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    A gray horse with a white blanket and a blue net sling eating grass from a bucket in a stable.

    A New Bolton Center team’s beat-the-odds surgery means survival for a special horse

    For Monty, a 10-year-old thoroughbred, the odds were about as bad as they get. “Less than 10 percent” – those were the survival odds the gray gelding’s owners remembered being…

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    Penn Vet Gene Therapy Study Advances Another Potential Treatment for Rare Inherited Blinding Disease into Human Clinical Trial

    Vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and the Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations at the Perelman School of Medicine have taken an important…

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    Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center Receives USDA Grant to Combat New World Screwworm

    The Working Dog Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet WDC) has received a two-year $404,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that…

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    Whether It’s Running the Cocodona 250 or Hiking the Trans Bhutan Trail, This Penn Vet Clinician Says: “Think Big”

    “I wasn’t nervous. I was super-excited!” said Nolen-Walston, a Penn Vet associate professor of large animal internal medicine. “You start at 5 AM, and it’s the most exciting, wonderful feeling.…

    Julie C. Ellis, wildlife ecologist and leader of the Accessing Urban Nature Initiative (AUNI), displays some of the project's new findings at its recent summit meeting.

    Foxes, Coyotes and Deer – Oh My! Penn Vet’s AUNI Wants You to Meet Your Neighbors

    Images of some of the city’s least seen, but most remarkable residents were the headliners at the recent first summit meeting of Penn Vet’s Accessing Urban Nature Initiative (AUNI). The…

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    Penn Vet Researchers Reveal Hidden Architecture of the Retina’s First Synapse

    New imaging framework could help scientists track how retinal circuits change in disease, respond to therapy, and rebuild after damage.

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    A New Lab Using AI to Better Understand Farm Animal Behavior and Aid Agriculture Opens at New Bolton Center

    An innovative new initiative that aims to use the power of AI to crack the code of animal behavior and help Pennsylvania farmers and agriculture celebrated its official launch at…

    From left: Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman; Meg Kenny, accepting on behalf of her husband Dr. David Kenny; Dr. John McCauley; Dr. Patricia Brown; Penn Vet Alumni Board President Dr. Lindsay Shreiber

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Honors Three of Its Accomplished Graduates with the 2026 Alumni Achievement Awards

    Three distinguished graduates of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) have received two of the School’s highest honors, the Alumni Award of Merit and the Distinguished…

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    Penn Vet Names Inaugural Cohort of Stamps VMD/VMD-PhD Fellows

    Five students from the School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) have been selected as the School’s inaugural cohort of Stamps VMD/VMD-PhD Fellows, a prestigious scholarship initiative through the Stamps Scholars…

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    Penn Vet Researchers Map How a Common Blinding Disease Progresses in Dogs and Humans

    Long-term imaging study reveals a reproducible pattern of retinal degeneration offering new insight for diagnosis, care, and therapy development

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    Two Penn Vet Faculty Members Have Been Named Recipients of Prestigious University of Pennsylvania Awards For Teaching

    Kimberly A. Agnello, DVM, DACVS, DACVSMR, professor of small animal surgery;at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), has been given a Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback…

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    Penn Vet Honors Donors and Students at Annual Scholarship Reception Celebrating Impact and Opportunity

    The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Vet) honored scholarship recipients and donors, highlighting the impact of scholarships during brunch at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center…

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    A Penn Vet Expert (and Cat Lover) Offers Advice on Aging Cats and Cognition

    Has your tabby companion of 10 years started giving yowling serenades at 3 AM? Or perhaps your Siamese of a certain age has gone from a lifetime of Mr. Cool…

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    SAVMA Student Teaching Awards 2026 

    On Friday, April 10, the Penn Vet community gathered to honor students, faculty, and hospital staff during the annual SAVMA Student Teaching Awards. Recipients are selected by the student body…

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    Penn Vet Launches Pathway to Rural Veterinary Practice to Strengthen Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Economy and Align with USDA Rural Workforce Strategy

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has launched the Pathway to Rural Veterinary Practice, a new program designed to expand the pipeline of trained veterinarians able…

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    Pet First Aid Training Comes to the Rescue for a Penn Vet Student and Her Dog

    One day last fall, Alison Kowalski, V’26, and her best canine friend, Kona, were enjoying a great game of fetch in a field near where they live. Kona was having…

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    Penn Vet Announces Interim Leadership for the Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, and Ryan Hospital

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has announced two interim leadership appointments to lead its academic and clinical programs. Susan W. Volk, VMD, PhD, DACVS, has…

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    A Penn Vet Study Seeks to Prevent the Spread of a Deadly Virus to Pennsylvania’s Wild and Domestic Rabbits and Hares

    Faculty In This Story Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 is a terrible way for any animal to die, especially creatures as gentle as these. Highly contagious and lethal, it…

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    Emerging Scientists at Penn Vet Drive Discovery in Animal and Human Health at 2026 Student Research Day

    Students and faculty mentors were highlighted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) 2026 Student Research Day on March 27, an annual symposium that has showcased…

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    New Stamps Scholars Program at Penn Vet to Support Exceptional VMD and VMD-PhD Students

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has partnered with the Stamps Scholars Program to establish the Stamps VMD/VMD-PhD Fellows, a prestigious scholarship initiative recognizing exceptional veterinary…