2000: Launch of new PhD in Biomedical Sciences and combined DVM/MS in Comparative Biomedical Sciences.
The last elements of the Boston campus moved to Grafton as the home campus.
2002: The School partnered with the Swiss Village Farm (SVF) Foundation under the scientific direction of Dr. George Saperstein to preserve rare breeds and sustain livestock biodiversity.
2003: Cummings Foundation’s $50 million naming gift to the school is the largest in the history of U.S. veterinary education. School was re-branded as the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
NIH awarded $25 million to Dr. Saul Tzipori to establish the Center for Botulinum Research as part of the U.S. Food and Waterborne Disease Integrated Research Network.
2007: Leveen Family MRI Wing opened in Grafton and expanded imaging capacity to include diagnosing small and large animals.
2008: With support from the NIH and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, New England Regional Biosafety Lab opened and expanded BSL3 biocontainment space for infectious disease research.
New state-of-the-art, six-stall isolation ward opened to better manage the care of large animals with infectious disease.
The Agnes Varis Campus Center and Agnes Varis Auditorium opened providing the campus with a hub for student, faculty and staff activities. Named after the school’s long-time patron, Dr. Agnes Varis, these facilities added a new dimension to campus life.
2009: Cummings School, as part of a multidisciplinary team, received a USAID grant initially valued up to $185 million to improve the capacity of high-risk countries to respond to outbreaks of emergent zoonotic diseases.