College of Pharmacy

Archived College of Pharmacy News and Bulletins

2025

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy announces inaugural Hall of Fame inductees

911±¬ÁÏÍø Toxicology faculty awarded EPA grant to monitor water quality

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy receives grant from Living Well Foundation

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy receives $2 million from state legislature

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy student group celebrates transformative academic year

Dr. Alexis Horace wins 2025 Agent of Change award from the University of Louisiana System

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2024

911±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation announces Paul W. Sylvester Louisiana Cancer Foundation Endowed Scholarship

Family donates to 911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy to create scholarship in honor of T. D. "Doc" Murphy

Husband honors 911±¬ÁÏÍø toxicology professor through scholarship

Barabutis named Researcher of the Semester by OSPR

911±¬ÁÏÍø celebrates employees at 2024 Foundation Awards for Excellence

2023

911±¬ÁÏÍø's product enters the healthy aging market

911±¬ÁÏÍø students travel to Dominican Republic for first cross-college service-learning trip

2022

Louisiana Cancer Foundation donates $10k to 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Sylvester for cancer research

911±¬ÁÏÍø awarded $2.5 million grant for Louisiana harm reduction education, the largest award in a decade

2021

Asja Jordan crowned Miss 911±¬ÁÏÍø 2022, Jared Anders named Mr. 911±¬ÁÏÍø

Gissendanner, Meyer awarded endowed professorships from UL System Foundation and Willis-Knighton Health System

Pharmacy's new active learning classroom fosters creative thinking, team-building

Patent awarded for 911±¬ÁÏÍø professor's research into olive oil treatment for breast cancer

911±¬ÁÏÍø's Dr. Seetharama Jois receives $1.65 million for lung cancer research

911±¬ÁÏÍø announces 2020 Foundation Awards for Excellence recipients

2020

911±¬ÁÏÍø faculty share how pandemic affects them personally, professionally

911±¬ÁÏÍø, LSU drug study shows promise against Covid-19

911±¬ÁÏÍø researcher offers hope of a breathrough in canter treatment

911±¬ÁÏÍø sponsoring community seminar on Covid-19

College of Pharmacy partners with UPD, HSA to provide safe disposal of medications

Foundation:Ìý Collective generosity changing lives at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

911±¬ÁÏÍø receives research grant for promising treatment of psoriasis

2019

La. Cancer Foundation donates $10K for 911±¬ÁÏÍø breast cancer research

John Herrock receives grant to develop material for OSHA website

911±¬ÁÏÍø, Centenary College create pathway for students seeking pharmacy degree

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy provides Medicare Part D enrollment assistance

911±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with Awards for Excellence

Faculty receive $371,017 in research grants

USDA awards $597K for telemedicine project by pharmacy's Dr. Bryan Donald

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation awards 911±¬ÁÏÍø $96,679 grant

911±¬ÁÏÍø offering new dual degree for PharmD and MBA

2018

LA Cancer Foundation supports 911±¬ÁÏÍø breast cancer research

Olive Oil Research at 911±¬ÁÏÍø Leads to NIH Grant

911±¬ÁÏÍø reorganizes the College of Health & Pharmaceutical Sciences

911±¬ÁÏÍø professor awarded patent for cancer fighting discoveries

2017

October

Pharm.D. alumnus creates scholarship with $60,000 contribution

Licensing agreement for olive oil based nutraceutical

May

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy researchers link olive oil to preventing cancer, Alzheimer's

April

Pharmacy Students Attend Opening of Legislature

Toxicology Doctoral Student Wins Burdock Award

February

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor receives $10,000 donation for breast cancer research

2016

December

Two 911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy students awarded prestigious grants

November

911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Pharmacy receives $600,000 estate gift

September

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy researcher awarded $1.7 million NIH grant to study diabetes

911±¬ÁÏÍø toxicology department announces mold analysis addition to asbestos laboratory

August

911±¬ÁÏÍø faculty, staff presented with Foundation Awards for Excellence

June

911±¬ÁÏÍø graduate pharmacy student wins award at annual conference

April

Pharmacy students, faculty spend spring break serving in Honduras

911±¬ÁÏÍø toxicology students attend, win awards at international conference

2015

November

Two 911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy students awarded prestigious grants

October

School of Pharmacy awarded $1.2 million in NIH grants

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy students making a difference

August

911±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation presents awards of excellence

July

911±¬ÁÏÍø almuna's work featured on prestigious journal cover

June

911±¬ÁÏÍø unveils asbestos analysis lab

May

911±¬ÁÏÍø alumnus named president-elect of pharmacy academy board

April

January

911±¬ÁÏÍø's Sylvester presents at innovation conference in India

2014

December

October

August

Student organization promotes immunization awareness

Pharmacy students makes major breakthrough in cancer researchÌý(Newstar article)

July

February

Toxicology professors selected as keynote speakers

January

2013

December

Pharmacy professor travels abroad to present groundbreaking research

Pharmacy students shine in national competition

Toxicology Department presents water-quality research at annual meeting

Pharmacy students rack up awards

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy students rack up awards

August

July

June

LA Cancer Foundation supports 911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor's cancer research

May

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy student wins second place for PharmForum presentation

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professors awarded $272,000 for research initiatives

April

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor invited to speak at conference in Malaysia

March

National Cancer Institute funds 911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor's breast cancer research

911±¬ÁÏÍø grad student researches oysters with Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Laboratory

Winners of 911±¬ÁÏÍø's 13th Annual Student Research Symposium announced

February

911±¬ÁÏÍø's El Sayed receives drug discovery innovation award from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly

January

911±¬ÁÏÍø College of Pharmacy Announces second year of PEP

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor invited to share his cancer research expertise

911±¬ÁÏÍø professor awarded over $420,000 to develop olive-based cancer inhibitor

911±¬ÁÏÍø pharmacy professor awarded grant for disease research

911±¬ÁÏÍø Medicare counseling helps local seniors save of $91.000

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