American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - AACP

10/11/2026

🔌🛜 Boosting the Connection: AACP staff gathered at our office in Virginia this week for our fall "3D Days," connecting across departments and planning how we can better support our members and advance .

10/10/2026

🗺️🫨 Navigating pharmacy school? Seeking work-life balance? Supporting learners, or building a healthier institutional culture?

For more than a decade, AACP has been committed to promoting and resilience across pharmacy education to help students, faculty, administrators and more meet these challenges.

On this , during American , explore our new Well-being & Resilience Hub, bringing together resources, programs, policies and partnerships to make finding support easier.

➡️ Swipe through the gallery for a few starting points, and at the link below, browse evidence-based tools and a supportive community specifically tailored to students, faculty, staff, administrators and preceptors.

🔗: https://ow.ly/bYVO50ZVxaA

10/09/2026

🧬💊 "The goal is not just to understand resistance in the lab, but to turn that understanding into something that can help patients."

Research led by Dr. Salim Merali, professor emeritus at the Temple University School of Pharmacy, has produced a potential new approach to treating Type 2 , designed to address insulin resistance at its source.

The experimental technology, known as VTX-31, works by protecting GLUT4, a protein that helps move glucose from the bloodstream into muscle and fat cells.

Disease models have shown improved insulin responsiveness and measures of organ function, and the technology is now advancing toward further development and eventual clinical testing through a Temple University spinout company.

🔗 Read more about the discovery and its path from the lab toward potential : https://ow.ly/1bCv50ZUXrx

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A Temple-developed technology that targets insulin resistance at its source is advancing towards clinical development through university spinout Valhalla Therapeutics.

10/09/2026

🧑‍🎓🥳 Happy National Student Pharmacists Day! We join our schools and colleges of pharmacy across the country in celebrating the future of our profession: innovative and indispensable to the communities they will and already do serve.

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10/06/2026

🎓📈 “Today is about more than awarding scholarships. It’s about investing in people who have chosen a profession rooted in service, trust, and human connection."

ULM College of Pharmacy recently welcomed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and representatives from CVS Health for a ceremony announcing a historic $5 million gift from CVS, supporting scholarships for Louisiana students pursuing a Pharm.D. degree.

This marks the second round of scholarships from CVS, with the first round already supporting 52 student pharmacists.

🔗 For more: https://ow.ly/eCe350ZUX1S

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The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) College of Pharmacy welcomed representatives from CVS Health along with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry at a ceremony on September 28, 2026, where Governor Landry announced a $5 million donation from CVS to fund scholarships for ULM College of Pharmacy student...

10/04/2026

🥼😵‍💫🌀 Overhaul your teaching. Meet everyone. Be everywhere.

The pressure to do it all can feel especially strong when you’re starting a faculty career. But meaningful progress can start with one course component, and connections that support your goals and well-being.

Beginning Oct. 8, AACP’s Junior Faculty Learning Series will help you:

🔹 Redesign an existing lesson, assignment or assessment using approaches you can apply directly to your teaching.

🔹 Create a personalized networking and well-being plan to build professional connections while supporting sustainable work-life integration, and more.

Across four sessions (10/8, 11/5, 2/4, and 3/4), develop practical tools tailored to your career alongside early-career colleagues from across academic pharmacy.

🔗 Swipe through our carousel for a look at what you’ll learn, then register at the link: https://ow.ly/MMJX50ZRq45

10/01/2026

📅🥼 Pharmacists help build healthier communities. Pharmacy educators help prepare them to do it!

October 1st marks the start of American : We join American Pharmacists Association and our member institutions in celebrating pharmacists’ vital contributions to patient care and community health.

This year’s theme, “Caring for Our Communities,” celebrates pharmacy’s role in America’s story as the nation marks its 250th anniversary. Pharmacy education has helped shape that role, preparing generations of pharmacists with the knowledge and clinical skills to serve their communities, while advancing research that drives new treatments and better care.

Throughout October, we’ll share stories and resources that support that work, including:

💙 Resources from our new Well-being & Resilience Hub to support the pharmacy education community.

🤝 Stories from our Unite for Impact Challenge, showcasing the difference our member institutions are making in their communities.

🌱 The start of our Junior Faculty Learning Series, helping early-career educators build sustainable, fulfilling careers, and more.

Follow along throughout the month as we celebrate the impact of pharmacy and on the communities we serve.

09/27/2026

🫨👩‍💻 Everything can feel urgent when you’re starting a faculty career: The next class, another research idea, a new collaboration and one more request can all seem equally deserving of your attention.

But building a sustainable career isn’t about doing everything: It’s about making intentional choices that move you forward.

Across four sessions in AACP's Junior Faculty Learning Series, early-career faculty will develop personalized tools to guide their professional growth, including:

🔹 A 1-year and 3-year Individual Development Plan
🔹 A visual research pipeline
🔹 A redesigned course component
🔹 A networking and wellbeing plan

The series begins Oct. 8, and continues Nov. 5, Feb. 4, and Mar. 4.

Swipe through Part 1 of our carousel to explore how intentional planning and a sustainable research strategy can create a clearer path forward. Stay tuned for Part 2, covering teaching, professional connections and wellbeing!

🔗 To learn more and register, visit: https://ow.ly/MMJX50ZRq45

09/25/2026

🌎 🥼 Today, we join the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in celebrating and pharmacists’ essential contributions to healthier communities around the globe.

This year’s theme, “empowering pharmacists for healthier futures,” speaks directly to the importance of :

“As global health challenges intensify,” writes FIP, “[we call] on governments, policymakers, regulators, health insurers and the public to strengthen supportive policies, invest in education and ensure the full integration within health systems.”

Empowering pharmacists begins with the educators, preceptors and institutions that equip students with the knowledge, skills and support to lead, innovate and respond to evolving health needs.

🔗 For more from FIP, visit its page at the link in our comments.

09/24/2026

✅ Do you love that science is always evolving and changing?
✅ Do you want a career that where you can positively impact patients?
✅ Do you want a profession with endless opportunities to grow?

Then might be right for you!

Pharmacy is Right for Me sat down with Emma Sims, student pharmacist at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, to explore why she chose pharmacy as her career path.

For more 👇

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