Aquavet®
Locale and Facilities
Presented by the School of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania,
and the College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University
AQUAVET® was held at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, Massachusetts from 1977 to 2009. A major renovation project of MBL’s Loeb Building, the primary "home" for the AQUAVET® Program, led the Directors of AQUAVET® to identify new facilities for the presentation of the 2010 Program. In 2010 the AQUAVET® Program was held at the Stony Brook Southampton campus in Southampton, New York on the eastern end of Long Island. The Southampton campus was closed by Stony Brook University in 2010 and is no longer available. The Directors found an excellent location to present the 2011 AQUAVET® Program. Roger Williams University, in Bristol Rhode Island will again be the hosts for the upcoming summer schedule.
Information on the Roger Williams University campus and local area can be found on the Roger Williams University web site <www.rwu.edu/>.
Located on a stunning 140 acres overlooking Mount Hope Bay, the Roger Williams campus takes advantage of the New England coastline’s natural beauty. The campus location in historic Bristol, RI, is easily accessible from Providence, Boston or New York City.
The RWU Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED) includes a 3,000-square-foot Marine Lab with flowing seawater, a commercial-scale Shellfish Hatchery, a newly constructed Aquatic Animal Health and Diagnostics Laboratory, research vessels and a 300-foot learning platform in Mount Hope Bay.
Starting in 2010 CEED has operatde an Aquatic Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory that supports the aquaculture and other aquatic animal industries. This facility enables RWU to conduct cutting-edge, externally funded, aquatic animal health research and provide diagnostic testing services for Rhode Island, New England and the entire East Coast. Dr. Roxanna Smolowitz was recently hired to lead and direct the growth of this program. Dr. Smolowitz is a long faculty member for AQUAVET® and will be on hand throughout the basic and advanced courses.
