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P. Worth Longest, Ph.D., left, and Michael Hindle, Ph.D., demonstrate an aerosol delivery device. Named VCU's 2025 Innovators of the Year, they have spent two decades attacking inhaled drug delivery from both ends: Longest on devices and transport in the College of Engineering, Hindle on formulation in the School of Pharmacy. (Photo credit: Will Rummel)

New dry powder system aims to deliver two treatments to the lungs at once

Oct. 8, 2026

A VCU Commercialization Fund award will help Michael Hindle and P. Worth Longest test a platform that repairs the lung's surfactant layer while delivering a drug to the same tissue.

New book from Dr. Richard Glennon delves into our Department of Medicinal Chemistry's history

Oct. 5, 2026

Professor emeritus Richard A. Glennon, Ph.D., recently published a history of his longtime department through VCU's Scholars Compass.

Pharmacy student Catrina "Nina" Chatman led an organ donation advocacy project that won an award in a national competition for the American Society of Transplantation. (Photo by Mary Kate Brogan, VCU School of Pharmacy)

Pharmacy student Nina Chatman earns national recognition for organ donation advocacy

Oct. 1, 2026

'Every person has the power to make an impact,' says Chatman, who was honored by the American Society of Transplantation for her efforts to champion organ donation and transplant education.

VCU researchers Qingguo Xu, Michael Kiefer, Priscilla Hwang and Amy Rector took part in the 14th annual Rally for Medical Research on Thursday. (Photo contributed by Denver Supinger, VCU Office of Government Relations)

VCU researchers join national call for NIH funding

Sept. 18, 2026

The annual Rally for Medical Research urges Congress to support biomedical innovation and the STEM workforce.

White Coat Ceremony speaker to Pharm.D. Class of 2030: 'Life is too short to sit on the sidelines'

Sept. 14, 2026

Keynote speaker John Beckner, R.Ph., senior director of strategic initiatives at the National Community Pharmacists Association, charged students to get involved early to find their professional home and remember their why throughout pharmacy school.

Pharm.D. student Nina Chatman earns national recognition for community engagement around organ donation

Sept. 14, 2026

'Every person has the power to make an impact,' says Chatman, winner of the Best Overall Project award for the American Society of Transplantation's Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice Organ Donation Challenge.

Learning experience: A pioneering partnership offers a new model of success for students and employers

Sept. 4, 2026

This summer marked the first for a unique partnership between the Commonwealth of Virginia, VCU and international consumer healthcare company Haleon that's preparing the workforce of tomorrow by bringing in interns from our B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences program.

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