There is a new documentary called Iowa Vet: Dogs, Cats, Corn & Murder, opening at Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St. in New York City) June 5 running through June 18. Each screening will be followed by a live Q&A with NYSVMS member Alan Younkin, DVM. The film is about a veterinarian reflecting on growing up on an Iowa farm, building an animal hospital in the big city, confronting the upheavals transforming his profession and navigating the unexpected chapters that helped shape his life. For showtimes and tickets, go to: https://www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/iowa-vet-dogs-cats-corn-murder.html. For more information about the film, go to: https://www.iowavet.net/.
Jessica McArt named dean of College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University CVM
Dr.Jessica McArt, DVM ’07, Ph.D. ’13, has been named the Austin O. Hooey Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), effective July 15. Her appointment was approved May 20 by the Cornell Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee and ratified June 2 by the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees.
CVM honors 2026 graduates in hooding, recognition ceremonies
Cornell University CVM
This May, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated its newest group of veterinarians, scientists and public health professionals as they embarked on the next stage of their careers. During the hooding ceremony Dr. Jeanne Best, president of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, led the graduates in taking the Veterinarian’s Oath before Jai Sweet, Ph.D. ’96, assistant dean for veterinary student services and admissions, then called each graduate to the stage to be hooded.
OneCornell health educators conference inspires teaching excellence across disciplines
Cornell University CVM
More than 150 educators gathered in-person and virtually May 16-17 at Weill Cornell Medicine for the OneCornell Health Educators Conference. The inaugural event, titled: “From Assessment to Feedback: Closing the Loop in Clinical Education in the Health Professions,” convened educators and students from medicine, veterinary medicine, physician assistant studies and licensed veterinary technician training for two days of medical education programming.
Researchers examine fertility, reproductive health at Cornell symposium
Cornell University CVM
At a moment of rapid scientific advances and mounting funding uncertainty, reproductive health researchers from across the Northeast gathered at Cornell University April 30–May 1 to examine infertility, embryo development and reproductive aging at the 2026 Tri-State Symposium on Reproductive Sciences.
Student loan repayment is changing July 1st
AVMA
The coming changes stem from legislation approved by Congress and signed into law in 2025. They include the phase-out of some repayment plans, creation of two new ones, and new limits on federal borrowing. Current and future students and veterinarians using certain federal loan repayment plans will be affected, as will anyone continuing their education with the aid of federal student loans.
Innovation takes center stage at AVMA Global Health Summit
AVMA
This summer the AVMA Global Health Summit is shining a light on innovative solutions to remedy global challenges currently facing the veterinary profession. Attendees will hear leading international experts discuss how advances in technology, antimicrobial stewardship, sustainability, One Health communications, and the expanding global role of veterinary specialists are impacting veterinary medicine globally.
Never seen anything like it.’ Scientists discover brand new species of octopus
Upworthy
Imagine being a scientist scanning the ocean floor when suddenly a powder blue, golf ball-sized, eight-legged critter that looked like it’s been put through a kawaii filter shows up. Obviously, all professionalism goes out the proverbial window. That is exactly what happened for the Charles Darwin Foundation when they unexpectedly discovered a brand new species of (very cute) octopus deep below the water’s surface near the Galapagos Islands.
Why most veterinary practices struggle and how to fix it
DVM360
Veterinary practices rarely struggle because of poor medicine. In fact, most struggling practices deliver high-quality care, serve loyal clients, and remain booked weeks in advance while revenue continues to grow year after year. From the outside, these practices often appear healthy and successful, yet on the inside, many owners feel stretched thin, reactive, and quietly exhausted.
This mobile veterinary unit is standing between Sumatra’s elephants and extinction
Earth.org
That team is the Wildlife Ambulance, a mobile veterinary service that has become one of the most important forces standing between Critically Endangered Sumatran elephants and their extinction. Part rescue vehicle, part field hospital, part classroom, it operates across some of Sumatra’s most remote terrain, reaching elephants and other wildlife that would otherwise have no chance of survival.
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