Kristin Snyder, a veterinary student at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, has received a Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellows award for $43,000 funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. She will use the award to study cancer immunotherapy.

This past spring semester, second year veterinary students were introduced to veterinary dental basics. But for most students, practice makes perfect, and for Michael Congiusta, there was a step missing between class and lab.

Since opening two-and-a-half years ago, the UC has made it a mission to provide skilled, efficient care for mild illnesses and injuries.