UT Awarded $2.8M Grant to Aid Access to Veterinary Care
The College of Social Work Program for Pet Health Equity has received a $2.8 million grant from Maddie’s Fund to support research and development of AlignCare.
UT Board Approves Capital Outlay Funding Request for 2018–19 Budget
The UT Board of Trustees approved a list of statewide capital funding requests, with the top priority projects for the UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Knoxville campuses.
People.Com Features UT Veterinarians in Story About Knoxville Turtle and her Tiny 3D-Printed Mask
People.Com featured a story about a Zoo Knoxville turtle named Patches who is now wearing a custom 3-D printed mask made by the College of Veterinary Medicine. Last year, zookeepers discovered Patches had suffered a puncture hole to her right nostril. After trying various forms of treatment, zookeepers reached out to UT veterinarians Andrew Cushing
UT Awarded Grant from Maddie’s Fund to Study Barriers to Veterinary Care Nationwide
The Access to Veterinary Care Coalition is pleased to announce a $391,420 Maddie’s Fund grant to the College of Social Work. The grant will fund a nationwide study identifying barriers to veterinary care experienced by pet owners and veterinary services providers and document existing strategies to deliver veterinary care to underserved pet owners.
McClung Museum to Host Free Family Fun Day, To Kitties’ Health, March 25
The McClung Museum will host a Family Fun Day titled To Kitties’ Health, celebrating the special exhibition Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 25.
McClung Museum Hosts Veterinarian for Lecture on Cat Behavior
The behavior of cats—America’s most popular house pet—will be the topic of a talk by Julie Albright of the UT College of Veterinary Medicine at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at McClung Museum.
Suspense Author to Graduate from UT Forensic Odontology Program
Alana Joy Scudiere has written about crimes and mysteries for years, but she will soon have a hand in solving them. A published suspense novelist, she is one of the first three graduates of the University of Tennessee’s Forensic Human Identification program.
Students to Bathe Dogs During Spring Cleaning Event
Join the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Class of 2019 Annual Spring Cleanin’, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Sunday, April 17.
Going the Extra Mile: Vet Med Spotlights Biskup, Tolbert
Jeff Biskup and Katie Tolbert are the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty being honored for “Going the Extra Mile” for their students. An assistant professor and small-animal internist, Tolbert works to learn more about animal diseases and new safe treatment options. Although Biskup’s clinical interest is in soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, within a span
Chili the Border Collie Helps Students Relax at School
The News Sentinel recently published a story about Chili, an 8-year-old Border Collie mix, who serves in the Gresham Middle School counseling office. Chili is part of H.A.B.I.T., Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee, a program of the College of Veterinary Medicine at UT that brings animal-assisted therapy and visitation programs to facilities including area schools.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Veterinary Externship Program
The summer semester Veterinary Externship Program provides sophomore veterinary students and fifth-semester professional students an opportunity to work directly with more than a dozen private veterinary practices in East Tennessee. The program also provides community veterinarians the opportunity to enhance their veterinary knowledge through interaction with the college and students.
Dogs in Courts Initiative Gets WBIR Spotlight
WBIR highlighted an initiative of Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee, a program created in the College of Veterinary Medicine, to have dogs available as comfort to children that come into Knox County Juvenile Court.