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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…

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    Anthony Fauci Delivers Robert R. Marshak Keynote at Penn Vet’s 2026 Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases Symposium

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD) convened leading experts in infectious disease research for its 2026 annual symposium, held…

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    A Magical Discovery Reaches Across the Waves, the Years, and the Miles

    Greg Lewbart, V’88, and his wife Diane Deresienski, V’89, were leading a research expedition in the Galapagos Islands when a member of their party, Andrea Loyola, head veterinarian for the…

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