OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi pharmacy student Meghan Wagner has been named a 2016 fellow of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, which recognizes academic excellence in higher education. This marks the second year in a row that an Ole Miss student has won a fellowship from Phi Kappa Phi, which is the oldest honor society that recognizes allRead the story …
UM Pharmacy Student Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship
Meghan Walker is university's second straight fellow of the honor society
July 21, 2016 by
O’Bannons Writing a Script for Student Success
Couple creates scholarship to support students in the UM School of Pharmacy
May 20, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – On any given day, a visitor to Chuck O’Bannon’s home in Parsons, Tennessee, might find the retired pharmacist planting a garden, making preserves from blackberries and muscadines he grows or feeding the two canine “fur babies” who have adopted him and his wife, Linda. You might just as easily find him paintingRead the story …
Ikhlas Khan Receives UM Distinguished Researcher Award
Associate director of National Center for Natural Products Research excels in leadership, scholarship
May 14, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – External recognition is always appreciated, but being honored internally by peers is far better. So says Ikhlas A. Khan, who received the University of Mississippi’s 2016 Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award on Saturday (May 14). The UM research professor of pharmacognosy and associate director of the National Center for Natural ProductsRead the story …
UM Dedicates Natural Products Training Center
Waters Corp.-partnered facility houses equipment for international scientific training
April 14, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and National Center for Natural Products Research, in partnership with Waters Corp., dedicated a state-of-the-art natural products training center including laboratories, an informatics suite and lecture space on Wednesday (April 13). Alice Clark, UM vice chancellor of University Relations, welcomed participants and observers to theRead the story …
Natural Products Center Hosts Annual Botanicals Conference
April 11-14 sessions to focus on regulatory issues in dietary supplements and cosmetics
April 5, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 16th annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, the premier annual event for examining medicinal plants and dietary supplements, will bring together research, regulatory and industry representatives to focus on quality and safety of dietary supplements. Hosted by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s National Center for Natural ProductsRead the story …
Pharmacy Alumni Weekend to be Held April 15-16
Reunion to feature cookout, golf tournament, banquet and more
April 3, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With several new and exciting events on the schedule, the School of Pharmacy‘s annual Pharmacy Alumni Weekend is slated for April 15-16 in Oxford. Pharmacy alumni from the classes of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2006 (Pharm.D.) will be celebrated this year. “I’m particularly excited about this year’s Pharmacy Weekend,”Read the story …
Abramowitz to Deliver Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture
Speaker is an expert on the effects of quality pharmacy care on patient outcomes, health care costs
March 25, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Paul W. Abramowitz, chief executive officer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, will give the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s 2016 Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture. The lecture, which is sponsored by the pharmacy school, is set for 11 a.m. Thursday (March 31) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for theRead the story …
Alumnus Establishes Pharmacy Scholarship to Honor Mentor
John Dewey Owings Jr. influenced generations of pharmacists
March 16, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – If you ask Sidney Gerald “Jerry” Morgan about why he chose pharmacy, he’ll tell you about his mentor and champion of the career, John Dewey Owings Jr. “(Owings) was like a father figure to me,” Morgan said. “He was a great influence, and I would probably not have gone to pharmacy schoolRead the story …
UM Collaboration Leads to New Research Center in Poland
Pharmacy researchers excited about possibilities of three-year collaboration
March 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A new center devoted to natural products research has been dedicated at Bialystok University of Technology in Poland, due in part to collaboration with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Located in Hajnowka and funded by the European Union, the state-of-the-art Scientific and Research Centre is overseen by Bialystok’s Faculty ofRead the story …
UM Pharmacy Graduate Student Partners with St. Jude
Nick Keeling works to strengthen hospital safety
March 3, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Through a relatively new fellowship, a graduate student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is working at one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Nick Keeling, who is pursuing a doctorate in pharmacy administration, is working under the hospital’s chiefRead the story …