This year's World Veterinary Day, on April 24, celebrates the veterinary response to COVID-19. The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has played a crucial role in responding to the pandemic in myriad ways.

To reflect on those efforts, we've provided a selection of stories that showcase the research, expertise, care and dedication that our college community demonstrated in the face of the COVID pandemic:

• Expert panel explains science behind COVID-19 vaccines
• Governor launches state public health training program developed by Cornell MPH program
• MPH to help train state’s pioneering public health corps
• Teaming up: coronavirus research at Cornell
• Cornell teams work tirelessly to limit COVID spread
• Cornell, Cayuga Health donate COVID testing to ICSD
• Drs. Bettina Wagner, Hector Aguilar-Carreno awarded OVPR seed grants to study COVID-19
• Robots, know-how drive COVID lab’s massive testing effort
• Pandemic injects new urgency into coronavirus collaborations
• Structure of COVID-19 virus hints at key to high infection rate
• College researchers collaborate and navigate uncertainty during COVID-19 pandemic
• “Be careful, not afraid”: Cornell clinicians adapt and adjust to a new veterinary reality
• Cornell testing aids in diagnosis of COVID-19 in Bronx Zoo tiger
• CVM COVID-19 working group gears up