The night before graduates walked the stage at the Breslin Center for the advanced degree ceremony, the Master of Science in Food Safety (MSFS) graduates gathered for a celebratory dinner in honor of their accomplishments.

Exposure Scientist and Environmental Epidemiologist Dr. Courtney Carignan has contributed to public health interventions aimed at reducing exposures to flame retardants, PFAS, and arsenic. She is the principal investigator and lead author of “Self-Collection Blood Test for PFASs: Comparing Volumetric Microsamplers with a Traditional Serum Approach” published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Dom, a 1.5-year-old English Springer Spaniel, presented to the MSU Veterinary Medical Center’s Soft Tissue Surgery Service for a previously diagnosed diaphragmatic hernia.

When a young dog was found to have an unusual form of hernia, Spartan veterinary professionals got to work sorting him out.