Careers
Graduates of URI’s pharmacy program have enjoyed success as business people, pharmacy professionals, researchers, and academicians. Two URI alumni, Joseph Mollica 62 , former chairman of Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., and Ernest Mario 66, cochairman and CEO of Alza Corporation and former cochairman and CEO of Glaxo Ltd., were the only pharmacy graduates in the country to head up Fortune 500 companies.
Pharm.D. Exploration Center
A free platform providing resources for exploring the opportunities that a career in Pharmacy provides. It houses an extensive and growing library of URI Pharmacy alumni interviews along with other career exploration resources.
Registration is required to access content, information collected will not be shared outside of The University of Rhode Island.
Recorded Alumni Career Information Panels
October 28 – 2021 Zoom Alumni Panel
In our Fall Pharm.D. alumni panel we invited some of our grads to speak about their path to their current role, the impact of URI, and how their education prepared them for the future. [Learn More]
October 20 – 2021 Pharm.D. / MBA Information Session
In this information session we had the opportunity to hear details about the program from the MBA Coordinator, hear perspectives from a Pharm.D. / MBA alumni and students currently in the program, and ask questions during the session.
Learn more about the Pharm.D. / MBAApril 15 – Zoom Alumni Panel: Pharmacy 2021 & Beyond
In our second PharmD alumni panel we invited recent grads to speak about their path to their current role, the impact of URI, and how their education prepared them for the future. [Learn More]
March 30 – 2021 Community Pharmacy Night
A panel of recent alumni from the College of Pharmacy discuss their careers in community pharmacy. We discuss selecting this career path, transitioning into the role, and creating an impact with patients in this setting.
March 10 – Zoom Alumni Panel: Pharmacy 2021 & Beyond
We invited alumni to participate in a zoom panel to speak about their path to their current role, the impact of URI, and how their education prepared them for the future. [Learn More]
A fun way to explore pharmacy careers
