“Watercolors” exhibit extended through January
UPDATE! Selected paintings from Dean Victor Yanchick’s “Watercolors” exhibit will be up for auction Feb. 3 at the Tompkins-McCaw Library. The exhibit and reception open at 6 p.m., with bidding beginning at 7. Lisa Schaffner will serve as auctioneer, and all proceeds will go to School of Pharmacy student scholarships. Please join us! Free parking […]
SOP employees honored for service to university
MCV Campus and VCU Health System employees who have worked at the university for five, 10, 15 or 20 years were recognized in October at a VCU Service Awards Program Reception in the Kontos Medical Sciences Building. Employees who have served a total of 25, 30, 35 or more years were invited to a mid-November […]
Gerk receives Grand Challenges Explorations funding
VCU School of Pharmacy will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges. Phillip M. Gerk, assistant professor of pharmaceutics, will pursue an innovative global health research project titled “Eradicating HIV Infection: […]
All “fore” a good cause
To see more photos on Facebook from this year’s tournament, click here. Come wind, come drizzle … the SOP’s 2011 Pharmacy Scholarship Golf Classic went off without a hitch, as scheduled, on Oct. 18 at the Hunting Hawk Golf Club in Glen Allen. “The tournament was a wonderful success with over 60 golfers braving the […]
How to succeed in business WITH really trying
To see more photos from the VCU-AAPS Student Chapter seminar, please visit the School of Pharmacy Facebook page. Stacey May and David Mitchell of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists visited VCU School of Pharmacy in September. David Mitchell, president-elect of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and Stacey May, AAPS director of public outreach, […]
Research and Career Day showcases poster session, visiting scientists
VCU School of Pharmacy’s Research and Career Day continues a tradition established 14 years ago by the school’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Programs. The annual event offers postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and Pharm.D. students the opportunity to focus on professional development, honing the skills they need to find jobs in academia, government and the pharmaceutical industry. […]
SOP makes a showing at 130th VPhA convention
To see more photos from VPhA’s annual meeting, please click here. VCU School of Pharmacy alumni, students and faculty headed for the beach — Virginia Beach — earlier this month for Virginia Pharmacists Association’s 130th Annual Convention. Several were recognized by VPhA during the 130th Annual Convention Recognition and Awards Banquet, which was moderated by […]
How to sponsor a white coat for the class of ’15
To donate a class of 2015 white coat, please click here. The School of Pharmacy’s annual White Coat Ceremony is a meaningful tradition for the members of incoming Pharm.D. classes. The white coat symbolizes professionalism, marks the transition to student pharmacist and serves as an important reminder of pharmacists’ covenant with their patients. You […]
Welcome back, Summer Research Pizza Lunch series!
Summer Research Fellowships, provided by the School of Pharmacy’s Dean’s office, offer rising second- and third-year pharmacy students an opportunity to conduct research with the aid of faculty from the school’s three departments. Students who are selected to participate receive a stipend, as well, and are asked to present their research throughout the summer. The […]
Gerk, Slattum represent SOP in latest round of PRIP awards
Gerk School of Pharmacy faculty members Phillip Gerk and Patricia Slattum are working with two of 13 projects that have been recognized in the third round of the VCU Presidential Research Incentive Program. The PRIP awards afford internal funding opportunities for new, emerging or continuing research; the program was initiated last year by VCU President […]