Texas Pharmacy Exceeds Residency Match Placement Goals

91% Residency Match Placement. National Average: 82%. The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2023 Pharmacy Residency Match.
May 4, 2023
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy placed in the top ten in the entire country in the percentage of match placements with 91%, compared to the national match placement average of 82%.

Texas Pharmacy Earns NACDS Grant

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April 27, 2023
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation awarded The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy Office of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion with a $15,000 Diversity Scholarship Award to expand the college's Project Engage Pharmacy Program (PEPP).

Pharmacy Research Excellence Day 2023

Texas Pharmacy faculty, student and staff standing near poster displays at Pharmacy Research Excellence Day.
April 24, 2023
The Nineteenth Annual Louis C. Littlefield Celebrating Pharmacy Research Excellence Day was held on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, highlighting the impressive accomplishments of Texas Pharmacy researchers at all levels.

Texas Pharmacy Wins Big at Interprofessional Health Showcase 2023

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April 20, 2023
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy earns accolades for Best in Community Engagement, Best in Health Innovation, Best Project in Progress, Best in Visual and top 3 for People’s Choice Award at the Interprofessional Health Showcase 2023.

DiversiTEA Corner, Spring 2023

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April 18, 2023
Catch up on the spring 2023 edition of DiversiTEA Corner, the newsletter about inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility at the UT College of Pharmacy. This semester’s topics include welcoming Tonia Guida, Ph.D. as the new Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, announcing the winners of the Dr. Carolyn Brown DEAI Champion Awards, committee updates and more.

Faculty and Students Honored at 2023 Celebration of Excellence

Faculty standing together at the Excellence Awards.
April 3, 2023
Texas Pharmacy faculty and students are not afraid to blaze trails, follow their curiosity and experiment—they are the exemplars of burnt orange excellence. On Wednesday, March 29, The University of Texas at Austin’s Pharmacy Council honored and celebrated top educators and student pharmacists from across the college at its 2023 Celebration of Excellence.

Everything You Need To Know About Foreign Pharmacies

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March 22, 2023
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice K. Ashley Garling-Nañez, Pharm.D. talked to the Washington Post's Andrea Sachs about what to expect from pharmacies when traveling abroad.

Bold Pursuits in Health and Well-Being

Body and Soul: Bold pursuits in health and the arts. Includes an image of a large copper shell sculpture.
March 20, 2023
College of Pharmacy Dean Sam Poloyac participated in a panel discussion from the 2023 Texas Leadership Society Luncheon on The University of Texas at Austin's bold pursuits in health and well-being. The discussion was moderated by UT President Jay Hartzell.

Fiercely Focused | iCAN

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March 15, 2023
Dr. Leticia R. Moczygemba in the Division of Health Outcomes talked to ECHO, an agency that plans and implements community-wide strategies to end homelessness in Austin and Travis County, about the Interactive Care Coordination and Navigation (iCAN) program that studies how getting phones to more people living outside impacts their lives and health outcomes.

UT Researchers Receive $1 Million Grant to Advance Skin Cancer Research

Dr. Lee and research graduate students standing in the Lee Lab.
March 13, 2023
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas granted UT’s Lee Lab $1 million to strengthen skin cancer research last month following breakthroughs in understanding how melanoma develops.