Academic News

March 19, 2019

Boyenoh Gaye, a PhD candidate studying pharmaceutics, was already working in the field as a senior scientist at GlaxoSmithKline when she began pursuing her doctorate. Since she returned to her studies, Gaye has earned a patent, filed for another provisional patent and been published in major publications and asked to present at major conferences and meetings.

March 08, 2019

The 2019 Misher Festival of Fine Arts and Humanities brought laughter and comedy to campus with events from Feb. 23 through Feb. 28. culminating with a keynote from Misher Visiting Professor Steve Young.

March 01, 2019

University of the Sciences presented the 2019 Faculty Award of Merit to Zachary Klase, PhD, during its Founders' Day ceremony on Feb. 14, 2019.

February 28, 2019

A well-respected professor of clinical pharmacy with more than 46 years at University of the Sciences, George E. Downs PharmD'72 was honored with the title of Linwood F. Tice Professor of Pharmacy during the University's 198th Founders' Day Ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The Dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Edward Foote P'87, PharmD'91 was also honored with the John Wyeth Endowed Deanship as part of the Founders' Day Ceremony.

February 18, 2019

With pomp and circumstance, USciences faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends marked 198 years since the University was established at a special Founders' Day ceremony on Feb. 14, 2019.

February 07, 2019

February 07, 2019

The Society of Physics Students has awarded Roberto C. Ramos, PhD, professor of physics and advisor for the USciences' SPS chapter, as the 2017-18 Outstanding Chapter Advisor.

January 30, 2019

Five USciences undergraduate students in the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology/toxicology programs learned about different career opportunities and applied their learning from the classroom and labs to the real world during a four-week summer internship experience at Sigmapharm Laboratories in Bensalem, Pa.

January 24, 2019

According to Brian Keith, Ph.D., Wistar dean of Biomedical Studies, basic cancer research unravels the complex cellular and genetic mechanisms that underlie disease, and spurs the development of new, rationally designed therapies to ultimately improve patient outcomes.

January 07, 2019

The USciences chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office for the 2017-18 academic year.

January 03, 2019

University of the Sciences' Adeboye Adejare, PhD, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences was among Africa and African-born academics selected for the 2018 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP).

December 11, 2018

Weber Scientific and USciences announced that they have entered into a license agreement to provide Weber with a license to Farber Pham Diastaticus Medium (FPDM), discovered by Matthew J. Farber, PhD, Director of the University's Brewing Science Certificate Program.

December 04, 2018

Thirty-nine students became the newest members inducted into the USciences Pennsylvania Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society, during a special ceremony held on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.

November 29, 2018

This year's Giving Tuesday campaign brought together more than 600 USciences students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to help raise more money than ever in support of student activities, research, and more.

November 27, 2018

The USciences community donated Thanksgiving meals for hundreds of families in West Philadelphia during the seventh annual Appeal for a Meal food drive on November 19.

November 15, 2018

A new research scholarship for students admitted into USciences' pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology and toxicology programs puts laboratory experience and research in reach for first-year students.

November 09, 2018

American College of Clinical Pharmacy members Angela L. Bingham was selected by the 2018 ACCP Awards Committee to receive the College's prestigious 2018 New Educator Award.

November 05, 2018

At the fair, teams and individual students, present research into topics interesting to them and examine it from the perspective of their respective discipline.

October 31, 2018

Although breast cancer incidence is often thought to be a spontaneous disease, most people are unaware that certain everyday lifestyles might impact on the development of this cancer later on in life and or affect how many years breast cancer survivors will live post-diagnosis.

October 30, 2018

Hellerstein has already seen how research can impact the field. She completed an independent study that assessed how LGBTQ health issues are addressed in occupational therapy education.