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(Seminar schedule: click this link)Thursday, February 9: Dr. Matt Hayes, U. of Pennsylvania, seminar presentation, noon, Wegner G50. (Mechanistic Interactions Between Hindbrain Leptin and GLP-1 in Control of Food Intake)
March 16, 2012: Deadline to have Poncin Scholarship applications to department office (Grad Students).
Saturday,April 14: CVM Open House 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Vet Teaching Hospital.
News of Note:
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Veterinary Medicine Research Building (Rec 4 VMRB) took place October 8, 2010. Project completion is scheduled for 2012. The building will be located next to the Biotechnology/Life Sciences Building on Stadium Way (before photos) / (follow progress).(ceremony videos/photos)
Jenny Browning received the Karen Depauw leadership award on January 6, 2012. Congratulations to Jenny.
CVM Safety Committee meets at 10:30 a.m. the 2nd Thursday of each month (Dean's Conference Room). This meeting is open to all CVM community interested in helping to promote safety.
Congratulations to Peter Neumann (Y. Dong lab) who successfully defended his thesis proposal December 2011.
Congratulations also to John Michael (Chandra lab), Damien Guimond (Wayman lab) and Cindy Zhou (Wenji Dong lab) in successfully presenting preliminary defenses and passing preliminary oral exams December 2011.
Amy McNeal Lee and Brian Lee (Neuroscience PhD graduate), had their first child, Brandon Robert, December 1. Amy resigned her position in VCAPP November 23. The little family will be moving to Oregon where Brian will begin a postdoctoral position in February.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Veterinary Medicine Research Building (Rec 4 VMRB) took place October 8, 2010. Project completion is scheduled for 2012. The building will be located next to the Biotechnology/Life Sciences Building on Stadium Way (before photos) / (follow progress).(ceremony videos/photos)
Check back regularly for announcements/upcoming events.