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    Veterinarians elected to National Academy of Medicine (link is external)

    Veterinarians Drs. William A. Beltran and Amy L. Vincent were elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine

    Yes, You Can Totally Have A Codependent Relationship With Your Dog (link is external)

    Dr. Jennifer Essler interviewed for a story about codependent relationships with dogs.

    Penn Vet to evaluate first-of-its-kind point-of-care pathogen-detection system (link is external)

    Dr, Shelley Rankin was interviewed about Ryan Hospital evaluating a new genetic analyzer supplied by LexaGene.

    Can dogs smell COVID? Here’s what the science says (link is external)

    Dr. Cynthia Otto talks about dogs detecting coronavirus infections in humans.

    Leadership Gift — the Gail P. Riepe Center for Advanced Veterinary Education

    In July, Penn Vet announced a $5 million leadership gift from Gail P. Riepe, CW’68, and Jim Riepe, W’65, WG’67, HON’10. The gift is the largest of its kind to…

    Why Is My Dog Not Eating? (link is external)

    Dr. Megan McClosky offers reasons why a dog may lose its appetite.

    A horse on a treadmill with robotic imaging.

    Inaugural Penn Vet New Bolton Center, MARS Equestrian™ research program to accelerate transformative advancements in equine musculoskeletal health

    Together with MARS Equestrian™, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has launched an innovative educational research program dedicated to advancing critical frontiers in equine health.  

    Parasitic worms offer ‘the missing link’ on the dual nature of a key immune regulator (link is external)

    De’Broski Herbert has a philosophy that’s guided his career researching helminths, or parasitic worms, and their interaction with their hosts’ immune systems: “Follow the worm.”  

    Five Penn faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine (link is external)

    Five faculty members from Penn have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, including Penn Vet’s Dr. William…

    Essentials to Buy Before Your New Pet Arrives (link is external)

    Dr. Irit Grader shared some essentials new pet owners should buy before the pet arrives.

    Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation Awards $14,000 to the University of Penn (link is external)

    Dr. Eric Parente is quoted about Penn Vet receiving a TERF award supporting student scholarship.

    Guidelines for a pet-friendly Halloween costume (link is external)

    Dr. Kenneth Drobatz gives tips for pet-friendly Halloween costumes.

    Senior Horses: Living the Good Life (link is external)

    Dr. Liz Arbittier talks about the quality of life of senior horses.

    How Our Obsession With Designer Dogs May Harm the Very Animals We Claim to Love (link is external)

    Dr. James Serpell is quoted in a story about purebred dogs and their inherent medical conditions.

    Veterinary ventilators return home (link is external)

    Dr. Deborah Silverstein was quoted in a story about veterinary ventilators loaned to human hospitals early in the pandemic returning home.

    The virtual professor (link is external)

    Dr. Amy Durham spoke about the challenge of transitioning courses to a virtual format.

    Streptococcus zooepidemicus Infections in Horses (link is external)

    Dr. Ashley Boyle contributed an article about Streptococcus zooepidemicus infections.

    Your dog may love you, but doesn’t love the sight of your face, study finds (link is external)

    Dr. Carlo Siracusa commented on a study that shows dogs aren’t wired to focus on human faces.

    In paleontology, Peter Dodson is a king begetting kings (link is external)

    Many people go through a dinosaur phase, which may end around age 5. But Peter Dodson, a paleontologist in the School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Arts & Sciences, in his eighth decade,…

    Spotted lanternflies in Pa. have a new enemy: Dogs trained to detect their eggs (link is external)

    Dr. Jennifer Essler was interviewed about a new pilot program training dogs to detect spotted lanternfly egg masses.