Students

Research Teams Reflect on Value of Summer Research Program

July 13, 2018

To give a richer insight into Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Scholars Summer Research Program (SRP), the Vet Gazette this week shines the spotlight on some of the teams that partner faculty with Purdue veterinary students.


DVM and Pre-Veterinary Students Experience Scientific Discovery through Summer Research Program

June 29, 2018

Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s 2018 Veterinary Scholars Summer Research Program is giving 21 DVM and pre-veterinary students first-hand experience in the realm of scientific discovery.


Veterinary Students take First and Fourth Place in AVMHS Essay Contest

June 29, 2018

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine was well represented in the American Veterinary Medical History Society (AVMHS) 2018 J. Fred Smithcors Student Veterinary History Essay Contest. Congratulations to Jessica Zeiger, of the DVM Class of 2018, for winning first place and Janna Draper, of the DVM Class of 2019, for winning fourth place.


PVM Student Helps Celebrate Honor Received by Greater Lafayette Kennel Club

June 29, 2018

Purdue veterinary student Blair Hooser, outreach committee chair for the Greater Lafayette Kennel Club (GLKC), is excited to share that the club recently became the first in the nation to receive the American Kennel Club Public Education Award.


Veterinary Student Awarded AKC Scholarship

June 29, 2018

Julia O’Rourke, of the DVM Class of 2021, has been recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC) as a recipient of the 2018 AKC Veterinary Outreach Scholarship.


PVM Inspires Future Veterinarians at the 2018 Boiler Vet Camps

June 22, 2018

Over the course of the last two weeks, Purdue Veterinary Medicine hosted 100 campers to give them a first-hand look into the world of veterinary medicine.


PVM-led Study Shows Veterans with PTSD Who Have Service Dogs May Experience Physiological Benefits

June 15, 2018

A new study led by Purdue Veterinary Medicine researchers shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs. The study is the first published research to use a physiological marker to define the biobehavioral effects of service dogs on veterans with PTSD.


Excitement Pervades Junior Boiler Vet Camp

June 15, 2018

Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s popular Boiler Vet Camp program for 2018 kicked-off last weekend with the arrival of 50 Junior Boiler Vet Camp participants. The campers brought lots of energy and enthusiasm for the opportunity to learn all about the veterinary medical profession.


Oath Ceremony and Graduation Gala Celebrates Success of PVM Class of 2018

May 18, 2018

Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s Class of 2018 graduated last Saturday, May 12, with pomp, circumstance, and the traditional College of Veterinary Medicine Oath Ceremony. The evening before the Oath Ceremony, the College honored several graduates for outstanding accomplishments at the Graduation Gala, held at the Four Points by Sheraton in West Lafayette.


CPB Graduate Student Recognized for Outstanding Research

May 18, 2018

Purdue Veterinary Medicine graduate student Kerri Rodriguez received top honors from the Purdue University Graduate School’s Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs earlier this month when she received the 2018 Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award (MOIPA). Kerri, a human-animal interaction graduate student in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology, was recognized for her research titled, “The Effect of Psychiatric Service Dogs on Salivary Cortisol in a Population of Military Veterans with PTSD.”