College of Pharmacy

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

UNMC for the record, July 18, 2025

Awards for Melanie Menning, MD, and pharmacy preceptors and a note on fall textbooks.

Jul 18, 2025

Melanie Menning, MD

‘There is tremendous interest and excitement’

The new UNMC health science education center in Kearney will provide health care training close to home for rural Nebraska.

Jul 8, 2025

The 110,000-square-foot Health Science Education Center II is under construction on the UNK campus. It’s scheduled to open early next year, allowing UNMC to expand its nursing and allied health programs in Kearney and offer new programs in medicine, pharmacy and public health.

Register for Nebraska drug discovery symposium

The 2025 Nebraska Drug Discovery and Development Pipeline, or ND3P, will be held on June 25 and 26.

Jun 18, 2025

Don Ronning, PhD