2008 News and Press Releases

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May 2008

May 2, Press Release: UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine honors distinguished alumni. www.vet.uga.edu/alumni/alumni/awards.php

April 2008

Apr. 25, The (South Mississippi) Sun Herald: Leading Overseas Scientists Establish High-Tech Bio-Pharmaceutical Enterprise in Changzhou. Article mentions faculty member Dr. Zhenfang Fu, who leads the technological team at a new company that will produce rabies vaccines (the College is misidentified as "the veterinary institute of Georgia University").
http://www.sunherald.com/447/story/515934.html

Apr. 24, The Monticello News: Fifth Graders Visit Vet School.
www.themonticellonews.com

Apr. 15, Journal of the AVMA: Student externship stipend winners announced. UGA students Alexandria Glover, Ashlee Brown and Estella Hovland all received stipends.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/apr08/080415d_pf.asp

April 14, Columns newsletter: Bears & Bugs Photo story about the 2008 CVM Open House.http://www.uga.edu/columns/080414/news-VetSchoolOpenHouse.html

April 13, Rome News-Tribune: A beautiful Steeplechase: Horses second only to people-watching. The 2008 Atlanta Steeplechase is featured in several media outlets. The College of Veterinary Medicine is one of the beneficiaries of the famed horse racing event in which proceeds go toward building a new teaching hospital.
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=680&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1352628&om=1
Article in the (Cartersville, Ga.) Daily Tribune News is no longer available.
AJC: http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/metro/stories/2008/04/12/steeplechase_0413

Apr. 9, Athens Banner-Herald: The power of pets: Program unites animals, seniors. Article about the human-animal bond (pet visitation) program at the College.
http://onlineathens.com/stories/040908/oconee_2008040900101.shtml

April 1, ScienceWatch.com: UGA CVM parasitologist Ray Kaplan talks with ScienceWatch.com and answers a few questions about this month's Emerging Research Front in the field of Microbiology.
http://sciencewatch.com/dr/erf/2008/08aprerf/08aprerfKap/

Apr. 1, The Hill.com: Op-Ed: To keep consumers safe, federal investments in animal health must match those in human health. Dr. Corrie Brown is quoted; NBAF is mentioned.
http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=5azrhA4IeeNp55n1lYxs

March 2008

March 26, Press release: Christina Faust, who has been conducting research with faculty in the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, has been awarded a 2008 Truman Scholarship.
http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/080326_Truman_Scholarship.shtml

March 23, Charlotte Observer: Wounded bald eagle flying free. A bald eagle treated by CVM's ZooMed team is successfully rehabilitated and released back into its natural habitat. The eagle was found along a roadside in Bryan County, Ga., with gunshot wounds last October. UGA intern Dr. Elizabeth Mackey is photographed assisting with the release of the eagle. (story no longer available)
http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/549054.html

March 22, Athens Banner-Herald: "Easter bunnies (and chicks) come early this year — Retirement center residents light up as animals are brought for visit." Article about Dr. Doris Miller-Liebl, associate director of state government relations for the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine (title incorrect in the article), who has run the College's animal visitation program since 1984.
www.onlineathens.com/stories/032208/news_2008032200341.shtml

March 19, Clayton Tribune: Animal shelter launches UGA program. Article about how UGA vet students will help with spaying and neutering demands of the Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter in Rabun Co.
http://www.theclaytontribune.com/articles/2008/03/21/news/news02.prt

March 17: A nanotechnology biosensor for Salmonella detection. Dr. Ralph A. Tripp from the Department of Infectious Diseases at the College is part of the research team developing the technology.
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=4963.php

March 16, Savannah Morning News: Falcon will add to revamped exhibit at wildlife center. UGA vet student Meg Scuderi is quoted in the article.
http://www.savannahnow.com/node/463807

March 15, Journal of the AVMA: PREPAREDNESS: global in nature, local in practice. Dr. Corrie Brown is featured in the March 2008 issue of JAVMA News regarding her expertise in global health and trade-related safety risks.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar08/080315a.asp

March 14, The (Cartersville, Ga.) Daily Tribune News: Perdue to participate in 2008 Atlanta Steeplechase activities.
http://www.daily-tribune.com/

March 10, USA Today: Pet food scare in USA had a precursor. Dr. Cathy Brown is quoted in a recent USA Today article on the diagnostic results that connects last fall's pet food contamination with a similar 2004 outbreak.
http://www.usatoday.com/

March 3, Press Release: International pathobiologist Tony Goldberg to deliver two lectures at the University of Georgia.
http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/080303_Goldberg.shtml

February 2008

Feb. 4, Endurance.net: Control of Equine Influenza Requires Diligence. Article mentions the Equine Research Coordination Group, of which large animal faculty member Dr. Jim Moore, is a part.http://www.endurance.net/channels/2008/02/control-of-equine-influenza-requires.html

January 2008

Jan. 28, The Citizen (Atlanta): GROW center fundraiser at Ga Aquarium. Article mentions the College and Dr. Stephen Hernandez-Divers, associate professor of exotic animal medicine.
http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/24836

Jan 28: "Calling for More Veterinarians, USA." Dean Sheila W. Allen mentioned in an article about veterinarians testifying before Congress on the national shortage of veterinarians in the U.S.
www.medicalnewsblog.info/2008/01/28/calling-for-more-veterinarians-usa.html
More: www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95307.php
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar08/080315b.asp

Jan. 22, WSB-TV: Cheetahs, Penguins & Snakes: Jack Hanna, Country Stars Visit Georgia. Segment about the fundraiser for GROW at the Georgia Aquarium.
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/15099733/index.html

Jan. 22, Athens Banner-Herald: Vet school plans open house event.
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/012308/uganews_20080123048.shtml

Jan. 16: Friendship Village A Minerva Properties Development Donates Land to GROW. News release mentions that GROW will serve as a teaching and research facility for the College.
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/28574/

Jan. 9, NewsOK/The Oklahoman: Buster Crockett is family hero! Column mentions their family dog was treated at the UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
http://newsok.com/article/3190673/

December 2007

Dec. 18, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal: Treat allergy, not cat. Veterinary behaviorist Sharon Crowell Davis is cited in the article (No link available to an online version of the article).

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