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Portrait of researcher Hanen Baggar
Issue: Fall 2026

When scientists study parasitic infections in the lab, they cannot mimic what actually happens in the human intestine, stunting their ability to test antiparasitic drugs. Microbiologist Hanen Baggar is changing that. 

Attendees network and shake hands during a conference reception.
Issue: Fall 2026

Swine health and production professionals and students from around the world converged on St. Paul for the annual event. 

Two smiling veterinary students in green scrubs holding baby lambs inside a barn exhibit.
Issue: Fall 2026

An annual clinical rotation at the Miracle of Birth Center offers UMN veterinary students the opportunity to practice vital skills and educate thousands of Minnesota State Fair visitors on animal care.

Headshot of a man with short dark curly hair and hazel eyes wearing a blue button-down shirt.
Issue: Fall 2026

His findings indicate that trailers are leaving facilities with higher levels of contamination than when they arrive. 

Four Canine Brain Tumor Program staff members pose with a colorful trivia prize wheel at an event booth.
Issue: Fall 2026

CVM community members connect visitors with veterinary science across exhibits, booths, stage shows and more at the fair 

Headshot collage of three smiling veterinary medicine students.
Issue: Fall 2026

DVM students Snow Li, Andrea Pacheco and Macy Shaul selected for new PetSmart Charities Veterinary Fellowship focused on community medicine

Group of nine people posing in front of an American Association of Bovine Practitioners backdrop.
Issue: Fall 2026

Seven students from the DVM and Graduate programs were honored for their performance in onsite competitions or with scholarship awards. 

Headshot of smiling man with dark hair, a beard, and arms crossed against a plain wall.

The UMN postdoc’s research assesses the presence of PRRS virus in pigs and their environments and how that plays a role in the disease’s spread