Around the college

UF veterinary student Rikki Schwarz’s team won first-place in a global health case competition.

2015 CVM Open House is April 11 Mark your calendars! The annual University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Open House will be held April 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The complete list of activities is still being finalized, but the day will be replete with all of the things you’ve come to […]

In the news A story about a cat that benefited from a unique human/veterinary dental collaboration between Dr. Fong Wong of the UF College of Dentistry and Dr. Amy Stone of the UFCVM was covered by DVM360. The story originally was released from UF in November. Little AnnaRose Van Sciver, a UF Health transplant recipient, […]

A cat named Sunny survived a coral snake bite, thanks to UF emergency and critical care specialists.

Former professor makes gift to support scholarship initiative The UF College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a new dean’s scholarship endowment initiative to reverse the escalating student debt load trend and, ultimately, generate a ten-fold increase in the amount of scholarship dollars awarded to our students annually. To jump start this effort, Dr. Paul Nicoletti, […]

The UF Small Animal Hospital is now certified as a Level 1 emergency and critical care facility by a national group.

Construction underway at the college will offer needed space to accommodate growing programs.

Service dog eye, heart screening day is May 8 The University of Florida’s Small Animal Hospital will offer free screening eye and heart examinations to service animals May 8 as a part of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists’ National Service Dog Eye Exam event. Service animals typically include guide dogs, disability assistance dogs, detection […]

A heart transplant recipient who dreams of becoming a veterinarian one day visited the UFCVM on Jan. 23.

UF veterinary student Geoff Landau won a national competition based on business aptitude.

New pet loss support group formed A pet loss support group is now meeting on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the UF Small Animal Hospital. The group sessions, which began on Feb. 17, are being held in the “quiet room” space near the dermatology examination rooms. The sessions are open to clients […]