James Ferri, Ph.D., elected Chair-Elect of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) faculty
Ferri assumed the role of Chair-Elect June 1st, continuing the NIPTE’s mission to ensure the quality, safety, and accessibility of manufactured pharmaceuticals.
Albuterol shortage sparks VCU study on continuous manufacturing process
VCU Chemical and Life Science Engineering undergraduate Justin Turnage is amongst a team of students working alongside James Ferri, Ph.D., to identify a more efficient, cost-effective way to produce the common generic drug.
Medicines for All awarded $18.7 million to increase global access to lifesaving medications
After a decade of providing global cost-saving processes for medications, the Central Virginia institute looks ahead to growing engagement with partners within each disease ecosystem.
Undergraduates apply knowledge to real-world questions during VCU Engineering summer research program
This summer, several students took part in VCU Engineering’s National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) curriculum.
Richmond-Petersburg region, collaborating as the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, secures $111 million over three months for U.S. based manufacturing of essential medicine
Alliance for Building Better Medicine, a coalition of public and private sector stakeholders in the Richmond-Petersburg region, and Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday honored National Essential Medicine Shortage Awareness Day by announcing $111 Million has been invested by federal, state, local, and private supporters over the past three months to accelerate the development of the advanced pharmaceutical and manufacturing cluster emerging in Central Virginia.
Richmond-Petersburg regional coalition, including VCU, awarded $53 million in Build Back Better Regional Challenge
Virginia Commonwealth University, will receive nearly $53 million as one of 21 winners of the national Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
Supporting the next generation of chemical engineers at the VCU College of Engineering
A specialized engineering course taught by water treatment experts.
Bennett Ward, Ph.D., inducted into elite body of U.S. inventors
Bennett C. Ward, Ph.D., has invented the technologies behind a world of products including surgical devices, inkjet printers, at-home pregnancy tests and air fresheners.
B. Frank Gupton, Ph.D., discusses a redesign of pharmaceutical manufacturing
Sharon Bowes, anchor and producer of NewsPoint360, interviews B. Frank Gupton, Ph.D., CEO of VCU Engineering’s Medicines for All Institute, co-founder of Phlow Corp. and the college’s Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Chair in pharmaceutical engineering.
Research right now
A glance at some of the latest research projects at VCU, including VCU Engineering projects to improve air quality, save coral populations and expand availability of a potential COVID drug.
