OXFORD, Miss. – This year’s graduating classes at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy recognized their outstanding teachers during spring commencement and awards program ceremonies. Students in the first year of the pharmacy program, or PY1 chose Soumyajit Majumdar, associate professor of pharmaceutics, as their Teacher of the Year. PY4 students graduating with DoctorRead the story …
UM Researchers Give Presentation on Malaria Before Congressional Groups
May 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two scientists from the University of Mississippi recently spoke at the U.S. Capitol about the university’s scientific and technological advances in the field of malaria research. “Malaria research is important because it causes close to 1 million deaths every year,” said Babu Tekwani, principal scientist and professor of pharmacology for the UMRead the story …
Pharmaceutical Company Gift to Support Pharmacy Research, Education
May 5, 2012 by
… College Board approves center created with Pii’s gift OXFORD, Miss. — Pharmaceutics International Inc. has made a gift to the University of Mississippi to support pharmaceutical education for graduate students and create a center devoted to research related to hot melt extrusion and other pharmaceutical processing technologies. The Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology willRead the story …
Professor Organizing Pharmaceutical Group’s International Meeting
April 30, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Christopher R. McCurdy wonders if his plate could get any fuller. The University of Mississippi pharmacy professor has spent the year planning the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ 2012 annual meeting. McCurdy is co-chair of AAPS’s program committee and is responsible for securing the meeting’s keynote speaker, as well as speakers forRead the story …
Second UM Pharmacy Student Selected for Prestigious FDA Rotation
April 23, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Andrew Loeffler, a student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, is among a handful of students selected from around the country to work at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., this fall. The New Jersey native will be working in the FDA’s Division of NonprescriptionRead the story …
ASHP Leader to Deliver Annual Hartman Lecture
April 16, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Diane B. Ginsburg, immediate past president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, is to deliver the 2012 Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture on Friday (April 20) at the University of Mississippi. Ginsburg plans to discuss “Practice Beyond the White Coat: Staying Focused on What Matters” at 11 a.m. at the GertrudeRead the story …
Mississippi Business Journal: Late Alumna Sciacca Endows Scholarship at UM School of Pharmacy
April 13, 2012 by
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is offering a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will. Read the story:
Reigning Miss University Honored
April 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kayla Snow, the reigning Miss University, was hosted at the state Capitol in Jackson Tuesday (April 10) by two members of the Legislature.
Two UM Students to Gain Pharmacy Association Management Experience
April 12, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two of six students selected to work at the headquarters of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in the nation’s capital this fall are from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Robin Parker and John Michael Segars, both enrolled in the third year of the professional pharmacy program at OleRead the story …
Pharmacy School Receives Major Gift from Alumna’s Estate
April 10, 2012 by
… Gift creates scholarship endowment for Ole Miss pharmacy students OXFORD, Miss. – Thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will, generations of pharmacy students at the University of Mississippi will receive scholarship support. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UMRead the story …