Archive for 2011



Offshore graduates noted at ceremony

By • Apr 28th, 2011 • Category: Around the College, May 2011

12 new offshore graduates  receive completion certificates  The college honored 12 new graduates from Ross and St. Georges universities as part of the traditional Offshore Ceremony of Completion, held every six months as a new group of students finish their clinical rotations at UF.  After the ceremony, a reception was held in the Banfield Conference […]

New hospital takes beautification award

By • Apr 28th, 2011 • Category: May 2011, News

The new UF Small Animal Hospital receives Outstanding Institutional Award from the City of Gainesville’s Beautification Board.

Yamamoto gets UFRF professorship

By • Apr 28th, 2011 • Category: May 2011, People

Immunologist honored with UFRF professorship   Dr. Janet Yamamoto, a professor of immunology at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a UF Research Foundation professorship. Sponsored by the university’s Division of Sponsored Research, the professorships are awarded for a three-year term to tenured faculty campuswide for distinguished research and scholarship that […]

Scientist honored with Gabor Award

By • Apr 27th, 2011 • Category: May 2011, People

  Aquatic Animal Health scientist honored   Heather Maness, a biological scientist in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Aquatic Animal Health program, has received the prestigious Gabor Employee Recognition award for her contributions to UF. Only eight of the $1,000 awards, which are sponsored by the Gabor Agency and Willis-HRH of Gainesville,were given at the universitywide […]

Hospital volunteers celebrated

By • Apr 26th, 2011 • Category: Around the College, May 2011

Small Animal Hospital volunteers recognized for service  By Sarah Carey Some work many hours a week without pay, at the front desk of the UF Small Animal Hospital, helping animal owners get situated and comfortable upon arrival and providing an empathetic ear. Others work in treatment rooms and service areas of the hospital, assisting faculty veterinarians, […]