Press Releases

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) announces the newest members to its Board of Trustees and its President’s Advisory Council (PAC).   The esteemed roster of leaders from the pharmaceutical, health sciences, and business fields support the College in its mission to educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of society

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) today announced it has secured a competitive $1.9M contract with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop and deliver a customized messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccine training program for FDA employees

State-of-the-Art Outdoor Fitness Court Opens on Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Campus to Make Fitness Free for All Students and the Local Community Albany, New York - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS), MVP Health Care, and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) today launched the new MVP Health Care Fitness Court on the ACPHS campus

Albany, NY- Viveca Vélez Negrón, a P4 student has won the prestigious 2022 AACP Trainee Poster Competition in the Student Pharmacist category.  Viveca and her mentors, Dr. Laurie Briceland and Dr. Paul Denvir traveled to Grapevine, Texas to attend the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, where she presented her poster titled, “I Do Not Belong Here!”, an Innovative Learning Activity on Impostor Phenomenon Using Student-Created Infographics

ALBANY, NY – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) announces the expansion of its Albany campus through the acquisition of a state-of-the-art medical and life sciences facility located at 150 New Scotland Avenue. The property, which is adjacent to the ACPHS campus, is a 154,000 square foot facility uniquely designed for life science research

CBET becomes first US-based training partner for Univercells Technologies; partnership provides opportunities to prepare ACPHS students for successful careers in cell and gene therapy ALBANY, NY – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is pleased to announce that its Stack Family Center for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET) is partnering with Univercells Technologies, a Belgian-based company, to provide on-site access and training on cutting bioreactor technologies, the scale-X™ hydro and scale-X carbo fixed-bed bioreactors

ALBANY, NY - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is pleased to announce that Toyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP, has been selected as the 10th president of the college, following a comprehensive national search. Since 2016, Tofade has served as the Dean and Professor at the Howard University College of Pharmacy in Washington, D

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) ranks #1 in New York for the best return on investment (ROI) according to a study issued by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). The CEW study reviewed performance metrics for 4,500 colleges and universities across the nation and ranked ACPHS higher than Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

ALBANY, NY – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Discovery for Life fundraising campaign exceeded its goal and achieved multiple firsts. The Discovery For Life campaign, which closed December 31, 2021, raised $14.4 million to support the education and development of students pursuing careers in pharmacy and the health sciences by focusing on three main areas: Bridges to Industry, Scholarships, and Student Experience

ALBANY, NY - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is pleased to announce that Ruth Mahoney has been appointed to the College’s Board of Trustees. Ruth Mahoney is Executive Vice President and President of Wealth Management for NBT Bancorp Inc