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Hannah Streams taking a selfie next to a lake on a sunny day in the mountains.

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Hannah Streams Creates World of Connections, Fun in Veterinary Medicine
May 15, 2025 / Alumni News

It Runs in the Family Hannah Streams grew up on a small hobby farm in New Mexico surrounded by animals. Propped on a hill, Streams would watch as her dad pulled up the driveway. She…
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Hospital Offers ‘WaitWell’ App for ER Clients

January 20, 2025 / In the News

chambanamoms.com (Jan. 19) – The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital recently implemented WaitWell, an online system to help speed the check-in process for an emergency service visit and give clients a way to track…
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Illinois Student Named to Inclusive Leadership Program

January 18, 2025 / In the News

DVM360 (Jan. 17) – Vanessa Salgado has been selected for the 2025 Chewy Veterinary Leaders Cohort. She will be part of a program that provides second-year veterinary students with a $20,000 scholarship, mentorship opportunities, and…
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Zoo Medicine Resident Appears on AVMA Podcast

January 15, 2025 / In the News

Veterinary Vertex (AVMA podcast; Jan. 7) – Dr. David Minich, who is enrolled in the Illinois Zoological and Aquatic Animal Residency, received an award for his manuscript published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research…
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Dr. Stephany Lewis, professor of zoological medicine and director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Is the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza a Threat to Pets?

January 09, 2025 / General News

The American Veterinary Medical Association has issued recommendations for keeping pets and backyard flocks safe from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), and the recommendations are also a useful guide for humans. In an interview with…
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Vet student Annie Marlowe participated in a club fundraiser, offering professional portraits of students and their pets.

Student Clubs Deliver Learning, Community

January 09, 2025 / Student Blogs

The field of veterinary medicine offers very broad career options, and many students come in with different ideas of what they want their future career to look like. But because students are in class all…
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Vet student Annie Marlowe poses with a cow in a headgate.

The Need for Large Animal Vets

January 08, 2025 / Student Blogs

Whenever I mention to someone that I am studying veterinary medicine, they always comment on how fun it must be to work with dogs and cats. While I do love traditional pets, there is an…
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Pacemaker Aids Dog with Heart Problem

January 08, 2025 / In the News

Reader’s Digest (Jan. 7) – Jo Baird’s dog, Becky, began having freezing episodes during “tummy-rubby” time, so they sought help from an academic institution. Fortunately, the team at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the…
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Risks of Avian Influenza to Pets, People

January 08, 2025 / In the News

WIRF-TV News (Rockford, Illinois; Jan. 7) – A wildlife expert says bird flu has been in North America since 2021, but now the concern is spreading beyond birds to other animals. “It’s not unusual or…
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