Emma Sweet DVMx’22, the inaugural recipient of the Veterinary Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship, believes that substantial, meaningful progress comes from purposeful action, and action is needed to increase access to the profession. “People …
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Laying the Foundation for Faculty Excellence
Posted onIn 2015, UW–Madison launched the All Ways Forward comprehensive fundraising campaign to move the university and its mission forward. As the campaign concludes this December, it has collectively inspired a sweeping surge of generosity and …
A Lifetime and Beyond of Giving Back
Posted onIn 2015, UW–Madison launched the All Ways Forward comprehensive fundraising campaign to move the university and its mission forward. As the campaign concludes this December, it has collectively inspired a sweeping surge of generosity and …
New Surgical Procedure Saves Parrot
Posted onBogey, a 24-year-old umbrella cockatoo, underwent multiple procedures over a span of 16 years for a recurrent, serious condition, but nothing worked. Kim Hannah, the founder and executive director of Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee, …
Forced by the Pandemic to Move Online, Students Excel at Virtual Surgical Instruction
Posted onMoving a hands-on laboratory course online is no small feat, particularly for surgical skills training. However, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, last fall UW School of Veterinary Medicine instructors teaching the surgery lab for …
Patient Profile: Fantine’s Fighting Spirit
Posted onWhen the alpaca Token’s Creek Fantine struts into the show ring today, you would never know that her life was on the line in infancy. Born three weeks premature, Fantine weighed 10 pounds at birth …
Toward a Culture of Wellbeing
Posted onVeterinarians are overextended today in an already high-intensity profession. Amidst the pandemic, worker shortages at veterinary clinics have collided with a surge in new pet adoptions to create a double whammy of overwhelm. The result: …
Serving Patients by Empowering Practitioners
Posted onWhen Chris Snyder assumed the role of associate dean for clinical affairs and teaching hospital director this June at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), he came full circle on a journey that began …
A New Face, and New Hope, for Gemma
Posted onDog found with severe facial injuries receives reconstructive surgery Written by Meghan Lepisto Gemma’s journey begins in Doha, Qatar, found in the stairwell of an industrial area with ghastly injuries to her face. It ends in …
‘Quite the Journey’: Bucko Leads National Student Association
Posted onSince March 2020, Marie Bucko DVMx’21 has served as president of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA). The national organization, comprised of 37 student chapters and more than 17,000 student members, aims to support …