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UKCOP takes top honors at the 2024 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge

LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 16, 2024) —The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy (UKCOP) has emerged victorious in the 2024 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, marking its second national championship win since 2017. Coached by faculty advisor Zachary Haffler, PharmD, BCPS, the winning team consisted of fourth-year PharmD students Cameron Howell, Kaylee Meador, and Catherine Barfield.

Empowering youth in the fight against tobacco: World No Tobacco Day 2024

Griffin Nemeth, a student at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and coordinator for the #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board, exemplifies the significant impact young people and pharmacists can have on tobacco use prevention.

AAPS Coffee Hours

On June 2nd from noon to 2 PM, AAPS will be hosting the monthly coffee hours in TODD 370. AAPS will provide coffee and some snacks. You can stop in to just grab a cup or hang out for a while and have your lunch with other grad students. Contact Jack Keady with questions or concerns. 

Spanish Conversation Group

The Office of Global Health Initiatives is hosting an informal, virtual Spanish conversation group on Thursdays at noon beginning February 2. All levels of Spanish learners are welcome to join at any time via zoom. 

UKCOP Student Wins Nationally Competitive Scholarship

Kaylee Meador, a University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy student (PY1), has been named a recipient of the competitive $25,000 Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholarship. As one of 12 Chick-fil-A team members nationwide selected as a scholarship recipient, Meador has been invited to participate in the Chick-fil-A Scholars Program as a True Inspiration Scholar for the 2022-2023 school year.

College of Pharmacy Adds Three New Affiliated Pharmacy Residency Programs

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy is adding three new affiliated pharmacy residency programs through partnerships with various Baptist Health campuses. These locations include Baptist Health Corbin, Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Health Hardin.

Everything is Science: The Elements of Life

Everything is Science: Lexington's city-wide science festival, is scheduled for its fourth annual run February 21-25, 2022.

UK College of Pharmacy to help address inequities with new scholarship

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy has created a scholarship in an effort to address inequity within the pharmacy profession. The scholarship, put in place at the request of UKCOP’s students, was created after students help identify the need for more substantial scholarship support to enable attendance of a more diverse student body.

College of Pharmacy to Host Annual White Coat Ceremony

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy will host its annual White Coat Ceremony to recognize its incoming students. This year's ceremony will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 20, 2021, at the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center for the Arts.

'Your truth is your undeniable right' says UKCOP Director of Enrollment Management

Jason T. Mitchell is the Director of Enrollment Management for the UK College of Pharmacy. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, he has been at the University of Kentucky for six years and is an integral part of the pharmacy family.