Pharmacy: School wins national community engagement award

Fourteen VCU School of Pharmacy faculty (seven alumni among them), 35 residents and more than 500 students contributed to a program that won the 2014 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award. Read more.

Pharmacy: Join us at the ASHP Midyear Virginia Reception

If you’re planning to attend the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists 49th Annual Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, don’t miss the Virginia Reception! Read more.

Pharmacy: Pharmacy Today stars SOP alumna

The November 2014 issue of the American Pharmacists Association’s Pharmacy Today magazine features SOP alumna Cheri Garvin (B.S.’90/P). The article, “Mixing It Up: Garvin Thrives on Diverse Duties at Compounding Pharmacy,” showcases her career as president and CEO of The Compounding Center in Leesburg, Virginia. Read more.

Pharmacy: Associate dean retires

Jeffrey C. Delafuente, VCU School of Pharmacy associate dean for academic affairs, has retired after 16 years with the school. Before arriving at VCU, he worked for University of Florida Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine and St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Read more.

Pharmacy: Department chair co-PI for $1M grant

Don Brophy (M.S.’04/M), chairman of the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, is co-principal investigator for a $1 million Department of Defense grant. Read more.

Pharmacy: Medicinal Chemistry faculty win innovation award

Current and former members of the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry have been honored for their research on sickle cell disease with VCU’s Billy R. Martin Award for Innovation. Read more.

Pharmacy: Alumni participate in VSHP Fall Seminar and Residency Showcase

The 2014 Virginia Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Seminar and Residency Showcase attracted a number of VCU School of Pharmacy students as well as some familiar (and recent) alumni faces. Read more.

Pharmacy: Fall picnic fosters fun

First-year Pharm.D. students reigned supreme in the School of Pharmacy fall picnic’s tug-of-war contest … while Dean Joseph T. DiPiro discovered that one of his new responsibilities was to serve as judge in this important rite of passage. Read more.

Pharmacy: Professor receives Outstanding Adherence Educator Award

VCU School of Pharmacy professor David Holdford received the National Community Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Outstanding Adherence Educator Award at NCPA’s 116th Annual Convention and Trade Exposition in Austin, Texas. Read more.

Coming soon: HAVOC for the holidays!

HAVOC T-shirts are back for the holidays! The perfect gift for every Rams fan! Available for 12 days only ― Nov. 30-Dec. 11. Save the date and be on the lookout for the email announcement with link to order. Read more.

VCU Libraries: Dust off your thesis or dissertation

The VCU Libraries now offers an exciting new program that captures and publishes for free the intellectual work of the university. Alumni are invited to participate. Scholars Compass launched this fall. Read more.

VCU Medical Center has most Beacon award-winning units in the U.S.

VCU Medical Center has the most Beacon award-winning units in the country after the Orthopaedic Surgery units were recently awarded a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Read more.

Athletics: VCU basketball’s new courts take shape

Construction is well under way at the school’s planned $25 million practice facility. The 60,000-square-foot, two-gym facility is taking shape on Marshall Street in Carver across from the Siegel Center. VCU is building on a 1.13-acre plot it bought for $2.65 million in a pair of May real estate deals. Read more.

Arts: Alumnus, filmmaker is country’s best freestyle skateboarder

Preparing for his third and final run in the U.S. Freestyle Skateboarding championships last month, Richmond resident Connor Burke (B.F.A.’14/A) was feeling intimidated. Read more.

"Man of La Mancha"  Nov. 19-23

Dance fall senior project Nov. 20-22

RVA GOLD watch party: VCU vs. Villanova 6-9:30 p.m. Nov. 24

Rams on the Road: VCU vs. ODU 1-4:30 p.m. Nov. 29

Massey Cancer Center's BizBaz 5:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 3