College of Pharmacy

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

Lydia Fritsche, PharmD, honored as student pharmacist of the year

Dr. Fritsche graduated from the UNMC College of Pharmacy in May.

May 20, 2025

Lydia Fritsche, PharmD

91 UNMC faculty members recognized for service milestones

See this list of faculty who have reached 10, 20, 30 and 40 years at UNMC.

Apr 23, 2025

Carol Casey, PhD, Byers Shaw Jr., MD, and John Windle, MD, recognized for 40 years of service to UNMC.

Dr. Oupicky to receive Kinman Oldfield Award

The award recognizes a UNMC investigator who has conceived a promising new ideas in Alzheimer’s research.

Apr 21, 2025

David Oupicky, PhD

Pharmacy students get a lesson in ‘living with diabetes’

The experiential learning emphasis in a UNMC College of Pharmacy elective teaches students about more than blood sugar.

Apr 16, 2025

Pharmacy students Anna Ingamells and Kenadie Janulewicz apply continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) as part of a "Living with Diabetes" experiential learning initiative.

Annual faculty awards: Sean Avedissian, PharmD, PhD

Dr. Avedissian is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, UNMC College of Pharmacy.

Apr 11, 2025

Sean Avedissian, PharmD, PhD