Berkley Rayfield (B.S. ’96) was featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch story Oct. 24. He came up with the idea of a gastronomic political poll for Cape Charles, Va., where his Rayfield’s Pharmacy is located. To read the original story, click here. To find out which candidate won – based on diners eating delectables such as McCainaroni and Cheese or Sloppy Joe Biden — click here.
The Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program’s 50th anniversary and its reunion reception was noted in the “Around Campus” column Oct. 22 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Jerry A. Grossman (B.S. ’62) was featured Oct. 21 on the VCU Office of University Advancement’s Web site in a story about medical campus alumni who give back to their alma mater. To read, click here.
Erin Briggs and Eric Edwards were featured, along with their respective twin siblings, in Style Weekly’s “Top 40 Under 40” Oct. 8. Erin (Pharm.D. ’07 and a pharmacist for Kroger) and her sister Shelley, 26, hit the fast lane early on with Richmond Re-Cycles bike shop, which Erin co-founded, and Books on Wheels, which Shelley co-founded. Eric and his brother Evan, 28, are chief science officer and vice president of product development, respectively, for their pharmaceutical company, Intelliject. Eric, on leave from medical school, is pursuing his Ph.D. in pharmacotherapy. For details on the Edwards brothers, click here. For more on the Briggs sisters, click here.
Eric Edwards and his brother Evan’s company, Intelliject, also was featured recently in the Oct. 7 edition of Greater Richmond Bio Synthesis (to read, click here), as well as at MyAllergyNetwork.com on Sept. 27 (to read, click here).
Victor A. Yanchick, dean of the School of Pharmacy, has edited a new book, “The Dean’s Compass: Practical Advice for Achieving Excellence,” along with Barbara E. Hayes, dean Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and Patricia A. Chase, dean of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. The book, published by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, offers advice by pharmacy deans, associate deans, administrators and others. Yanchick is also president of AACP. To order a copy of the book, click here.
