Founding college faculty member, pathology specialist dies Friends and former colleagues mourned the May 2 passing of Dr. Carroll Woodard, who specialized in bone pathology and was one of the founding members of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. “Dr. Woodard was a great, inspiring leader and a mentor,” said Dr. Claus Buergelt, […]

Surgeons complete relay, raise $4,500 for scholarship fund   A team of six current and former UF small animal veterinary surgeons and surgery residents — self-described as “The Orthopods and Relay Rods” – completed the 100-mile relay race on May 19 in the Florida Keys. The group ran beneath overcast skies, in temperatures hovering around […]

Aquatic Animal Health program has busy year UF’s Aquatic Animal Health program has been involved in several dolphin rescues and other projects in recent months. Below are a few bullets capturing some of these events, which have included collaborations with various state and federal agencies. On Jan. 6, a dolphin calf in New Smyrna Beach […]

Graduate focused early on career in shelter medicine By Sarah Carey When new UF College of Veterinary Medicine graduate Dr. Lauren Rockey turned 18 – the age she had to be to volunteer at her local county animal shelter – she visited the shelter to begin the paperwork. In the coming year, she fostered neonatal […]

New UF Pet Emergency Clinic to open in Ocala July 2 In an effort to provide Marion County-area pet owners with access to after-hour veterinary care services, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine has teamed up with a group of local veterinarians to build a new, state-of-the-art pet emergency clinic, scheduled to open […]

Several UF graduate students and post-docs learned more about key environmental research, including the work of their mentor, Dr. Nancy Denslow, during a recent webinar.

Sophomore students marked completion of their first two years of veterinary school during the traditional professional coating ceremony on May 11.

A record number of service dogs turned out for the annual free eye and heart screening exam event offered through the UF Small Animal Hospital on May 25.

Four graduate with food animal certificates Last year during commencement exercises for the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Class of 2011, six veterinary students who received their DVM degrees became the first from UF to wear green cords signifying completion of a subgroup of courses aimed at helping students develop a mastery of skills related […]

Commencement exercises for the Class of 2012 were held May 26 at UF’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.