Awards Presented During Homecoming Week The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and its alumni association announced the winners of the 2018 awards, which will be presented in a private ceremony on October 11…. Read More >
This summer, Shelter Medicine faculty, staff, and students volunteered their time and service to help homeless animals on the island of Rhodes, Greece. The team provided physical examinations on all shelter animals located at the… Read More >
The past five weeks I had the honor of participating in AQUAVET® III: Clinical Aspects of Captive Aquatic Animal Medicine. The course is offered through Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and takes place at… Read More >
$2500 Prize for Best Team Proposal [row][column size=”6″] Call it “house soiling,” “inappropriate elimination,” “going outside the box,” or whatever you like: It is a BIG problem for cat owners. Going No. 1 or No…. Read More >
On Saturday, September 8, the University of Illinois shelter medicine program will sterilize, vaccinate, and microchip over 100 feral cats from east central Illinois. The goal is to reduce the overpopulation of cats and improve… Read More >
Alyssa Duncan, CVT, patient services coordinator, has been with the College of Veterinary Medicine for 26 years. Using 10 words or less, describe what your role at the college is: Includes oversight of fiscal and… Read More >
‘Like Toothpaste out of a Tube’ A new study reveals a previously unknown mechanism that governs whether viruses that infect bacteria will quickly kill their hosts or remain latent inside the cell. The discovery, reported… Read More >
The National Institutes of Health’s Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative has awarded $13 million to a University of Illinois project led by Susan Schantz, a professor of comparative biosciences in the College… Read More >
Dr. Charles W. “Bill” Smith, a member of the college faculty from 1969 to 2000, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2018, at the age of 78. “Many of our alumni remember learning principles… Read More >
![[DeWilde, Barger, Bernardoni, and Constable]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/news-2018-alumni-awards.jpg)
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![[Student volunteers prepare feral cats for sterilization surgery]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/community-cat-day.jpg)
![[illustration of viruses ejecting their DNA into a cell]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/evilevitch-illustration.jpg)
![[Susan Schantz]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/res-schantz-echo-2018.jpg)
![[Dr. C.W. Smith, right, with student Bridgit Hollis]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/memoriam-smith-2018.jpg)