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    Penn Vet students helping animals and their owners in Thailand (link is external)

    This summer, 14 students from Penn Vet traveled to Thailand to spay and neuter cats and dogs for owners who would otherwise be unable to afford the procedures.

    SAVMA Student Teaching Awards 2023

    On Friday, April 21, 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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    Forging Community Connection

    Penn Vet Shelter Medicine and Community Engagement programming connects animal sciences, veterinary medicine, and the Philadelphia area. In addition to faculty- and staff-driven programs, the outreach programs offer opportunities for…

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    Modesty Burleson, V’07

    Hard Work Makes a Fairy Tale Come True

    Student Life, Reimagined

    Augmenting the holistic student experience

    Student at Penn Vet practice clinical skills.

    Educating a 21st-Century Veterinarian

    Penn Vet’s last major curriculum change was in the 1970s, when the School introduced a core/elective model.

    Under the same sun (link is external)

    Since its founding by Penn Vet students in 2016, the Gambia Goat Dairy has worked in partnership with Gambians to serve its community. The research and teaching farm also gives…

    Claire Bruno Named Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Life at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine

    Penn Vet has named Claire Vanna Bruno as its new Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Life. Her appointment will begin on July 25, 2022.

    ‘Oft-delayed but never deterred,’ Class of 2020 and 2021 grads celebrate

    Embodying adaptability and persistence, themes of the speech by Angela Duckworth, alums from the classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to campus to make up for a missed milestone.

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    Penn Vet Dual Degrees: The Student Experience

    Dual degree programs brought to life by three students