ACPHS In The News

An ACPHS delegation of some 50 pharmacy doctoral students made up about one-fifth of pharmacists and students statewide lobbying state legislators Monday for passage of bills that would expand pharmacists’ scope of practice and access to patient care

The 144th Commencement ceremony will feature all kinds of symbols of students’ academic and professional success during their time at ACPHS. While all caps and gowns are black, uniting the class and graduates of the past, different aspects of gowns, caps, and cords hold specific meaning to everyone crossing the stage

 

At 96.6 percent magnitude, the campus did not experience a total eclipse on April 8, 2024. Yet students, faculty and staff who gathered outside experienced a chill and an eerie light as the moon nearly obscured the sun at 3:26 pm.

Among the students leaders on campus are the Peer Mentors, Peer Tutors and Writing Center Tutors who support their classmates in succeeding at ACPHS. The Center for Student Success feted them at its annual Recognition Banquet on April 2, 2024.  Students recognized for their exemplary efforts included those below

At the 2024 ACPHS Research Symposium, 23-year-old Landon Thompson described four years of research, working with ACPHS faculty, fellows and other students on a novel pathway toward curing HIV.   As one of nine researchers – only two of them students – giving podium presentations during the annual research showcase, Thompson summarized an innovative approach to “shocking” HIV out of its hiding place by inhibiting an enzyme that may be found near the site where the virus integrates into DNA

The 2024 All the Way formal was held Saturday, April 6, at Birch Hill in Castleton-on-Hudson, bringing together 120 students. The event is for bachelor's and master's students in the Class of 2024 and pharmacy doctorate students in their P3 year who have made it “all the way” through their academic requirements before beginning clinical rotations

The 2024 Annual Research Symposium featured the extraordinary research of students and faculty on April 4 and 5.  The first day was filled with in-person poster presentations at the Holland Avenue Building, followed by virtual podium presentations on Day Two, with a keynote speech by Dr

Scroll down for other Public Health Week events. ACPHS kicked off Public Health Week on Monday, April 1, with a personal, forthright and inspiring speech by the Hon. Dr. Dorcey Applyrs, long-time public health advocate who is now Albany’s chief city auditor and a candidate for mayor

Panther Profiles are Q&A interviews that highlight Panthers of all stripes -- students, faculty, staff, alum, board members and anyone else in the campus community. Jonathan Braithwaite is a senior in the Public Health program and expects to receive his bachelor’s degree in May