ACPHS In The News

Toby, a one-year-old New York City-based diagnostic startup named after Sherlock Holmes’ canine tracker, is at a critical juncture. Toby co-founder Matthew Laskowski is hopeful the fledgling firm is climbing out of what he referred to as the “valley of death” – the torturous loop where a biotech startup needs more funds to gather clinical data, but venture capitalists want the clinical data before they invest more funds

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Collaboratory, serving Albany’s South End community to improve population health, has been named the June 2024 beneficiary for Hannaford’s reusable bag program. ACPHS’ Collaboratory will receive $1 from the purchase of every $2

When Kaylee Stewart ’24 was looking for a job she could do after graduation, she had a checklist in her head:   __ Stay in the Albany area (see the next item)   __ Be able to continue working on research with Associate Professor Dr

Campus is different in the summer. The sun warms the lush, green landscape. There's fewer inhabitants and the pace is slower -- but it's far from sleepy. In fact, there are weeks when the "off season" is absolutely hopping.  Summer residents are often focused on a singular purpose, some opportunity to add to their experience and resumes

The annual lead-up to Commencement 2024 included all manner of ways to rejoice, rest and re-set. Graduating students enjoyed food trucks, bouncy houses, a brunch, a trip to alumni-owned Active Ingredient Brewing Co. in Malta and a boat cruise.&n

Research presentations at national conferences and articles in peer-reviewed publications.   Work that set the foundation to improve Albany’s schools, as well as health access on the ACPHS campus.   Acceptance into a coveted, competitive eight-year, expenses-paid MD-PhD program

The 144th Commencement ceremony will feature all kinds of symbols of students’ academic and professional success during their time at ACPHS. While all caps and gowns are black, uniting the class and graduates of the past, different aspects of gowns, caps, and cords hold specific meaning to everyone crossing the stage

Panther Profiles are Q&A interviews that highlight Panthers of all stripes -- students, faculty, staff, alumni, board members and anyone else in the campus community.  Charles (Chuck) Middleton is a pharmacy doctoral candidate in the Class of 2024

When he qualified for finals at the 2024 Penn Relays on Friday, April 26, Ryan Haak found himself with a decision he had not thought he’d have to make. He saw the chance to compete in the oldest, largest, highly selective Division I track and field meet in the country as achievement enough

Alyssa James doesn’t worry so much about her asthma anymore. The 9-year-old Giffen Elementary School student got pretty scared when she had an asthma attack way back when she was 8. But now she knows more, since participating in the Open Airways for Schools program from the American Lung Association, taught by ACPHS students taking classes in public health