Study: Program greatly reduced shelter cat impoundments in target area.
August 2014 news at the College of Medicine
Targeted feral cat sterilization program yields multiple benefits
By Sarah Carey • Aug 20th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, NewsVeterinarians and students gain knowledge for reducing homeless cat populations
By Sarah Carey • Aug 19th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014Veterinarians 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 Sarah Carey • Aug 19th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, PeopleGraduate 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 Diane Millican • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, Features, NewsUF veterinary staffers helped release an American bald eagle back into the wild on July 16.
In the news
By Sarah Carey • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, NewsIn 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 Sarah Carey • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, PeopleVeterinary 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 Sarah Carey • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014, FeaturesSeveral 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 Sarah Carey • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, Features, NewsSeveral UF CVM graduate students received degrees at UF summer commencement exercises.
Around the College
By Sarah Carey • Aug 18th, 2014 • Category: Around the College, August 2014Around the College
Levy named to national organization
By Sarah Carey • Jul 17th, 2014 • Category: August 2014, PeopleLevy named to national organization Dr. Julie Levy, Maddie’s Professor of Shelter Medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named a distinguished fellow of the National Academies of Practice. Levy, an ’89 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis, was recognized for her work with animal shelters, […]