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Is the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza a Threat to Pets?
January 9, 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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Get to Know Vivian Gray

January 17, 2025 / Get to Know

Vivian Gray, Assistant Director for Business Services, began working at the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2022. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I joined the college in November 2022 as…
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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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Kim Knap with a dog.

Get to Know Kim Knap

December 20, 2024 / Get to Know

Kim Knap, Rehabilitation Specialist at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, began working at the university in 2001. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I started here in May of 2001. Describe your…
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Faculty Member Elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 13, 2024 / General News

Dr. Ying Fang, a professor of virology in the Department of Pathobiology, was recently named to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 Class of Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. A pioneer…
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Dr. Sara Connolly stands in front of a slideshow she's presenting about why the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Veterinary Medicine is right for prospective students.

Veterinary Mentoring Program Reaches New Prospective Students

December 10, 2024 / General News

The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine has a longstanding partnership with Anti-Cruelty (formerly the Anti-Cruelty Society) to introduce high school students to careers in veterinary medicine. The Veterinary Mentoring Program, once targeted only…
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Workshop Prepares United Front of Health Heroes in Illinois

December 06, 2024 / General News

Step aside, Marvel and DC. There’s a real-world league of heroes made up of physicians, veterinarians, ecologists, researchers, public health professionals, policymakers, social workers, and other professionals who protect public health in Illinois and around…
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Ginger Passalacqua and her two dogs in the back of a red car.

Get to Know Ginger Passalacqua

December 06, 2024 / Get to Know

Ginger Passalacqua, Director of Events and Alumni Relations, began working at the university in 1998. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I started at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on December 2,…
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