Recipients of the Dr. Carolyn Brown DEAI Champion Award

Three people smiling.
March 2, 2022
These DEAI Champions have demonstrated exceptional efforts and continue to make significant contributions to creating a more diverse, equitable, accessible and inclusive culture within the college and beyond through their excellent service, teaching, research and/or academic endeavors.

Immunologic Resilience: A New Metric to Accurately Gauge COVID-19’s Path

The COVID-19 virus.
September 8, 2021
UT Pharmacy and UT Health Science Center San Antonio Assistant Professor Grace C. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D. is the first author of a recently published study that unveiled a novel concept, “immunologic resilience,” to accurately predict which COVID-19 patients will advance to severe disease and which will not.

UT Pharmacy Launches Building Our Own Talent (BOOT) Graduate Recruitment Program

Two women smiling.
September 2, 2021
The college's new Building Our Own Talent (BOOT) program is designed to provide mentoring and support for trainees and embrace the notion that innovation and discovery thrive in an inclusive culture that values diverse ideas. This year’s recipients enter the pharmaceutical sciences graduate program: Charlene Mandimutsira joins the chemical biology and medicinal chemistry (CBMC) track and Kelsey Strey joins the pharmacotherapy (PT) track.

UT Austin Students Earn Diversity Leadership Awards

TADOHE: Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
June 14, 2021
The University of Texas at Austin community members won several Emerging Leaders Spotlight Awards during the recent chapter meeting of the Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (TADOHE). The inaugural awards seek to highlight and acknowledge individuals in higher education who actively support TADOHE’s mission and diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion (DEAI) as a whole.

TxCORE Research Wins PhRMA Foundation Award

Three people smiling.
April 1, 2021
Three researchers from the College of Pharmacy won an award from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation. Leticia R. Moczygemba, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Carolyn M. Brown, Ph.D. and Michael Johnsrud, Ph.D., R.Ph. were awarded $5,000 from the PhRMA Foundation for their proposal to advance racial and ethnic representation in value assessments.

"I'm Sorry" Isn't Enough, Action Must Also Fortify the Spirit of Apology

March 17, 2021
A message from Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion responding to the tragic recent events in Atlanta and its impact on the Asian-American and Pacific-Islander (AAPI) community.

Moving Beyond Cultural Competency to Achieve Cultural Safety

Books tumbling out of a jar.
January 26, 2021
UT College of Pharmacy Community: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) hosts another virtual Readers' Roundtable on Wednesday, January 27 from 12-1 p.m. CT. Moving Beyond Cultural Competency to Achieve Cultural Safety will feature Ph.D. graduate student Dr. Andrew Wash.

Honoring Human Rights Day: Recognizing Non-Western Healing Practices Beyond the Rx

Hands reaching out.
December 7, 2020
UT College of Pharmacy Community: Join a virtual discussion on Human Rights Day (December 10) at 6 p.m. CT with Fatima Mann, J.D., who co-founded Counter Balance ATX, an Austin-based self-care and social justice organization. The discussion will focus on a respectful awareness and acceptance of others’ non-western practices around healing.

Help ATX Science Olympiad Launch Urban Schools Initiative

ATX Science Olympiad
November 17, 2020
UT Science Olympiad, an undergraduate-led nonprofit organization dedicated to science outreach in Central Texas and around the country, has partnered with the College of Pharmacy to launch the Scaffolding Success Program, a STEM mentorship program for middle and high school students. Donate to the HornRaiser crowdfunding campaign by December 9, 2020 to help launch its Urban Schools Initiative.

DiversiTEA Corner, Fall 2020

The header of a newsletter.
November 6, 2020
Read the fall 2020 edition of DiversiTEA Corner, the newsletter about inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at the UT College of Pharmacy. This semester’s topics include the college's HEED award, virtual seminars, reporting a bias incident, the Pharmacy Initiative Leaders (PILs), transgender pharmacy patients, and many more.