American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - AACP

09/18/2026

💁🥼 Kicking Off the Class of 2030: AACP EVP & CEO Lee Vermeulen was in West Lafayette last weekend to help welcome the Purdue College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. Class of 2030 into the profession with a keynote address.

The White Coat Ceremony included students taking the Oath of a Pharmacist as they begin preparing to serve patients and communities through pharmacy.

Congratulations to Purdue’s newest student !

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09/17/2026

🧠💊 “How to make them work better, and how to make them work more safely”: The UW–Madison Center for Psychedelic Research and Education, housed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, is receiving a historic investment of nearly $7M to advance cutting-edge therapies and establish a new public outreach lab.

The funding will accelerate research into psilocybin and other psychoactive compounds as potential therapies for PTSD, depression, substance use disorders and chronic pain, while examining their interconnected effects on memory, sleep, stress responses and neural plasticity.

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09/17/2026

📰 Sept. 17 Update: A federal court issued a preliminary injunction this week, preventing DHS from implementing the final rule on "duration of status" rules affecting international students, visiting scholars and more.

As a result, the rule did not take effect on September 15 as previously scheduled and the existing duration-of-status framework remains in place while litigation continues.

🔗 For further background on the proposed new rules: https://ow.ly/CFwJ50ZOn8X

09/16/2026

🥼🤝 “Healthcare is a team sport, not a solo endeavor.”

A newly published article in the Journal of Interprofessional Education details how CU Anschutz has developed and implemented a longitudinal model that brings together more than 600 pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, nursing and other health professions students each year.

Co-author Dr. Erika Freitas, associate professor and associate dean at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and director of the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, explains how learning across disciplines prepares students to communicate, collaborate and provide more connected, whole-person care.

"We try in everything we do to replace competition with collaboration."

Students learn not only the roles and responsibilities of their own professions, but also how their expertise fits within a broader team. They are encouraged to recognize when to lead, when to listen, and when another professional may be best positioned to support a patient.

🔗 For more on how CU Anschutz is preparing future professionals to work together, visit: https://ow.ly/q8Zg50ZOiSz

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Interprofessional education on healthcare campuses is vital to the future of integrated healthcare. See how CU Anschutz is advancing IPE.

09/14/2026

💻🏫 DYK? Tomorrow is , and later this week, AACP is putting online learning into practice with the launch of the new Digital Health Learning Series!

As continues to reshape patient care, pharmacy educators need more than an awareness of emerging technologies: They need practical strategies for incorporating them into teaching, scholarship and leadership.

Across three live, case-based online sessions, participants will progress from faculty as learners, to faculty as teachers, to faculty as scholars and leaders, exploring:

🔹 The current digital health landscape and trusted technology resources
🔹 Strategies for curricular integration, learning activities and assessment
🔹 Opportunities for implementation, collaboration and scholarship

The series begins this Thursday, Sept. 17, and is designed specifically for pharmacy faculty, staff and administrators.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/JC6P50ZNycp

09/04/2026

🏆🔬 More research worth recognizing from : Meet the 2026 Trainee Poster Competition Winners!

Following a rigorous two-phase review process, AACP selected one winner from each of the following three categories:

🔹 Fellow: McKenna Knock (UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy)

🔹 Graduate Student: Mohamad Ismail (University of Michigan College of Pharmacy)

🔹 Student Pharmacist: Angel John (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science)

A special thank you to our reviewers, whose expertise and dedication during the second review phase, June 29–July 9, helped identify these top posters.

Congratulations to each winner and their institutions for this well-earned recognition!

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09/04/2026

🆕📑 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑨𝑨𝑪𝑷 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐇𝐒 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲

A new U.S. Department of Homeland Security final rule, scheduled to take effect Sept. 15, will replace the current “duration of status” framework with fixed admission periods, and establish new extension-of-stay procedures for F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors.

🥼🔍 For , the rule has implications for international Pharm.D. students, graduate students in pharmaceutical sciences, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars. It may also affect program transitions, graduate education, research continuity, Optional Practical Training and institutional responsibilities.

AACP’s new issue brief outlines these changes and key considerations for colleges and schools of pharmacy.

🔗 To read: https://ow.ly/FU2e50ZJt20

AACP will continue to monitor implementation of the final rule and provide members with updates and opportunities to engage on this issue. For additional federal policy and advocacy updates, visit the Latest in AACP Advocacy page at the link in our comments.

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09/03/2026

🎥🥼 may have ended in July, but its lessons and connections didn’t!

As a new academic year gets underway, AACP members are carrying that knowledge, energy and inspiration back to their institutions, and putting it into practice across the Academy.

Take one more look at the programming, research, recognition and community that brought pharmacy educators together in Grapevine.

What idea from are you carrying into the year ahead?

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08/31/2026

🌎 AACP was proud to represent academic pharmacy on the global stage over the weekend at the in Montreal!

On Saturday, AACP EVP and CEO Lee Vermeulen represented the Association as a member organization in the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Council, joining fellow U.S. member organizations APhA and ASHP, and observer organizations ACPE and NABP.

The council brings together pharmacy organizations from around the world to exchange perspectives and help shape the profession's future, and AACP’s involvement represents an important opportunity to ensure pharmacy education has a voice in that global conversation. That voice was particularly relevant in this year’s conversation, centered on the theme of "One Health, One Pharmacy – Bridging science, practice and education."

📸 Photo 3: U.S. member organizations gather with FIP President Paul Sinclair.

08/25/2026

"The question is no longer if AI belongs in pharmacy education, but how we prepare both learners and faculty to use these tools thoughtfully, ethically, and effectively."

⏳🔄️ While may have ended in July, that didn't stop AACP members from continuing the conversations when they returned home to their institutions!

Before starting a new semester, enjoy even more reflections from attendees on the programming, connections, recognitions, research and more from this summer in Grapevine in the LinkedIn article below.

For Part 1 of our member-driven recap on LinkedIn, see the link in our comments.

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More reflections on this summer's excitement in Grapevine, from AACP members themselves. While Pharmacy Education 2026, the AACP Annual Meeting, may have ended in July, that didn't stop members from continuing the conversations when they returned home to their institutions.