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URI faculty secure $470,000 in USDA funding for maple syrup research
The United States Department of Agriculture has awarded two University of Rhode Island researchers $470,000 to advance their pioneering work exploring the anti-inflammatory properties of maple syrup phytochemicals. The study, titled “Beneficial effects of maple syrup phytochemicals against inflammation associated with metabolic syndrome,” aims to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of a polyphenol-enriched maple syrup extract […]
Continue reading "URI faculty secure $470,000 in USDA funding for maple syrup research"Fall Color In-Depth: Maple Trees Offer New Answers to Diabetes, Alzheimer’s
In the 1992 film Medicine Man, biochemist Robert Campbell, played by actor Sean Connery, searches for new drugs in the Amazon’s vast rainforests. There Campbell finds a cure for cancer not in the rainforest’s rare flowers – which don’t have “juju,” or the power to heal – but in an indigenous ant species.
Continue reading "Fall Color In-Depth: Maple Trees Offer New Answers to Diabetes, Alzheimer’s"Private Support Advances Research on Medicinal Properties of Maple Trees
While the maple tree is known for delicious syrup, researchers at URI have discovered that maple trees provide much more than a way to make breakfast taste better. In its branches, leaves, and sap, maple species, including Rhode Island’s state tree, the red maple, may be the key to regulating blood glucose levels in humans. Thanks to $110,000 in funding from Verdure Sciences, this important research will continue.
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Credits 3 credits Coordinator/Primary Instructor Dr. Shen and Dr. Slitt Catalog Description Scientific and regulatory aspects of drug development from discovery to market, exemplified by URI research. (Lec) Pre permission of the instructor. Estimated Enrollment 20-30 Activities/Class format PHC502 is offered in a 2.75 hour block on Friday […]
Continue reading "PHC502 Drug Development"The University of Rhode Island & Walgreens Pharmacy PGY1 Community Residency
Our resident will experience a rich, fulfilling 12-month program, focusing on community practice, ambulatory care and academia. The purpose of our residency is to provide our resident with the skills and knowledge necessary to become an exemplary community pharmacist, demonstrating professional maturity and a personal philosophy of excellence. Our recent graduates will have developed […]
Continue reading "The University of Rhode Island & Walgreens Pharmacy PGY1 Community Residency"Dean's Message – 2016: Fasten Your Seat Belt!
Over the course of the College of Pharmacy’s hundred year history in Providence and Kingston, there have been a number of watershed years. The opening of the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences Benefit Street building in Providence in 1924, the move of that College to URI in Kingston in 1957, the opening of Fogarty Hall in 1964, our adoption of an “All-Pharm.D.” program in 1998, the initial funding of the INBRE research program at URI in 2001 and completion of our current pharmacy building in 2012 come to mind. Periods of great change and the potential for accelerated advancement. 2016 is shaping up to be one of those transformative years.
Continue reading "Dean's Message – 2016: Fasten Your Seat Belt!"Remembering Dean Luzzi
It was standing-room-only crowd that celebrated the dedication of the Dr. Louis A. Luzzi Dean’s Suite in the College of Pharmacy.
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The University honored members of the College of Pharmacy community at the 10th Annual Distinguished Achievement Awards & Gala on Saturday, October 17. Recipients included Mostafa Omar, Ph.D. ’82, Matt Leonard ’88 ’82, Richard V. Piacentini ’77 and CVS Health.
Continue reading "2015 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients"Rachel Bryer, Class of 2017, Named All American
URI Women’s A Division skipper Rachel Bryer ’17, of Jamestown, R.I., a P3 student in the College of Pharmacy, was named an Inter-Collegiate SailingAssociation Women’s All-American Skipper this summer, one of only six women nationwide to win the honor.
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