Announcements

The Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy kicked off its upcoming year with an end-of-summer picnic.

Alex C. Varkey, PharmD, MS '07, FAPhA, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Clifton J. Latiolais Leadership Award, an honor recognizing outstanding leadership and contributions to institutional pharmacy practice, education, administration, and research.

Drug Topics

Bi-annual building safety reminders.

The revised 2025 PPCP was announced this week and reflects contemporary pharmacy practice and evolving trends in health care.

As Binzel explained, “It’s an overall astonishing fact that [around] 90 percent of our DNA actually has viral origins. Over time and through evolution, we’ve been infected with viruses, and they incorporate into our genome, and it’s who we are now. But the mRNA itself is completely incapable of changing your DNA. It’d be like trying to throw a rock up over Hoover Dam and changing the dam reservoir makeup itself.”

Members of the College of Pharmacy's Natural Products Group attended the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) August 2-6.

The College of Pharmacy hosted the third annual EdiPhy teaching week.

P3 Spencer Povoski has been selected for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2025-2026 Aspiring Academics Program.

On August 9, Kelista Tabar, president of the student organization Generation Rx, participated in the African American Male Wellness Agency’s Black Men’s Wellness Day—an event open to all members of the community.