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On Saturday October 1, Waterloo Pharmacy held its first ever alumni Reunion. Run in conjunction with the University of Waterloo’s Reunion Weekend, Pharmacy Reunion invited alumni back to the Kitchener-based School for a full day of learning, laughter and old friends and professors.

To School of Pharmacy assistant professors Brett Barrett and Kelly Grindrod, that is a problem. Antibiotics are effective tools for fighting infectious diseases, but misinformation surrounds when and why they should be used. The public lecture delivered by Grindrod and Barrett on November 12th acknowledged the important contribution antibiotics have made and continue to make to human health and addressed the many myths surrounding the medications.

FocusONCare, a mobile healthcare start-up created by six pharmacy students from UWaterloo’s School of Pharmacy won the fourth place prize, including a Samsung Chromebook at Thursday’s pitch competition for the Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp in the Communitech Hub.

Nancy Waite, Professor and Associate Director at the School of Pharmacy, wins the 2015 Journal Award from the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. This award is given to an individual who has displayed excellence in an item in the Article, Forum, or Reports of Practice categories in the Canadian Journals of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) publication.