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For the past ten years the Crimson Gala has stood as a testament to everything it means to be part of the Coug pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences community. What began in 2016 as a celebration of the college’s 125 anniversary has grown into a night of celebration and community, the impacts of which are felt year-round. Each year alumni from across the nation come together to honor awardees while raising funds to support students across the college.

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Annie (Dan) Du was granted tenure on August 1. Her focus on nano-biotechnology, including biosensors, has brought her national recognition to WSU as one of the most cited faculty members at the University in 2025 according to Clarivate. Annie’s research has been featured in multiple high impact journals including ACS Sensors and Biosensors and Bioelectronics. She was also Specialty Chief Editor: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology in 2024.

Julie Akers, interim dean of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been appointed dean, effective Sept. 1.

Akers, who is also a scholarly career-track professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy, previously served as executive associate dean for the college before assuming the interim dean role. Her appointment follows a comprehensive internal review and a series of meetings with external stakeholders.

The next generation of pharmacists has arrived at Washington State University—and they’re coming from across the country and around the world.

The WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences welcomed its largest PharmD cohort in five years, bringing together students from communities across Washington as well as across the country from Hawaii to Florida. While many students are drawn to WSU because they want to serve their home communities, the growing number of students coming from outside the region reflects the college’s reputation for preparing pharmacists for a changing and increasingly essential health care profession.

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What can a student do with an undergraduate, Doctor of Pharmacy, or graduate degree? At Washington State University’s sixth annual Industry Advisory Board meeting, students got a firsthand look at the many paths available in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries—from drug discovery and clinical research to medical affairs, rural health and leadership.

When 17-year-old Sarfaraz Niazi boarded an airplane for the first time and left Pakistan for Washington State University, he had no idea his journey would help reshape the future of […]

Kimberly McKeirnan didn’t set out to battle a pandemic.

She began with a simple question: Why not employ pharmacy technicians to give vaccinations, to help overworked pharmacists and improve patient care?

The U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries is a little-known research program in the Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, but it has an outsized role in scientists’ understanding of how radioactive elements affect the human body.