UNE s Robert McCarthy receives distinguished educator award from Maine Pharmacy Association
Robert McCarthy, Ph.D., FAPhA, dean of and professor in the School of Pharmacy
Robert McCarthy, Ph.D., FAPhA, dean of and professor in the School of Pharmacy and associate dean of the
Westbrook College of Health Professions (WCHP), has been recognized with the Douglas H. Kay Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award by the Maine Pharmacy Association (MPA).
The award recognizes an educator in Maine who has made significant and sustained contributions to the field of pharmacy. It is named in remembrance of Douglas H. Kay, a dean of the former UNE College of Pharmacy, who, prior to the college’s opening, led a feasibility study to justify the need for a pharmacy school in Northern New England.
captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. los angeles police are insisting the death of a man allegedly connected to the murder of ronni chasen does not mean the investigation is over. police were at an apartment house to serve a search warrant to a man labeled a person of interest in the case. the man pulled out a gun and shot himself. the latest from the scene straight ahead. also ahead, an alarming scam targeting female college students pledging sororities. police say someone is friending them on facebook, claiming to be their sorority sister, and then asking them to send naked photos. it has happened on at least five college campuses. coming up, we ll talk to one of the victims now so scared she is now leaving that school. her exclusive story coming up. plus, we ll meet a boy who will not eat any food at all, no meat, no vegetables, not even yogurt. the only way they can feed him
4:30 a.m.. thanks for joining us. i m eric thomas. good morning. i m theresa garcia. police are investigating a homicide in the richmond district. officers found a man shot to death inside an apartment building on 23rd avenue. this happened around 9:00 last night. several neighbors had called police to report hearing gunshots in the areas. the victim is between 20 and 30 years old and no word yet on the circumstances surrounding the shooting or information on the suspect. prosecutors on the peninsula are charging a bookkeeper with em for embezzlement. he gave kenneth mccall power of attorney. mccall was supposed to pay all his bills for two years but when the soldier got home he noticed charges in stores like petco and best buy totaling $30,000. take advantage of somebody who you place your trust in and, number two, the reason the person is absent is they re fighting for their country. that strikes me as deplorable on an extra high level. most of the these expenses
it may be his toughest battle yet. a bay area man is accusing his neighbor of risking his financial future while he was risking his life on the front lines. the iraq war veteran says the man he trusted the most stole tens of thousands of dollars from him. nbc bay area is live in bisbayne tonight. george? he said there was 10,000 stolen in cash and 17,000 ugsd on his credit card. the man agreed to look after his money while he served his country. do you have anything to say just to hear your side of the story? anything you would like to say at all to there is a lot of things i can say, but talk to my attorney. reporter: ken et mccall is accused of stealing $30,000 from a bay area soldier fighting in iraq and using the money on himself. they can say i m accused of anything they want. it doesn t mean it s true. the soldier from brisbayne was serving a tour of iraq from 2006 to 2007. his wife died a year before his deployment. so one neighbor agreed to take care of
be two or three degrees warmer. in the north bay there will be a lot more cloud cover. south bay some upper 50s. mountain view and fremont we ll go 58 to 59. here is sal. steve right now if you are driving in from interstate 80 anywhere along the carrty nites berkeley it s starting to get stop and go. this morning we re looking a the the commute from the south bay and it looks much better than it did yesterday. it s mostly clear. let s go back to dave and pam. thank you. an escaped inmate is back in custody this morning after he attacked a santa cruz sheriffs deputy during a hospital visit. now there is big questions about transporting inmating. claudine wong is joining us live from santa cruz. good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. certainly the procedures will be looked at closely following this terrifying escape. we have talked to the hospital this morning. we won t confirm whether or not the inmate or deputy are still here. both are being treated for injuries a