o replace the postponed university programs, the idea of a creative game, the UNIVET Quarantine Diary Challenge was born, which was intended to entertain, activate and strengthen our community with the help of online platforms.
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UVMB Summer School turns into Online Summer School
Our Summer School is often considered a lifechanging experience – that’s why we worked so hard to adapt it to the pandemic situation. Fantastic news: we are pleased to invite you to the Online Summer School!
Remembering our Heroes
On Heroes’ Day, we commemorate the Hungarian soldiers and civilians who, defended Hungary and died a heroic death in the battles of the last 1000 years.
Life before and after a clinical practice
He has Hungarian origins, he grew up in Saudi Arabia but a piece of his heart stayed in Budapest forever. He cured a crocodile and put screws in a camel’s mandible before giving up clinical practice. We interviewed Dr Mark Hedberg.
COVID-19 information: about the opening
Based on the decision of the Operational Group, responsible for the control of the coronavirus epidemic in Hungary, the personal mobility restrictions were lifted in Budapest on 18th of May 2020. The University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest maintains protection measures in force regardless of the consolidation and urges its students, lecturers and staff to comply with the general epidemiological standards.
Is it the toucan or the tiny titmouse? The winners of our creative art competition
The creative art competition 2020 organized by the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest on the occasion of Birds and Trees Day was a great success. The contest – which lasted for almost a month – gave opportunity to Hungarian and international children between the age of 6 and 18 who are keen on nature and animals to show their artistic vein and win some valuable prizes.
“Doc, you’re a woman, you can’t do this!”
In the first part of our interview, we introduced Dr Anna Schwahofer who makes decisions on thousands of animals’ lives day by day. In the second part, she talks about the daily routine of a vet working in livestock care; why she decided to find a job here instead of equine care and if there’s a pay gap between small and large animal practices. She also gives us an insight into some of her memorable cases.
Livestock care behind the scenes – interview with a Univet alumna Dr Anna Schwahofer
Dr Anna Schwahofer, a Univet graduate of the year 2004 talked about how she could stand her ground in the formerly male-dominated livestock care. She takes care of nearly two thousand cattle and seven thousand pigs but she also visits farms, she’s called to attend to horses and she even works as a substitute in a small animal clinic.
We need three large blackboards – Conversation with Director for Education dr. Gábor Mátis
Born in Szekszárd in 1986, dr. Gábor Mátis’ teaching career has been as straight as an arrow. He is an associate professor of the Division of Biochemistry at the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, and he has been working as the University’s Director for Education for a few months.
EQUUS Days during the quarantine
Without doubt, if you are a vet student and somebody mentions April, the first thing that comes to your mind is the EQUUS Days, right?
The XIV. Student Concert took place in an unusual way
On April 8th at 6:00 p.m., instead of the Aula of the University, the performers of the XIV. Student Concert were waiting for their audience in front of a YouTube channel.
A little bit of everything – Interview with graduate student Aditya Daniel Jha
Meet Aditya Daniel Jha, our graduate student, former ISC president who started his journey in India, continued in New Zealand and thanks to a coincidence ended up as a vet student in Budapest.
