School of Pharmacy

The current system where an overwhelmed FDA tries to fit in oversight of dietary supplements has to change, in order to protect consumers and put the onus on the manufacturer, says C. Michael White, professor of pharmacy practice. (Getty Images)

Op-ed: Why an FDA Overhaul of Dietary Supplement Industry is Critical

The current system has to change, in order to protect consumers and put the onus on the manufacturer, writes C. Michael White, UConn professor of pharmacy practice.

Director of UConn's NMR facility, Vitaliy Gorbatyuk. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo).

Insight into Molecular Makeup at UConn’s NMR Facility

UConn's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility provides instrumentation that can identify compounds produced by chemists or extracted from natural products.

2018 UConn Pharmacy Preceptors of Year

Pharmacy Preceptors Honored for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

Students from the UConn School of Pharmacy receive valuable 'hands on' experience while learning from practicing pharmacists throughout their professional training.

Innovation concept. (Yagi Studio via Getty Images)

Celebrating UConn Inventors

In honor of National Inventors' Day, here's to all of UConn's faculty, staff, and student inventors.

A candle burning.

In Memoriam – Paul A. Kramer

Paul A. Kramer, distinguished emeritus faculty member in the School of Pharmacy, passed away due to natural causes at his home in Avon, Conn. on January 27. He was 76 years old. Kramer earned his Bachelor’s degree (cum laude) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964 and his Master’s degree (1966) and PhD (1968) in Pharmaceutics […]

Vials in a mass spectrometer

UConn’s Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility Gives Faculty a Complete Cellular Picture

UConn's Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility houses multiple mass spectrometers and provides faculty expert support to see the full cellular picture.

Gregory Sartor receives NIDA grant and publishes research in the Journal of Neuroscience

Gregory Sartor, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently received a three year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant, titled Neuronal subtype and circuit-specific epigenetic mechanisms in addiction, involves studies that will utilize novel, molecular and genetic tools to dissect epigenetic factors that regulate drug-seeking behaviors in animal models of addiction. […]

Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication Facility (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication Facility

UConn’s answer to the call for an affordable way to design, manufacture, and repair equipment is the Mechanical/Glass: Design and Fabrication facility, which can save researchers thousands of dollars and keep their projects moving forward.

Shreya Kulkarni receives Baxter's Young Investigator award

Shreya Kulkarni, Ph.D. candidate, awarded Baxter Young Investigator Award

Shreya Kulkarni, a multi award winning* Ph.D. candidate in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently received Baxter Pharmaceutical’s Young Investigator Award in Deerfield, Illinois at Baxter International’s headquarters. Kulkarni presented her research Factors Governing the Reconstitution Time of Highly Concentrated Lypophilized Protein Formulations at the awards presentation, accompanied by her advisor Robin Bogner, Professor, […]

Maria Latta

Maria Latta completes first UConn Co-op Legacy Fellowship

The UConn Co-op Legacy Fellowship is a relatively new funding program that provides support to undergraduate students who are completing self-designed projects that have a public engagement, social impact, or innovation component. Maria Latta ’20 (Pharmacy Studies, PHR) is one of the first group of four students to take advantage of fellowship opportunity. Her project, […]