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- - Underrepresented students experience veterinary student life through InclusiveVT summer program
    The fourth annual VetTRAC summer program offered a week of hands-on activities, lectures, and tours for undergraduate students from underrepresented populations interested in veterinary medicine.
- - Virginia Cooperative Extension forms key partnerships to tackle the state’s opioid epidemic
    Virginia Cooperative Extension was awarded a $1.28 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The five-year grant will support health education initiatives aimed at preventing opioid abuse among vulnerable communities in Virginia.
- - Virginia Tech graduate student pursues innovative microbe-based cancer therapy
    Katherine Broadway, a Virginia Tech graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, is researching a cutting-edge, microbe-based cancer therapy as her dissertation project.
- - Margie Lee named department head of biomedical sciences and pathobiology
    A veterinarian and medical microbiologist, Lee has been appointed head of the veterinary college's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology. A two-time Hokie, she returns as the first female chair in the department's history.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million grant to study immune memory response
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a new five-year grant to Ken Oestreich, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, to study immunological memory.
- - Associate Professor Michelle Theus receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award
    Theus' work focuses on stem cell therapy, especially the potential for "self-healing," which uses the patient's stem cells in the healing process.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2018 promotions, tenure, continued appointments
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved these promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 4 meeting.
- - New partnership benefits veterinary students at Virginia Tech and shelter animals in Washington, D.C.
    The partnership between the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech and the Humane Rescue Alliance of Washington, D.C., will provide expanded educational opportunities for veterinary students and an increased capacity for quality veterinary services to the Washington, D.C., region.
- - New research explains larger-than-life perceptions of American chestnut
    The American chestnut is often remembered as a giant, but research suggests that those memories may not be entirely accurate.
- - First students earn degrees through innovative translational biology, medicine, and health program
    The program is based on the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, and it positions students to conduct research in more than 50 departments and institutes across Virginia Tech.
- - Catharine Cowan named Outstanding Graduating Student for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech
    A student in the DVM/Ph.D. dual degree program at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, Cowan has spent seven years bridging research and veterinary medicine., and embracing opportunities to connect and create a shared experience among peers with different focuses within the college.
- - Geoffrey Saunders honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1982, Saunders made significant contributions to the profession of veterinary medicine through his scholarship in the field of anatomic pathology and his work at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Blacksburg.
- - Veterinary student Aubrie Michelle Smith named Class of 2018 valedictorian
    Not only will Smith earn her D.V.M. degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in May, she’ll do so as the class valedictorian and recipient of the Richard B. Talbot Award.
- - 2018 Graduate School Diversity Scholars share their work on Reading Day
    Students will give five-minute presentations about their work in lightning round format. The program is free and open to the public.
- - J. Phillip Pickett honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1988, Pickett brought international recognition to Virginia Tech for his scholarship in animal vision and eye care.
- - Veterinary college launches pioneering study to advance cancer treatment in dogs and people
    The one-year study aims to determine whether high-intensity focused ultrasound can effectively stimulate an anti-tumor immune response in dogs. The technology has been used successfully in humans, and now the college is one of the first two U.S. veterinary schools partnering with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation to test it in dogs.
- - Veterinary college's John Rossmeisl named the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor
    A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1998, Rossmeisl’s research is dedicated to the development of new therapies for malignant brain tumors, which represent some of the most aggressive types of cancers in both dogs and humans. He is considered to be among the top researchers in the world in the area of canine neuro-oncology.
- - Marion Ehrich honored with emerita status
    A member of the university community since 1976, Ehrich made significant contributions to the professions of veterinary and human medicine through her work in pharmacology and toxicology.
- - Roger Avery honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1999, Avery made significant contributions to research and graduate programs in biomedical and veterinary sciences at the veterinary college, where he served as senior associate dean.
- - Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner
    The outstanding master's and doctoral degree students were honored at the Graduate School awards banquet during Graduate Education Week.

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