Archive for 2013



Graduate program alumna plays key role in manatee group

By • Jan 9th, 2013 • Category: January 2013, People

Program alumna plays key role in manatee group  By Sarah Carey When Pennsylvania native Katie Tripp was 3 years old, her mother took her to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, where she couldn’t stop talking about “the seals that blew bubbles with their noses.” At 11, she discovered manatees through a PBS special and met […]

Staffer’s dog heading for Big Apple

By • Jan 9th, 2013 • Category: Features, January 2013, News

A Siberian Husky belonging to college staffer Sally O’Connell is heading to Westminster.

Faculty share expertise at professional meetings

By • Jan 9th, 2013 • Category: January 2013, News

Faculty share expertise at national meetings Members of the UF CVM  faculty recently have shared their expertise in presentations made at professional meetings, including the Association of American Equine Practitioners. That meeting was held Dec. 1-5 in Anaheim, Calif. Dr. Margo Macpherson, an associate professor of theriogenology in the department of large animal clinical sciences, […]

Professor helps endow second scholarship

By • Jan 9th, 2013 • Category: Features, January 2013, News

Dr. Paul Nicoletti helps complete funding for a new veterinary student scholarship.

New course, “The Dog”, wraps up fall term

By • Jan 7th, 2013 • Category: Around the College, January 2013

It’s a wrap: First semester of “The Dog” course ends, with rave reviews

Prospective DVM students conduct early interviews

By • Jan 7th, 2013 • Category: Around the College, January 2013

Prospective DVM students conduct early interviews The UF College of Veterinary Medicine drew 62 individuals from in-state and out-of-state, who visited Gainesville in late November and early December to interview early for slots available in the next round of admissions to the DVM program. “Applicants had the opportunity to visit with the Admissions Committee, to […]

Around the College

By • Jan 7th, 2013 • Category: Around the College, January 2013

Parties, the giving spirit brighten holidays for many Holiday parties, efforts for giving, so much happening! This year, contributions to area K9s, the local Food Bank and families of sick children were all a part the way the college and the UF Veterinary Hospitals made the holidays a little brighter for others. A collegewide party […]

Married pathology residents: Returning to school was worth it

By • Jan 7th, 2013 • Category: Features, January 2013, People

Drs. Bill and Serena Craft don’t regret returning to school to advance their expertise in pathology.

Anatomic pathology residents honored

By • Jan 7th, 2013 • Category: Features, January 2013, People

Two anatomic pathology residents from UF were honored recently at a national meeting.