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Hassan Hanna’s Childhood Connection to Animals Grows into Wildlife Medicine Career
June 9, 2025 / Alumni News

As a child, Hassan Hanna frequently visited Brookfield Zoo and Lincoln Park Zoo. When his mom witnessed the excitement that beamed through him as he raced from exhibit to exhibit, she knew then, according to…
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Campus Sees Uptick in COVID Infections

September 11, 2020 / In the News

New York Times (Sept. 10) – The positivity rate for the tests is currently about 1 percent. “It’s higher than we would like, but it’s coming down,” said Rebecca Lee Smith, a professor of epidemiology…
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Agricultural Markets: Help Clients Maximize Yield

September 09, 2020 / Practitioner Updates

In 2019, fields were left unplanted because of exceptional spring rains. In 2020, packing plants reduced capacity or closed in response to COVID-19. Agricultural markets are variable to volatile – always have been and always…
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Annual Open House Going Virtual

September 05, 2020 / In the News

ciLiving (WCIA-TV; Sept. 3) – Veterinary student and Open House leader Dria Talley and her dog Dudu shared the news about virtual Open House, which will feature exhibits online, with videos and other fun, informational…
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COVID Testing Volume at Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

September 04, 2020 / In the News

NPR (Sept. 3) – On Monday, the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at the Urbana Champaign campus processed just over 18,000 samples, according to Timothy Fan, a professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine. “To give you perspective, that…
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Rapid COVID At-Home Tests Debut

September 03, 2020 / In the News

Chemical & Engineering News (Sept. 3) – The US is currently running about 20 million COVID-19 tests every month, so the new assay could effectively triple national testing capacity. “The goal of tests like this…
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Potential Pitfalls of Rapid, At-home COVID Testing

August 31, 2020 / In the News

Vox (Aug. 27) – Rebecca Lee Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois, said that at-home testing could theoretically lead people to get someone else to take the test for them. That was a point…
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Another Look at the COVID Testing Plan at UI

August 31, 2020 / In the News

The 21st (Aug. 31) – Dr. Rebecca Smith joined others to discuss the potential for UI’s COVID testing program to be expanded across the nation. https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/closer-look-at-u-of-i-cutting-edge-testing-program

COVID Testing Plan Real-Life ‘Science Fiction’

August 31, 2020 / In the News

Crain’s Chicago Business (Aug. 28) – Rebecca Smith, an associate professor of epidemiology, and veterinary oncologist Tim Fan were members of the Shield team that made the campus COVID testing plan a reality in just…
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Concerns about Dog Waste in Chicago

August 31, 2020 / In the News

Loop North (Aug. 30) – Dr. Drew Sullivan, medical director at Medical District Veterinary Clinic, part of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, says human health risks from dog urine and feces are…
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