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The Faculty of Science Foundation has created a new Senior Undergraduate Science Research Award to recognize undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science for outstanding research in senior undergraduate science research courses. We highlight the 2025 University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy winner and nominees.

The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy hosted an exciting event on June 6, 2025, to celebrate the launch of the new Pharmacy Innovation in Immunization Research Collaborative (PIIRC) initiative supported by GSK Canada.

The fourth issue of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Journal features art compiled by University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy PhD student Ahmed Hefny for their research, Novel Phenoselenazines as Amyloid-β Aggregation Inhibitors.

On May 29, 2025, the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy faculty, staff and students prepared and served dinner at the Ray of Hope Community Centre for people experiencing houselessness and systemic barriers to acquiring meals in the community.

Benjamin Longley (Rx2028) and his research partner Connie Chong, MSc student in the Master of Peace and Conflict program, worked together to understand the barriers refugees face when accessing healthcare in Canada. Their project won third place in the Map the System Competition, sponsored by the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI).

Pharmacy students at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy will soon gain access to innovative AI-powered virtual training designed to help them provide culturally responsive care to Indigenous patients, addressing a critical gap in healthcare education.

The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy welcomed the class of Rx2028 to the profession of pharmacy at the annual White Coat Ceremony on May 12, 2025.

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Congratulations to Dr. Emmanuel Ho, professor at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Science, who has been awarded the 2025 Excellence in Science Research Award.

Congratulations to Dr. Sherilyn Houle, named the 2025 Fellows Class of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM).