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CVM names three distinguished alumni recipients

ZEWA, the College of Veterinary Medicine’s zoo, exotics, wildlife, and aquatics club, is cultivating relationships inside and outside of the College. In 2023, ZEWA connected with Birds and Beaks Rescue and Rehab to facilitate exciting hands-on learning experiences for student veterinarians.

Eight Penn State alumni selected by the University’s Board of Trustees will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, the institution’s highest honor presented to its alumni.

Abhinay is a PhD Pathobiology graduate student in VBSC and is co-advised by Dr’s Bhushan Jayarao and Suresh Kuchipudi

The Ella Reagle Staff Assistant Award was established in honor of Ella Reagle, who served the College of Agricultural Sciences and Extension for thirty years. This award, endowed by the family of Ella Reagle, honors an outstanding staff assistant who demonstrates the dedication and hard work that was characteristic of Ella. As we know, professional […]

Dogs are humans’ best friends. Need to quickly locate a bomb? There’s a dog for that. Can’t see very well? There’s a dog for that. Searching for a lost hiker in the mountains or survivors in an earthquake, diagnosing illness, comforting the bereft — there are dogs for every need.

Recent media coverage of a “mysterious” respiratory illness in dogs in the US has created concern with dog owners.  While there is always a year-round baseline incidence of dogs with a respiratory infection, spikes in the number of affected dogs occur periodically during a typical year. At this time, it is unclear if the current […]

A breakthrough in the understanding of the relationship between a naturally occurring enzyme and the liver cancer drug sorafenib could improve the effectiveness of the drug, which currently prolongs the life of liver cancer patients for only two to three months. A study of the relationship between the enzyme DDX5, liver cancer and sorafenib, published […]

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Caption: A comprehensive AI-driven data enterprise underway at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine will draw on the college’s robust clinical caseload create to provide a platform for collecting, collating and analyzing patient data. The initiative will pave the way for the development of precision medicine, (File photo by Louis Brems) By Sarah Carey Computerized […]