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UC Davis announces $120 million veterinary medicine gift

Through the Weill Family Foundation, philanthropists Joan and Sanford “Sandy” I. Weill gifted $120 million to the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. Recognizing this commitment, the university has renamed the school the University of California, Davis, Joan and Sanford I. Weill School of Veterinary Medicine—or simply the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine.

“UC Davis is home to one of the world’s most outstanding veterinary schools and many of the brightest minds in animal and human medicine,” said

Mr. Weill, a long-serving member of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Board of Advisors. “We are proud to support an institution where groundbreaking research and compassionate care are prioritized together, and where discovery benefits both animal and human health.”

The gift will strengthen the university’s leadership in comparative medicine and advance translational research for many diseases that affect both animals and humans. The funds will also support a reimagined, leading-edge renewal of the veterinary campus to expand the school’s capacity to train the next generation of veterinarians.

“This gift empowers us to drive discoveries, expand access to world-class education and develop new insights at the intersection of veterinary and human health.” said Mark Stetter, DVM, DACZM, dean of the veterinary school, adding the Weills’ support will revolutionize what is possible in veterinary medicine. MeV