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In the news A story about the new UF Veterinary Access Scholarship initiative featuring Dean James Lloyd appeared in Veterinary Practice News. Other stories about this program appeared in Veterinary Economics and dvm360. Dr. Carsten Bandt, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and critical care in the department of small animal clinical sciences, was quoted […]

Fundraiser for HAARTS to be held at Cymplify on Nov. 6 A silent-auction fundraiser to support a program through which University of Florida veterinary medical students provide life-saving medical care to homeless animals will be held in Gainesville at Cymplify at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6. For the second year in a row, the event […]

Recent graduate to receive equine association scholarship Dr. Jennifer Reda, a 2015 graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently selected to receive a $4,000 scholarship from the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation. Reda, now an intern at Southern Equine Service in Aiken, South Carolina, is one of six 2015 D.V.M. degree […]

New small animal clerkship program aims to supplement students’ primary care experience.

Dr. Margo Macpherson, a professor of equine reproduction at UF, will serve as the 2016 vice president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

Renowned author, autism advocate Temple Grandin to speak at UF on Sept. 24.

A young German shepherd is recuperating well after treatment for pythiosis at UF’s Small Animal Hospital.

All finalists named winners after cyberbullying disrupts contest All Top-20 finalists in the America’s Favorite Veterinarian contest, including the University of Florida’s Dr. Kirsten Cooke, were named winners after cyberbullying by anti-declawing activists resulted in the contest’s cancellation on Aug. 26. The contest’s sponsor, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, issued a press release explaining why […]

A new online course, The Horse, launched this fall at UF.