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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URI pharmacy professor part of major federal microplastics effort - Jaime Ross will help in nationwide effort to research, measure and remove microplastics contaminating the human body University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and George and Anne Ryan Institute of Neuroscience Assistant Professor Jaime Ross is taking her extensive research into the scourge of microplastics to the nation’s capital after being invited to join […]
‘Promise and Pitfalls’ of AI in health care at center of URI Pharmacy conference - College’s 41st annual Seminar By the Sea examines how to responsibly integrateAI into medication management Despite its relative infancy among world-changing technologies in human history—the wheel, the printing press, electricity, the Internet—artificial intelligence has most rapidly become ubiquitous, already adopted by billions of people just a few short years after becoming publicly available. AI has […]
URI College of Pharmacy dean emeritus earns Campbell Award for ethics, excellence in health care - Paul Larrat recognized for ‘profound dedication to the well-being of society’ The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy presented Dean Emeritus Paul Larrat with the Norman A. Campbell Award for Excellence and Ethics in Health Care, honoring his contributions to the pharmacy profession, and his extraordinary impact on health care in the community. Named […]