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William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister, located in the Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter December 4, 2024

In the mid-nineteenth century, if a scientist were in a pharmacy lab and accidentally ingested a poison, they might have reached for a can of emetine. William Procter Jr., one of the founders of the...

PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

The Hawk Rap, Campus Celebrity Edition: Louise Paed

Christina Molinari '25, Special to the Hawk November 6, 2024

Louise Paed ’23, PharmD ’27, is in her fourth year of six on the way to a doctorate in pharmacy. Paed, who hails from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, serves in leadership positions in multiple organizations...

Editorial: UCity library services remain integral to campus life

Editorial Board September 25, 2024

Amid the plethora of new and exciting updates to the Hawk Hill campus’ infrastructure, including the recent reopening of O’Pake Fitness & Recreation Center and the upcoming unveiling of Post Crossing...

Students attend International Society’s Bachata Night, Nov. 9, 2023. 
PHOTO BY SPENCER FABE COURTESY OF SERENA LIAO ’25

Multicultural organization provides sense of community

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor September 11, 2024

When she was a first-year, Lina Basheir ’26 went to the University City campus’ activities fair and added her name to the International Society’s sign-up sheet on a whim. Two years later, she’s...

PHOTO: SAHR KARIMU ’26/THE HAWK

Families march for ceasefire in Gaza

Sahr Karimu November 15, 2023

Participants in a march held as part of the Families for Ceasefire’s National Day of Action walk along Baltimore Avenue Nov. 12 after gathering at Clark Park, which borders St. Joe’s University...

Carly Richardson ’26, Dareen Alfroukh ’28, Dana Job ’28, Christina Matthew ’28 and Alyssa Jacobs ’28 introduce themselves to attendees of the
PCP at Hawk Hill introductory meeting.
PHOTO: SAVANNAH WARNER ’24 / THE HAWK

PCP unites pharmacy students on Hawk Hill and University City

Savannah Warner September 13, 2023

Leaders of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP) at Hawk Hill hope their new club will help unify pharmacy students who are now spread across the Hawk Hill and University City campuses. Students in...

UCity GMB volunteers with GMB staff in Chirijuyu, Guatemala. PHOTO COURTESY OF ATHIRA BABU ’24

Global Medical Brigades gives health care to communities in need

Ally Engelbert October 5, 2022

Since 2017, the Global Medical Brigades (GMB) chapter at the University City campus has been dedicated to bringing health products and awareness to communities who do not have access to sufficient health...

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