Archive for 2014



Targeted feral cat sterilization program yields multiple benefits

By • Aug 20th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, News

Study: Program greatly reduced shelter cat impoundments in target area.

Veterinarians and students gain knowledge for reducing homeless cat populations

By • Aug 19th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014

Veterinarians and students gain knowledge for reducing homeless cat populations How many animals’ lives can you change in a week? For the students in UF’s Community Cat Management course, the answer was an amazing 544. Community Cat Management is a unique immersive training experience offered by Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the UF College of […]

Graduate student receives award from National Science Foundation

By • Aug 19th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, People

Graduate student receives  award from National Science Foundation Candice Lavelle, a graduate student in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, has received a doctoral dissertation improvement award from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Lavelle’s research project, titled “Behavioral and Reproductive Implications of Nanomaterial and Synthetic Estrogen Co-Exposures in […]

Staffers aid in bald eagle release at Newnan’s Lake

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, Features, News

UF veterinary staffers helped release an American bald eagle back into the wild on July 16.

In the news

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, News

In the news A story about Dr. Tom Vickroy’s appointment as the college’s new executive associate dean appeared online on sites including the Gainesville Sun,  Bovine Veterinarian, EquiSearch, Newswise (UF-IFAS), as well as in the Palm Beach Times, the Tallahassee Times and elsewhere. Dr. Sarah Boston was interviewed on WCJB-TV Channel 20 news on Aug. […]

Veterinary graduate student receives training grant

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, People

Veterinary graduate student receives training grant Dr. Shannon Roff,  a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a TL1 predoctoral training grant from the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She is the college’s first graduate student to receive the award. Roff received her D.V.M. from UF’s veterinary college […]

Youth with 4-H Congress visit college

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014, Features

Several high-schoolers who participated in the recent 4-H Congress listened and learned at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine.

Degrees awarded to graduate students

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, Features, News

Several UF CVM graduate students received degrees at UF summer commencement exercises.

Around the College

By • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014

Around the College