OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, along with student pharmacist organization Prescription for Service, kicks off National Diabetes Awareness Month on Sunday (Nov. 4) with the Mississippi Walk for Diabetes, a fundraiser for the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. by the Lyceum, with team pictures takingRead the story …
Pharmacy School Hosts Mississippi Walk for Diabetes
Event takes place at 2 p.m. Nov. 4 on Ole Miss campus
October 31, 2018 by
UM External Research Funding Surpasses $134 Million in 2017-18
Money funds projects that assist state, country and world
October 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. and JACKSON, Miss. – External funding for research at the University of Mississippi reached its highest level in four years in 2017-18, with more than $134 million in funding awarded. A total of $134,735,332 in external funding was awarded to the Oxford campus and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, with research dollars being used toRead the story …
Student Pharmacists ‘Bowl for Breath’ in Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser
Dr. Charlie Hufford's Rollers team named for former pharmacy administrator and avid bowler
October 28, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi student pharmacists bowled for a cause recently as a group of them formed a team for the Bowl for Breath fundraiser to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The team finished second overall in the Oct. 9 fundraising competition for the most money raised, finishing with $3,422. A local resident’sRead the story …
Pharmacy School Administrators Celebrate 25 Years of Friendship
Alicia Bouldin and John Bentley met as graduate students
October 19, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy administrators Alicia Bouldin and John Bentley are proof that opposites often complement each other. The two met in August 1993 when they began graduate school in the School of Pharmacy’s pharmacy administration program. Bouldin, associate dean of outcomes assessment and learning advancement and professor of pharmacyRead the story …
Marijuana Project Head to Deliver Pharmacy School’s Waller Lecture
Mahmoud ElSohly will speak about marijuana project founder Coy W. Waller
October 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mahmoud ElSohly, director of the University of Mississippi’s Marijuana Project, will deliver the School of Pharmacy’s 15th Coy W. Waller Distinguished Lecture at 11 a.m. Friday (Oct. 19) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The lecture series was established in 2004 to recognize the founder of UM’s marijuana cultivationRead the story …
School of Law Introduces Living-Learning Community
Freshmen get a glimpse of legal education through program
October 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ten freshmen at the University of Mississippi will begin their legal education early through the School of Law Living-Learning Community. This is the inaugural year of the program, which will take these young students interested in attending law school after graduation and introduce them to the law. The program will provide opportunitiesRead the story …
Symposium on Opioid Crisis Brings Law and Pharmacy Together
UM students from both schools learn about interprofessional approach to challenge
October 12, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 115 people die each day in the United States from opioid overdoses, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. These statistics constitute a crisis, and the University of Mississippi schools of Law and Pharmacy are working together to combat that crisis in an interdisciplinary manner. Last week, the schoolsRead the story …
McLean Institute Grant Award to Fund Community Engagement
Hearin Foundation provides support for research and service efforts
October 5, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss – A grant from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation for the University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will fund research and service aimed at increasing community and economic development in Mississippi communities. The McLean Institute welcomes a new group of outstanding students from around the globe thisRead the story …
Ole Miss Pharmacy Becomes Tradition for Yielding Family
UM alumnus inspired his daughter and niece to pursue the profession
September 30, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – First-year student pharmacists and cousins Lauren Yielding Black and Audrey Yielding looked no further than their own dinner table when they were searching for their career paths. The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy students found inspiration from 1992 Ole Miss pharmacy alumnus Frank Yielding, who is Lauren’s dad and Audrey’s uncle.Read the story …
Pharmacy Ph.D. Graduate Wins Scholarship for Drug Discovery Research
Mohamed Albadry honored for work on natural products
September 21, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mohamed A. Albadry, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of BioMolecular Sciences in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has won the 2018 Harvey W. Wiley Scholarship from AOAC International. AOAC International develops global quality standards for microbiological and chemical materials, ranging from food to pharmaceuticals, in an effort toRead the story …