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College of Pharmacy

UNMC enrollment rises for 25th straight year

The steady growth is a testament to UNMC’s continued focus on growing the state’s health workforce.

Sep 8, 2025

UNMC campus sign

UNMC’s ‘Operation Immunization’ clinics return

The award-winning collaboration, led by the UNMC College of Pharmacy, has delivered more than 15,000 flu shots since 2017.

Sep 8, 2025

A student administers a flu shot into a patient's arm

NU leadership development program names new fellows

Four UNMC representatives will participate in the NU program to develop higher education leaders.

Sep 3, 2025

Top from left, Katie Bishop and Ed Peters, DMD, SCD. Bottom from left, Chris Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, and Kari Simonsen, MD

UNMC students don white coats to renew a rite of passage

Students from around UNMC colleges marked the start of their careers as health care professionals, with all the responsibility that involves.

Sep 2, 2025

New UNMC student Eben Samuel receives his white coat from Armando De Alba, MD, an associate professor with the UNMC Department of Family Medicine.

UNMC’s first PharmD class in Kearney embarks on program

Kiernan Bierman, who is from Hastings, Nebraska, is one of nine students in UNMC College of Pharmacy’s initial class.

Aug 25, 2025

Kiernan Bierman

Dr. Garrison named interim assistant grad studies dean

Jered Garrison, PhD, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences, began his new role Monday with UNMC Graduate Studies.

Aug 12, 2025

Jered Garrison, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Kristen Driver, PharmD

Dr. Driver is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.

Aug 5, 2025

Kristen Driver, PharmD

New faculty spotlight: Kiran Sapkota, PhD

Dr. Sapkota is an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the UNMC Kearney campus.

Jul 31, 2025

Kiran Sapkoa, PhD

Putting structure to his students’ chemical compounds

UNMC’s Corey Hopkins, PhD, is mapping the achievements onto his arm – with tattoos of the compounds’ makeup.

Jul 30, 2025

Corey Hopkins, PhD, interim chair of the department of pharmaceutical sciences, gets four new tattoos at Ironwood Ink Thursday May 1, 2025. If a student has a compound that makes it into animal testing, he has it tattooed on his arm. He currently has about 29.

New faculty spotlight: Kyle McCartney, PharmD

Dr. McCartney is director of community partnerships and clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the UNMC Kearney campus.

Jul 25, 2025

Kyle McCartney, PharmD