AVMA News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Kenneth Adler, PhD, professor of cell biology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, and Masanobu Yamamoto, adjunct professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, will be inducted as fellows of the National Academy of (..)

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APRIL 6, 2014

Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? Which is what makes the Ravencam so special, according to Professor Nicholas Rodenhouse, who teaches environmental science and biological sciences. News Common Raven nesting birds webcam Wellesley'

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is awarding Dr. Hans Coetzee the 2025 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences.

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AVMA News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mars announced October 16 that Nefertiti “Nef” Greene, current president of Mars Science & Diagnostics, will move to the role of global president for Mars Veterinary Health in December. Katie Devine will fill Greene’s former position.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

This week in birding news has it all covered. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems , along comes a new scourge: nudists. Brings a new meaning to the term “shake your tail feathers” ! In still more food news, pollen traces indicate where birds migrating to Britain make pit stops. Er, sort of.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health is meant to expand the center’s efforts to “advance science into policy and action.” Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health at the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift to endow and name the Cornell K.

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AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Borkowski will serve as the new CEO of AAALAC International, a nonprofit that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs. Starting in October, Dr. Gary L.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Or the trailer for the new Frozen short. Or even the welcome news the Obama has vetoed the Keystone pipeline. Well, it turns out that the science behind this little meme is very relevant to the harder-working birder: it has to to with how our eyes and brain automatically compensate for differing levels of sunlight and shadow.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. In particular, the honeycreepers of Kaua’i are at risk of being wiped out , due to disease-spreading mosquitoes.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2024

His presentation, “The Science of Inspiring Learning and Change,” focused on how leaders’ levels of emotional intelligence can allow them to create and nurture significant resonant relationships and help their teams be open to new ideas, be more effective, motivate others and innovate.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The presentation reviewed how essential human connection is to effective leadership and the science of high-quality coaching practices.

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AVMA News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Fall 2024 AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, also known as AWJAC, recently brought together hundreds of competitors from across North America and Europe to apply science-based methods and ethical standards to assess the welfare of animals in a variety of settings.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration plans to end routine updates on the investigation of case reports of nonhereditary canine dilated cardiomyopathy and of certain dog foods and ingredients.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The latest edition of Science News delves into the work of scientists studying this problem. News bird collisions glass skyscraper' An “invisible” building sounds infinitely more dangerous; let’s hope the architects have a plan to stave off bird fatalities.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The post Is Sales a Science or an Art? How companies can align sales teams’ behaviors with a scientific approach to create a successful sales program. appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

National Geographic offers a science-driven analysis of the incident , which is apparently just a case of predators being, well, predators. News doves hooded crow yellow-legged gull' To Christians, the birds represent peace, but to a gull and a crow, the birds represented lunch. Image by Gregorio Borgia/AP).

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MARCH 29, 2017

This line of thought was started in me today with the horrifying news about the Monroe Museum of Natural History’s ultimatum from the University of Louisiana. This isn’t just a case of some business orientated universities having contempt for the natural sciences (although no doubt that plays a part).

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AVMA News

JULY 26, 2023

He stepped down in September 2022 as dean of Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) College of Veterinary Medicine after 15 years. This year’s AVMA Meritorious Service Award recipient is Dr. Phillip D.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Hurricane Sandy brought even more devastation and destruction, and was followed by the news that 2012 was the hottest year on record in the United States. This is what happens when know-nothings elect morons who oppose science because it doesn’t fit into their insane worldview.

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APRIL 19, 2011

After all, if you, our regular readers, don’t know who is where what hope has a random new visitor of figuring it all out? Our Beat Writers and their schedule can be found right here but don’t go clicking through just yet – there is exciting news to share! He also blogs at Scienceblogs.com.

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MARCH 2, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Herpetology Vs. Ornithology Herpetology Vs. Ornithology By Corey • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share If you like science and comic strips you definitely want to read xkcd.

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AVMA News

JULY 27, 2023

This year’s recipients are the Texas VMA (TVMA), Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the Meyerland Animal Clinic (MAC) in Houston. Lori Teller, 2022-23 AVMA president, gave three President’s Awards during the President’s Reception July 14 at AVMA Convention 2023 in Denver.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think about science reporting on this vast Internet of ours. When you receive a link to an article in the Daily Mail , for instance, your thoughts do not immediately leap to “my god, a ground-breaking, perhaps even mind-blowing advance in the study of avian tool use!”

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Critter News

MARCH 28, 2010

I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.

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JULY 15, 2014

First, and this is OLD news, dating to several years go. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. I have a larger post coming out next week as part of a special 10,000 Birds topical extravaganza, so for now just three little things. But did you know that there is a bat that specializes in eating birds that are migrating at night?

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JUNE 17, 2014

Verily, when it comes to news stories about evolution, mammals aren’t the only kind of animal that can be milked! So, you may have heard about this story several times because every time it gets reported it gets reported as though we didn’t see it coming from the last four times it got reported.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The Albuquerque Journal reported in a copyright story Friday that the National Institutes of Health informed Gov.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch. Science did not let us solidify that claim. Here’s a summary in Science. But here I want to note, and for now, dismiss, a find from Madagascar.

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MAY 22, 2013

This just doesn’t seem like rocket science to me. This is wonderful news right? Our National Wildlife Refuges need our help to remain a viable entity promoting wildlife conservation. We have a simple solution to raise more money for the National Wildlife Refuge System. A lot more money! Let’s look at some facts.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

’ The Beautiful Sibia is beautiful even in Mandarin Chinese (Li se qi mei, “Beautiful babbler”) … … and of course in science (scientific name pulchella , “little beautiful”). Good news for those who are too lazy to use Google themselves: I finally looked up “Verditer” online.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Of all the ways people choose to pass their time, few recreational activities are as tightly bound to science as birding. When we separate sport from science, opportunity for enjoyment increases immeasurably. For many, the list matters much more than the science behind it. How do you like that news, Mangrove Warbler ?

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JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Conservation conservation science hunting logging' she’s Texan.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2024

The post Getting Selling Down to a Science – Data Science, That Is appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. The seller who genuinely understands their client wins consistently. Doing this in a systematic, repeatable and predictable way is what separates the best from the rest.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Cognitive science offers proven techniques to help make presentations more persuasive, memorable and action-driven. The post The Science of Stunning: How to Create Presentations That Demand Attention appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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APRIL 15, 2014

There is a bit of science news. I got it on “film” using my camera, but they were so far away you can only see them for a second, and you can only see a few hundred. But there were a gazillion of them.

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MAY 11, 2024

Amazingly and quite contrary to what you would believe from the gloomy news most of these birds have since recovered and are doing well. The science-based approach that recognises the dilemmas and identifies the hard choices isn’t election material, I suppose.

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Critter News

JANUARY 19, 2009

The panel is now known as the Food and Agriculture Committee, and the new chairman is Dean Florez, Steinberg revealed at a news conference Jan. Several environmental groups were represented at the news conference, during which Steinberg said the changes would usher in a new era in California agriculture policy. “My

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