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Steve Panizza sitting at the Northrop organ.

Academic technologist Steve Panizza is often found in the classroom showing students and faculty how to use equipment properly. But when the class of 2026 walks across the stage at commencement, he’ll be found on stage, behind the keys of one of the largest and only remaining concert hall pipe organs in the country.  

Dr. Sarah Westberg

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (5/5/25) — Dr. Sarah Westberg, associate dean for professional affairs and professor, has accepted a new position as dean of the Anderson Family College of Health Sciences at Bethel University and will be resigning from her position at the College of Pharmacy this June.

A Twin Cities campus classroom full of pharmacy students facing their instructor.

Conversations in Critical Challenges in Pharmacy (3C) courses are an evidence-based, high impact practice implemented into the first year of the MNspire curriculum at the college aimed at increasing student success, engagement and community. 

Dr. James Cloyd

An IV formulation created by faculty at the College of Pharmacy for topiramate, an antiseizure medication used to treat epilepsy, was submitted via a New Drug Application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2025 and is pending review this year.

Dr. Nesreen Mughrabi.

Dr. Nesreen Mughrabi is a person of many pursuits— pharmacy, fitness and fashion, to name a few. Since earning her PharmD from the University of Minnesota in 2013, she’s been both a personal trainer and the founder of an athletic modestwear company called Yalla. 

Joel Farley

Dr. Joel Farley, professor and interim head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, and the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation, has been named a 2026 Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Fellow.

Dr. Daniel Harki.

Dr. Daniel Harki, Northrop Professor and Margaret Harvey Schering Land Grant Chair for Cancer Research in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

A blood pressure sphygmomanometer and a red, heart-shaped stress ball against a light blue backdrop.

A community partnership between PharmD students from the College of Pharmacy and a Bloomington senior living home provides recurring point-of-care testing for residents. 

Side-by-side photos of Dr. James Cloyd (left) and a stock image of pills (right).

Ahead of this year’s University of Minnesota Rare Disease Day event on March 5, Dr. James Cloyd answers questions about rare diseases and the work behind understanding them.