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What did the COVID shutdowns teach us about public health policy?
May 29, 2025 / General News

In the five years since schools and businesses across the globe shut down in an effort to slow viral transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, heated debate and reverberating impacts have changed the public health landscape. Becky…
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Welcome, New Clinical Faculty!

October 26, 2021 / Practitioner Updates

Dr. Kyle Chu is an instructor in Small An­imal Surgery. He earned his DVM from Purdue University, completed a rotating internship at Oklahoma State, a surgi­cal internship at Dallas Veterinary Center, and a small animal…
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Grad Student Appreciation: Vasiliki Mourikes

October 26, 2021 / Comparative Biosciences News

What is your academic background? I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Bachelor of Science degrees in both chemistry and integrative biology. I graduated with distinction for my undergraduate thesis on the…
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[Dr. Julie Nguyen]

Shared Laboratory Manager Stands Out

October 20, 2021 / Research News

Dr. Julie Nguyen’s denim blue overalls stood out as she walked through the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. In an environment filled with doctors and clinical students dressed in scrubs, her attire is not…
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Advancing Health by the Numbers

October 13, 2021 / Pathobiology

As a veterinary epidemiologist, Dr. Csaba Varga is used to dealing with large data sets. But whether he is analyzing how location affects the risk of people getting a foodborne disease in a city or…
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[Dr. Pavlovsky observes a student who is examining a dog]

How We—And You—Can Give New Grads a Good Start

September 17, 2021 / Message from the Dean

This message will appear in the October/November 2021 issue of the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association Bulletin. Do you recall your first job after graduation? Did you feel ready to practice? Did you feel supported in…
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Alumni Awards Recognize Twice the Awesomeness

September 16, 2021 / Alumni News

The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and its alumni association have announced the winners of the annual awards to be presented on Thursday, October 28, as part of the Annual Fall Conference for…
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