When the University of Iowa Graduate College celebrated its commencement on Dec. 16, five College of Pharmacy students were among those recognized. The commencement was held at Hancher Auditorium, and was attended by friends, family, and mentors of the graduates.

The UI College of Pharmacy is excited to be part of a new, collaborative UI Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) launching next summer.

Randi Betts is a quality and operational improvement coordinator for University of Iowa Pharmaceuticals (UIP). As part of the quality team, he receives raw materials used in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. The team samples the materials for analysis and hold them in quarantine until approved for use.

Aliasger Salem and George Weiner received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to develop an improved technique for using nanoparticles in a new type of lymphoma immunotherapy.

Ethan Anderson, PhD, recently joined the UI College of Pharmacy as an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics.

Brad Gilchrist, an an administrative services specialist and building coordinator, who serves as a representative and liaison for the College of Pharmacy new building project between the project manager, construction managers, design team, and the college.

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy class of 1970 has been working to pay it forward to future generations through a class scholarship that is quickly approaching the endowment level of $50,000.

After spending 30 years as a UI College of Pharmacy professor, Keith Guillory is still giving back.

UI College of Pharmacy students and alumni attended the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Annual Meeting Oct. 15-19 in New Orleans. The college’s NCPA student chapter was voted to receive the NCPA Foundation’s National Chapter of the Year Award, and Randy McDonough was named the NCPA 2016 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year.

William Wise joined the College of Pharmacy as the new director of finance effective Oct. 10, 2016. In this position, Wise is responsible for planning, administration, and evaluation of the College of Pharmacy’s fiscal activities.