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Catch the wave: How AI can power drug discovery
School of Pharmacy hosts 21st Mossberg/Mid-Kansas Management Rx Scholarship Golf Classic
KU Pharmacy joins KU Med and Wichita State in new Wichita Biomedical Campus
KU School of Pharmacy moves into U.S. News top 20
Caswell honored as KU Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award recipient
Mendenhalls give back for grad students
his wife, Yvonne, have established an undergraduate research fellowship for students participating in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department’s summer undergraduate research program at KU. Their gift of $50,000 for each of five years, will fund $10,000 fellowships for students to participate in a 10-week research project with experienced research faculty. The...
Wolfe's Alzheimer's study has surprising findings
KU School of Pharmacy lowers non-resident tuition
School of Pharmacy has lowered its non-resident tuition nearly $50,000, over the course of its four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program. The tuition reduction applies to first-year pharmacy students admitted during the current academic year and beyond. Over the course of the four-year Pharm.D. program, tuition for non-resident students is...
Pharmacy Summer Camp registration now open
students can now register for KU School of Pharmacy’s 2024 summer camp. Summer camp offers a hands-on experience to explore the pharmacy profession. In addition to day camps on the Lawrence campus June 10, 12 and 14, a two-day, two-night camp is offered June 23-25. ...
School of Pharmacy honors graduate Daniel Flynn
Toxicology grad thankful for KU’s impact on career
Salina students selected for KU Pharmacy scholarships
Kansas School of Pharmacy students Quinton Burger and Morgan Dolton, both of Salina, are the inaugural recipients of the Gary L. Grunewald School of Pharmacy Scholarships. The Grunewald Scholarship is a one-year, full-tuition scholarship endowed by the late professor of medicinal chemistry at the School of Pharmacy. A faculty member...
2023 homecoming tailgate Oct. 28
of Kansas School of Pharmacy is hosting its "2023 Homecoming Tailgate on The Hill" at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, prior to the 11 a.m. football kickoff between the Kansas Jayhawks and Oklahoma Sooners. Alumni, faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the free event. Dean Ronald Ragan invites...
KU Pharmacy welcomes new class into profession
of Kansas School of Pharmacy hosted white coat ceremonies in September for its class of 2027. Faculty on the Wichita Campus helped their students don white coats on Sept. 5, while Lawrence Campus students met Sept. 7 at the Lied Center of Kansas for their rite of passage. The white...
School of Pharmacy hosts 20th Walgreens/Mossberg Rx Scholarship Golf Classic
of Kansas School of Pharmacy will hold its 20th Annual Walgreens/Howard & Ginger Mossberg Rx Scholarship Golf Classic on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 at Falcon Lakes Golf Club in Basehor, Kansas. School of Pharmacy alumni, faculty, staff and friends are invited to register. Event sponsorships are also available for businesses...
Pharmacy researcher develops intervention for metabolic diseases (diabetes, stroke and heart disease)
KU associate professor of pharmacology & toxicology and investigator at the Life Span Institute, has researched the human ApoE gene for years. A major focus of her work centers on how the ApoE2 variant — one of three major isoforms of ApoE gene — might protect people from Alzheimer’s...
Godwin recognized for KU Pharmacy distinguished service
of Kansas School of Pharmacy has recognized professor emeritus Harold Godwin as its 2023 Distinguished Service Award recipient. Godwin, a Ness City native, served the University of Kansas for 47 years in faculty and administrative roles in the School of Pharmacy and what is now the University of Kansas Health...
Haslam Special Topics in Formulation Lecture Series opens May 24-26
John Haslam Special Topics in Formulation Lecture Series will feature Greg Amidon, a longtime researcher and drug developer in the pharmaceutical industry. The series will take place May 24-26 at the Simons Biosciences Research Laboratories auditorium in the University of Kansas West District. ...
Nguyen and Villa receive KU Racial Equity Research Award
assistant clinical professors Kristin Villa and Cambrey Nguyen have received a KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Award. Promoting health equity through culturally competent pharmacy care, dismantling anti-Black linguistic racism, documenting the unique contributions of diverse composers and celebrating living Indigenous cultures while repairing relationships with Native communities...
Scholarship fund honors former Medicinal Chemistry professor
Dr. Grunewald passed away Feb. 20, 2023. His obituary is available online. ...
Brownlee receives Godwin Leadership Award
chief pharmacy officer and associate hospital director for ancillary services at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), has been named the recipient of the 2022 Harold N. Godwin Leadership Legacy Award. Brownlee, who completed a master’s in Health System Pharmacy Administration from the KU School of Pharmacy, received...
Pharmacy team takes 3rd in clinical skills competition
of Pharmacy students Emily Schaefer and Leah Nelson won 3rd place in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Clinical Skills Competition at the ASHP Midyear meeting in Las Vegas Dec. 4. Schaefer is a fourth-year student from the Lawrence campus and Nelson is a third-year student at the Wichita...
Former students and colleagues honor longtime KU Pharmacy professor
the influence of a mentor. ...
Pharmacology & Toxicology Open House Dec. 1
in a research career or an advanced degree in biomedical science are invited to attend the Pharmacology & Toxicology open house and lunch in the KU School of Pharmacy beginning at noon on Dec. 1 in Room 5052 of Malott Hall. ...
COVID proved pharmacists are vital. There aren’t enough students to meet the demand
at your local pharmacy may be getting longer soon — and that’s assuming the one you are visiting can even find a pharmacist to work. The line may be lengthening and store closures may be increasing because there just aren’t enough pharmacists graduating from schools of pharmacy and entering the...
$5.7 million NIH grant will fund final stretch of successful 15-year initiative
Pharmacy researcher earns $2.3 million NIH award to study opioid addiction
Apurba Dutta named School of Pharmacy associate dean
Nov. 15 basketball watch party registration deadline extended
School of Pharmacy is hosting Jayhawk basketball watch parties this season at sites across the state and nationally. Please join Dean Ronald Ragan, fellow alums and KU Pharmacy supporters at a watch party near you, as we socialize and cheer on our national champion Jayhawks. ...