Earlier this year, The University of Minnesota Informatics Institutes out of the Office of the Vice President for Research announced 18 graduate fellowship recipients. Four of the 18 recipients are students in the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine’s graduate programs.
On March 29, the Provost’s office decided to suspend the search for the CVM’s new dean, given the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the transition of leadership within the Provost’s office.
A team of University of Minnesota researchers developing a faster diagnostic reached a key milestone this winter — analyzing tissue samples from CWD-positive white-tailed deer and obtaining confirmation of protein-misfolding within just nine hours.