Ranked among the top pharmacy schools in the Northeast (U.S. News & World Report, 2024) and the #1 public university in New England, the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is preparing the next generation of healthcare leaders. With cutting-edge research labs, nationally recognized faculty, and hands-on learning opportunities, you’ll acquire the expertise to excel. Our welcoming, hands-on learning environment empowers you to make a real difference in patient care and public health on a local and global scale. Whether through faculty-led research, dual-degree programs, or service-learning initiatives, you’ll graduate ready to lead, innovate, and make a lasting impact.
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Lab Coat Ceremony marks ‘motivating transition’ to lab science for undergraduate pharmacy students - Third-year students ceremonially welcomed into Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences major Undergraduate pharmacy students were ceremonially welcomed into the URI College of Pharmacy’s Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences program, where they will begin their careers in pharmaceutical research, during the college’s Lab Coat Ceremony last week. The third-year students who have completed required prerequisites formally transitioned in […]
URI study links microplastic exposure to Alzheimer’s disease in mice - College of Pharmacy Professor Jaime Ross finds sex-dependent cognitive decline similar to that found in humans Micro- and nanoplastics prevalent in the environment routinely enter the human body through water we drink, foods we eat, and even the air we breathe. Those plastic particles infiltrate all systems of the body, including the brain, where they […]
Therapeutic Horticulture Group seeks students to ‘get hands dirty’ in name of stress relief, community service - Students will design a therapeutic garden on campus while learning healing benefits of working with and in nature The University of Rhode Island continues to expand the College of Pharmacy’s Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden outside Avedisian Hall, converting an unused parking lot into an expansion of the green space, and establishing a database […]