The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has hired Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky to serve as its first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She will join the college on May 24.

Anna Jaeger, a Comparative and Molecular Biosciences graduate student, was the recipient of the highly competitive fellowship (T32) from the UMN Institute for Molecular Virology Training Program (IMVTP).

The College of Veterinary Medicine’s White Coat ceremony will be conducted virtually through Zoom on May 1 at 1 p.m. The ceremony will be streamed through YouTube live for family and friends. 

Seven new faces are joining the College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni & Friends Society Board

VETgirl, an online veterinary continuing education webinar service for veterinary professionals, has given a gift to establish the VETgirl Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Scholarship at CVM.

This past fall, the college introduced “Crash Nights,” weekly programs that invite DVM students to meet virtually with alumni for fun activities and educational discussions.

The CVM celebrates the trailblazers and advocates that made a way forward for women in the field of veterinary medicine.

Physicians and scientists at the University of Minnesota have opened a new brain cancer clinical trial and have treated their first patient.