Press Releases

    Creating one of the region’s largest private higher education institutions with the broadest catalog of programs in the health professions and strong programs in education, business, criminal justice, the sciences, pre-med, pre-health, and arts and humanities, Russell Sage College and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) plan to merge

More than 35 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences students were inducted into the Rho Chi Honor Society and the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society at the April 6 ceremony held in the Albert M. White Gymnasium on the ACPHS campus

College to Partner with St. Peter’s Health Partners to Grant Dual AS and BS Degrees in Four-year Program  Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has launched a new degree program in nursing. Students pursuing this program will earn both an Associate of Science degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in four years, while they prepare to take the registered nurse (RN) licensing exam after just three years

In honor of Women's History Month and Endometriosis Awareness Month and with the news of a new daily endometriosis pill now approved in England, strides are being made to help the more than 6.5 million women in the United States to combat this often-debilitating condition

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announces its 145th Commencement ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 17 at the Albany Capital Center in Albany, New York.   Approximately 230 undergraduate, graduate and PharmD students are expected to cross the stage to receive their diplomas at the 10 am ceremony

Today, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences was designated by the Carnegie Foundation as one of only four higher education institutions committed to research in the Capital Region. ACPHS joins Albany Medical College, RPI and the University at Albany in this classification recognizing their research endeavors

More than 160 sophomores and juniors from high schools across the Capital Region have been nominated by their guidance counselor(s) to participate in an interactive event, "The Future of Health Care," on Friday, February 7, 2025, at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

The FDA recently approved use of the drug, Journavx, as a pain killer alternative to opioids. The first new pain killer approved in 25 years by the agency, it gives patients an opioid-free option reducing the risk of addiction.  Is it as effective as traditional painkillers? How does it work differently in the body? What effect, is any, will it have on the growing opioid epidemic in the United States?  Drs

In response to health care market trends, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences revamped a master's in health data science and launched an online master's in biotechnology. Both graduate programs are designed to pave a pathway for prospective graduate students and health-sciences' professionals in growing areas of the health care industry

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announces its Fall 2024 Dean’s List recipients. Nearly 300 students were named to this honor, awarded to full-time students who have successfully completed their coursework with a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3