Archive for 2012



Surgeons running in Keys 100 Relay

By • Apr 18th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, People

Surgeons’ relay race to support scholarship fund   A group of current and former UF veterinary surgeons and residents, from near and far, are trading tips on everything from electrolytes to sunscreen while they prepare for a 100-mile relay race they plan to run as a team May 19 in the Florida Keys. They hope […]

UF veterinary student’s recipes in national spotlight

By • Apr 16th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, People

UF vet student shares recipes on Martha Stewart Show  By Sarah Carey   When veterinary student Nicki Puza baked her now-famous “turkey cupcakes” last Thanksgiving to cheer up her busy classmates, who were in the middle of taking their national licensure examinations, little did she know the sweet, freeform birds would end up flying her […]

Open House draws huge crowd to college

By • Apr 16th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, Around the College, Features

People of all ages, from aspiring veterinarians to the merely curious, came from Gainesville and beyond to learn more about the veterinary profession and UF at this year’s Open House.

College’s 2012 Distinguished Award winners named

By • Apr 16th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, News

2012 Distinguished Award winners named A military veterinarian pursuing specialty surgical studies, a practicing small animal surgeon, a retired administrator who helped open the new UF Small Animal Hospital and a beloved teacher whose contributions continue to move many even after his death were named as 2012 Distinguished Award winners by the UF College of […]

Associate dean of students retires

By • Apr 16th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, Around the College

Associate dean of students and instruction retires   Dr. Paul Gibbs, a virologist who served for almost two years as the college’s associate dean for students and instruction, has retired after 32 years of service at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. A retirement reception was held in his honor on March 30, […]

College offers new undergraduate course focusing on the dog

By • Apr 16th, 2012 • Category: April 2012, Around the College, Features

A new online course being offered this fall to undergraduate students will look exclusively at dogs and will target pre-veterinary and veterinary technology students.