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Newsletter – Summer 2025

Last Friday’s White Coat Ceremony kicked off a new academic year for the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The faculty/staff esprit de corps was high and the students, their families and friends in the audience clearly enjoyed the ceremony – a great start to the year. JLWCOP enjoyed a surge in Pharm.D. enrollment this fall after expanding its recruitment zone, signing articulation agreements with universities 10 miles from UC and on the other side of the world, and a lot of hard work from Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs Kelly Epplen and her team. The College grew its faculty and staff numbers as well, adding nine new members to the JLWCOP family in 2025 to meet professional and graduate student demand and to move in new research directions. A major goal was realized in that the College now has the people and resources to launch a UC-serving medicinal chemistry core (MCC) facility that will promote cancer drug discovery and development. Opening for business in September 2025, the MCC will allow JLWCOP, UC’s medical school, the UC College of Arts & Sciences, the UC Cancer Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and UC Health to collaborate toward discovery and development of novel cancer drug candidates, initiate early-phase clinical trials on campus, and develop new IP via UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub. It’s an exciting time to be a faculty or student cancer researcher at JLWCOP.

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Post-grad Pharmacy student embracing her profession

October 1, 2025

Asked to describe the most exciting part of her post-graduate education, Ellie Ishida, BS ’24, PharmD ’27, immediately points to experiential learning. At the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, you might even call it experiential living.

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UC joins national mental health initiative for college students

September 29, 2025

The University of Cincinnati has joined a national program aimed at strengthening mental health support for college students, becoming an official JED Campus as part of the university’s long-standing commitment to supporting student well-being. The JED Campus program, developed by the nonprofit Jed Foundation, helps colleges and universities evaluate and enhance their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention efforts. The initiative guides schools through a four-year strategic process to build comprehensive systems of care.

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Record enrollment continues at UC

September 15, 2025

More than a decade of growth continues with the University of Cincinnati seeing its largest enrollment ever as the official head count landed at 53,682 students for fall semester 2025.

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Trials testing psychedelics for treating substance abuse...

September 8, 2025

Clinical Research News highlighted a presentation from the University of Cincinnati's Davide Amato and Jon Kostas, executive director of the Association for Prescription Psychedelics, discussing current trials testing psychedelics to treat substance use disorders.

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Europe bans chemical used in some gel nail polishes

September 4, 2025

The University of Cincinnati's Kelly Dobos spoke with CNN about the European Union prohibiting the use of a chemical ingredient called trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide in some gel nail polishes and other cosmetic products due to it allegedly being a "reproductive toxicant."

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