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PVM Faculty Among Researchers Honored with Purdue Seed for Success Acorn Awards

December 8, 2023

Purdue honored more than 100 researchers, including 13 from the College of Veterinary Medicine, with the university’s prestigious Seed for Success Acorn Awards at an awards event last month in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom. The award recognizes Purdue principal investigators and co-investigators who obtained their first research grants with external funding of $1 million or more for a single proposal.


Continuum Café Gingerbread House Takes Prize for Creativity in Purdue Food Company Competition

December 8, 2023

The results are in, and the Continuum Café’s entry in the Purdue Food Company’s Gingerbread House Contest is a prize winner! Not surprisingly, the café’s entry, depicting key elements of the café’s menu and layout along with some fun extra decorations, won the “Little Miss Inventor” prize. The café’s gingerbread house design team was recognized for “… their super creative and cute rendition of their location.” 


“Paws Up” – Brought to you by the PVM Wellness Committee

December 8, 2023

This week we express our sincere appreciation for Dr. John Christian, an esteemed associate professor of veterinary clinical pathology and the director and section chief of the Clinical Pathology Laboratory. As he embarks on a well-deserved retirement, we want to commend Dr. Christian and highlight his invaluable efforts with the PVM Wellness Committee over the years.


In Memory: Dr. Michael Walker (PU DVM ’77)

December 8, 2023

The Purdue Veterinary Medicine community is saddened to learn that an alumnus, Dr. Michael J. Walker, of St. John, Indiana, passed away December 3. He was 70. 


PVM Faculty Receive Support from Showalter Research Trust

December 8, 2023

The Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust annually provides funding to Purdue in support of scientific and medical research. This year, several Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty members are among the beneficiaries.


Continuum Café Serves-up Gingerbread, But Not as a Menu Item!

December 1, 2023

What’s sugar and spice and everything nice, with a candy replica of Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s “Rockette the Circus Bear” sculpture on the side? Well, a gingerbread house designed by the talented team at the Continuum Café, of course! 


“Paws Up” – Brought to you by the PVM Wellness Committee

December 1, 2023

This week we extend our gratitude to Holly Englert, assistant director for student advising in the Veterinary Nursing program.


Exotic Animal Club Hosts Successful Two-Day Symposium

December 1, 2023

“Medicine of Aquatics, Amphibians, and Reptiles” (MOAAR) is the name of a successful two-day symposium that was hosted last month in Lynn Hall by the Exotic Animal Club. The program, held November 11-12, featured 20 lectures and six wet labs that were offered in two separate tracks: Amphibians/Reptiles and Aquatics. The club brought in speakers from private practice as well as other universities, including Michigan State University and the University of Illinois, who joined Purdue Veterinary Medicine presenters. 


In Memory: Dr. Russell Main, Associate Professor of Basic Medical Sciences

December 1, 2023

The Purdue Veterinary Medicine community is deeply saddened by the passing of a caring and beloved faculty member in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Dr. Russell Main, who died November 14 at his home in West Lafayette. He was 46.


Purdue Farm Animal Hospital Holds First Cattle Health Education Workshop

November 10, 2023

Cattle producers had the opportunity to hear from Purdue Veterinary Medicine bovine specialists and see the David and Bonnie Brunner Farm Animal Hospital first-hand during a special half-day Cattle Health Education Workshop hosted by the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital. The event on Saturday, November 4, attracted more than 30 attendees from 15 different farms as well as the Indiana Beef Cattle Association. The workshop represented the first time the hospital has conducted such a session.