool of […]
Veterinarians and Faculty Join Students in Learning Experience
Monday, October 10th, 2011The halls of Magruder witnessed some unusual behavior a few weeks ago: blindfolded students being led around by their colleagues, small circles of people laughing, and professors acting like elephants. Did Halloween come early? No, it was the first annual Oregon Leadership and Dedicated Service (OLEADS) event. Hosted by the OSU College of VeterinaryMedicine (CVM), the […]
