Around the college

A new program spearheaded by equine oriented veterinary students at UF encourages stronger relationships with farriers.

A tour of the UF Small Animal Hospital and an oncology lab reinforced kids’ commitment to raising money for pet cancer research.

Noted speaker to address diversity and inclusion in veterinary profession The UF College of Veterinary Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Billy Hooper will be visiting the college Monday, Jan. 26.  Hooper will present the history of gender, racial and ethnic diversity in American veterinary medicine, examine the current multicultural concerns of the profession […]

International journal awards prize to UF paper Dr. Julie Levy, along with UF colleagues Drs. Natalie Isaza and Karen Scott, has been awarded The Veterinary Journal’s 2014 George Fleming Prize for a paper that appeared in the journal last year. The paper, which the group coauthored, related to the effect of high-impact trap-neuter-return and adoption […]

In the news A story about a new non-profit foundation launched by two children to benefit cancer research at the UFCVM appeared in numerous publications online after its original publication on PRWeb. Pathologists at the UFCVM performed the necropsy of a horse that died along with its rider in Davie, Florida. The Sun-Sentinel covered the […]

UF researchers discover new tick virus University of Florida researchers have discovered that a tick common to the southeastern United States may harbor an unusual virus that belongs to the family Arenaviridae. Some arenaviruses are associated with severe hemorrhagic disease and significant mortality in people in South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Known as Tacaribe virus, […]

A pet zebu is recuperating at home after being successfully treated for kidney injury with hemodialysis at UF.

A new intranet portal, UF Health Bridge, is now available to all UF Health employees.

Maddie’s Program at UF collaborates in Million Cat Challenge Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, in partnership with the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the University of California-Davis, has created an educational campaign called “The Million Cat Challenge,” which provides resources and guidance on key initiatives that will help shelters reduce euthanasia […]

Graduate degrees conferred at UF ceremony Several UF College of Veterinary Medicine graduate students received their advanced degrees during fall commencement exercises, held Dec. 19 at the O’Connell Center. Four students received Ph.D. degrees, according to Sally O’Connell, administrative assistant in the college’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Those include: Galaxia Cortes, Jason Ferrante, […]

Professor named to national academy of inventors Dr. Janet Yamamoto, a professor at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, is one of three UF scientists newly listed among 170 new Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, which recognizes the contributions of researchers from universities and non-profit organizations who are named inventors on […]