Two disease-causing microorganisms, Cryptosporidium and Giardia, are the targets of an intensive campaign by researchers at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Some veterinary students around the world stand out as special, possibly destined for a leadership position in the veterinary or biomedical sciences. These students are not only at the top of their class but show other exceptional qualities that set them apart.
The Summer Olympics athletes that Dr. Michael A. Ball cares for will run three days in Georgia's July heat, jump over logs and ditches, sweat off as much as 10-15 liters of body fluid an hour and carry other athletes on their backs.
When it comes to calming "nuisance-barking" dogs, a spritz of fragrance under the chin is more effective than electric shock, a test by the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has found.
The following are quotations from an address by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Cornell's Senior Convocation, held from noon to 1 p.m. on May 25 in Barton Hall.
Cornell animal scientists may have a way to help rebuild populations of endangered mammalian species, now that they have succeeded in the first live births by non-surgical embryo collection and transfer in domestic ferrets.
Bonita S. Voiland, an executive at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, has been named assistant dean for resources, marketing, development and public affairs at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine effective July 1.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings will preside over the university's 128th commencement on Sunday, May 26, at Schoellkopf Stadium at 11 a.m. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will present an address at Senior Convocation.
