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An Online Bonanza

November 18th, 2009

When we launched AVMA@Work back in the fall of 2007, we did so because we had heard from many of our members that they wanted to know more about what the AVMA does for them. Apart from convention, insurance and our journals, you asked, what’s the bang for my membership buck?
Well, you didn’t stop there. [...] Read more

Categories: Advocacy, Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Companion Animals, Convention, Councils and Committees, Disaster Preparedness, Drugs and Therapeutics, Executive Board, Food Animals, General, International Issues, JAVMA, Leadership, One Health, Outreach, Policies and Governance, Scientific Issues, Workforce Issues

 

Remembering Dr. Janis Audin, 1950-2009

May 1st, 2009

The American Veterinary Medical Association, indeed the entire veterinary community, recently lost a wonderful friend whose commitment to our noble profession was beyond compare. Dr. Janis Audin died April 22 with her family at her side. Her contributions to the profession and to the publications she loved – the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical [...] Read more

Categories: JAVMA

 

AVMA Collections Debuts

April 16th, 2008

Dear Colleagues,
Do you hear it? New Orleans beckons. The clanging bell of the St. Charles Avenue street car is calling. The musicians at Preservation Hall are tuning their instruments. A wisp of sultry sea air is settling over an outdoor patio, where your friends are waiting for you to pull up a chair and join [...] Read more

Categories: Convention, Education and Student Matters, JAVMA, Veterinary Economics

 

Kindergarten to Katrina

March 19th, 2008

Dear Colleagues,
It’s been said that the first day of spring is one thing … and the first spring day is another.
Well, spring is expected to officially arrive Thursday … with the occurrence of the vernal equinox – even though it may be weeks before we become true believers that winter has finally checked out for [...] Read more

Categories: American Veterinary Medical Foundation, Education and Student Matters, JAVMA, One Health, Outreach, Scientific Issues, Volunteering