Cornell Equine Park celebrates reopening, honors legacy

The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the grand reopening of the Cornell Equine Park Wednesday, Nov. 13. The event comes after two years of construction and remodeling of the park on Bluegrass Lane, just a mile east of campus.

Lorin D. Warnick, D.V.M., Ph.D. '94, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, welcomed the approximately 50 attendees. "We are grateful for the support of the State of New York and the state university construction fund that made these beautiful new facilities possible," Warnick said. "This provides an up-to-date and safe place for important parts of our equine program, for student education, intern and resident training, and research funded by the Harry M. Zweig Memorial Fund and other sources."

Warnick's welcome was followed by remarks from Robert Williams, executive director of the New York State Gaming Commission; Katherine McComas, Ph.D. '00, vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs at Cornell; and Dr. Mandi de Mestre, the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine and director of Cornell Equine.

Read the full story on the College of Veterinary Medicine's website.