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    New One Campus, One Health Certificate Program will Prepare the Next Generation of One Health Leaders

    New certificate equips Penn graduate and professional students with the skills to work across disciplines to improve human, animal, and environmental health.

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    Penn Vet Welcomes Seven New Faculty for the 2026-27 Academic Year

    Penn Vet has appointed seven new faculty members, expanding expertise and strengthening leadership in veterinary education, biomedical discovery, and patient care.

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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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    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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    Thinking Like a VMD, Earlier

    When the Class of 2026 arrived at Penn Vet, they stepped into a great unknown. Their first year was also the start of the School’s modernized curriculum.  V’26 would be…

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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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    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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    Veterinary Forensic Expert Dr. Lisa Germanis Named Penn Vet’s 2026 Commencement Speaker

    Lisa Germanis, VMD, medical director and director of forensics at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA), will deliver the address at the 2026 University of…

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    Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research
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    For many, veterinary school is the gateway to a clearly defined career — diagnosing and treating animals in a clinical setting. But for Amanda Watkins, that journey took an unexpected…

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