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MEDIA RELEASE Pharmacy students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo received financial support for the 2010-2011 academic year from scholarships totaling almost $85,000. Scholarships are awarded based on criteria determined by the donors and university, and include merit, financial need and career aspirations. “Competition for these scholarships is strong because of the caliber of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A team of third-year University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy students won almost $2,000 in the fall semester’s marketing case competition held Nov. 19, which featured a product that will make medication management more efficient. CoP faculty, Hawaii-based and California-based Target officials served as judges. Winning students were Bernie Cheng, Megan […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Ninety pharmacy students from the Class of 2014 will recite the “Oath of a Pharmacist” in front of their peers, professors, community and families at the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony, slated for Sunday, Oct. 17. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Seven faculty members from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy will be strengthening a project with UH Manoa that will receive $9 million in federal funding over three years. The project, funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), allows the collaboration to continue expanding and improving biomedical research in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   The University of Hawaii has named WCIT Architecture of Honolulu to design the building that will become the permanent home of the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy. WCIT is working with the science and technology branch of SmithGroup to plan the structure that is intended to anchor the UH-Hilo […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy will begin new health care initiatives in Hawaii and the Pacific region thanks to a $1.5 million congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education. “I have watched the College of Pharmacy grow over the past few years, and it is very gratifying to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Award-winning molecular biologist Andre S. Bachmann joins the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy as a tenured associate professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, effective Sept. 1. He also will remain a member of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and an adjunct associate professor with the John […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy (CoP) will receive $1.5 million to support student activity and begin new health care initiatives in Hawaii and the Pacific region, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye has announced. The funds come through a congressionally directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education. “I have watched […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy is on track to receive full accreditation next year after a positive evaluation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). ACPE is the national agency that sets standards for the education of pharmacists. At its annual June meeting in Illinois, ACPE’s Board of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Research from University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy Dean John M. Pezzuto was highlighted in an article in Chemical and Engineering News, one of the most highly respected sources for scientific news. The article focuses on the work Pezzuto has done in the area of cancer chemoprevention. Pezzuto has been funded […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Although still a year away from earning their PharmD from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy, many students are currently in the process of leaving Hilo and won’t return until they graduate in spring 2011. Students who began their quest in 2007 are set to begin the final stage to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A new program in the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy will provide financial, advisory and mentoring support for up to five undergraduate students per year who plan to continue on at the University to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. The STEP (Steps towards Excellence in Pharmacy) program is an […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A consortium led by the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy to use health information technology to provide better health care to Big Island residents has been awarded $16,091,390. Hawaii County is one of 15 communities across the nation chosen to serve as pilot communities to develop wide-scale use of electronic […]

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‘Compounding for Kids’ takes lotion compounding into local classrooms

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