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Stephanie Bertrand, assistant farm manager at Cummings School Farm at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, provides care for the Jacob sheep that are integral to the research being led by University of Massachusetts Medical School.

An experimental gene therapy was little Alissa's only hope. Now, instead of certain death, she faces an uncertain future.

Cummings School is mentioned in a USA Today story about an experimental gene therapy developed at UMass Medical School to address a deadly disease in children

Carl Kirker-Head and Abby Brisbois standing with a horse outside a barn.

Veterinary Students’ Research Helps Horses Recovering from Injuries

Cummings School faculty and students do the work to scientifically validate remedy for horses suffering from tendon and ligament damage

Harnessing Antibodies as Pathogen Hunters

Tufts researcher finds combining the right antibody with the right delivery system may prevent many diseases before they wreak havoc in the body

A Tale of Two Tapirs

When a Baird’s tapir at Franklin Park Zoo gave birth to twins, Cummings Veterinary Medical Center stepped up to provide emergency neonatal care

Female veterinarian examines little dog with stethoscope

How Covid-19 Jumps From Humans to Animals, Worrying Scientists

Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki was featured in a Wall Street Journal video story on concerns around COVID transmission between humans and animals

The campus of Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton

Cummings School Commits to Diversity Efforts with Task Force, Scholarships

Tufts University’s veterinary school aims to increase diversity among students, staff, and faculty, and by extension, the veterinary profession at large

Acclaimed Civil Rights Lawyer and Advocate Bryan Stevenson to Deliver Tufts Commencement Address

Attorney, social justice advocate, and author to address Class of 2021 in a virtual ceremony

Tufts in Sweet 16 for STAT Madness

Sameer Sonkusale and his group’s research on a pill that samples gut microbes is still in the running for best innovations in biomedicine, and needs your vote

Dr. Yuki Nakayama (right) teaches veterinary students at the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay/Neuter Clinic at Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University

Veterinary colleges continue to prepare students to enter profession

Associate dean for academic affairs Nicholas Frank spoke with JAVMA, offering tips for fourth-year veterinary students preparing to enter the field