Stories indexed under: School of Veterinary Medicine

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• Two deans’ reviews begin Oct. 9, 2007 Reviews are under way for School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Daryl Buss and Division of International Studies Dean Gilles Bousquet.
• Wisconsin veterinarian honored by American Association of Bovine Practitioners Oct. 2, 2007 Garrett R. Oetzel, a food animal production medicine veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2007 AABP Alpharma Award of Excellence during the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on September 22, 2007.
• Major donor underwrites Equine Veterinary Referral Center Sept. 11, 2007 The new Morrie Waud Equine Center, a facility designed to train veterinary medicine students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is now officially open for business.
• New ophthalmologist joins School of Veterinary Medicine Aug. 30, 2007 Elizabeth Adkins, a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist, has joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, effective Aug. 22.
• School of Veterinary Medicine sponsors 24th annual Dog Jog benefit Aug. 29, 2007 At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, hundreds of animal lovers and their dogs will run (or walk) the two-mile Dog Jog benefit race, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine.
• Curiosities: How well do dogs see at night? July 18, 2007
• Veterinarians embrace opportunity for public-health training June 4, 2007 UW-Madison's new master of public health program is opening opportunities for students in all areas of health, including veterinary medicine.
• Curiosities: What are teeth made of? May 7, 2007
• Healing chronic wounds through use of nanoscale surfaces April 25, 2007 It’s both costly and frustrating when doctors are unable to heal persistent wounds, such as diabetic ulcers or pressure sores in patients with limited mobility. Traditional treatments are often less than satisfactory. But thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant program, UW–Madison researchers have been freed to explore a novel and revolutionary approach to coaxing persistent wounds to heal.
• Vet medicine student publishes award-winning novel March 8, 2007 Publication of her first novel has been exciting but also stressful for Sara Greenslit, currently in her third year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
• UW researcher and spinoff company to receive MIT technology awards March 6, 2007 The MIT Club of Wisconsin, a state association for alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is recognizing a University of Wisconsin-Madison influenza researcher and a bioscience spinoff company on Friday at its annual Technology Achievement Awards banquet.
• State shortage of large animal veterinarians looms Feb. 22, 2007 In recent years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine has noted fewer of its students enrolling in food animal courses. Looking ahead, that could cause problems for the state's dairy industry as fewer veterinarians are available to meet their herds' health needs.