This past August, 15 brothers from Beta Epsilon, URI’s Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. traveled to Denver, Colorado for the biennial international meeting known as the Grand Council Convention. Beta Epsilon’s two delegates, Joe Nardolillo and Dominic DeFilipi, voted on many legislative changes as well as elected the new international officers.
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Gift Recognition: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015
Gift Recognition July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy gratefully acknowledges the alumni, corporations, faculty, staff, foundations, friends, students and parents whose gifts have been received by the College between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Your continuing support allows us to educate and train the pharmacists, […]
Continue reading "Gift Recognition: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015"Dean's Message
We often focus on the College’s needs and aspirations. Please allow me to take a few moments to share with you some accomplishments of this past year.
Continue reading "Dean's Message"Recent Charitable Gifts to URI Will Benefit College of Pharmacy Student Leaders, Help Support Pharmacy Innovation
Three recent gifts to the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, two from alumni and one donated anonymously, will benefit students and support the College’s Pharmacy Innovation Fund.
Continue reading "Recent Charitable Gifts to URI Will Benefit College of Pharmacy Student Leaders, Help Support Pharmacy Innovation"URI pharmacy students shoot, star in videos to promote vaccination
While pharmacists are known for working behind the counter, Jeffrey Bratberg a University of Rhode Island pharmacy professor also gave his students a chance to get behind the camera. Communicating Vaccines, a pharmacy elective course, focuses on identification, prevention and control of infectious diseases that pose threats to public health. Students in the class were not only tasked with completing reading assignments but with producing their own videos to promote positive information about vaccines.
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Larry Merlo, President and Chief Executive Officer of CVS Health, emphasized the importance of finding a mentor and the expanding opportunities in the fast-growing pharmacy market during a recent talk hosted by the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy.
Continue reading "CVS Health’s President & CEO provides insight to URI pharmacy students"Pharmacy alumna, Kristin Von Flatern ’14, takes life-saving action to help customer suffering allergic reaction Class of 2014 alumna Kristin Von Flatern hasn’t been on the job as a pharmacist at the Centerville, Mass. CVS/pharmacy a full year yet, but she’s already played a key role in saving a patient’s life. Let’s just say that her quick […]
Continue readingPharmacy alumna, Kristin Von Flatern ’14, takes life-saving action to help customer suffering allergic reaction Class of 2014 alumna Kristin Von Flatern hasn’t been on the job as a pharmacist at the Centerville, Mass. CVS/pharmacy a full year yet, but she’s already played a key role in saving a patient’s life. Let’s just say that her quick […]
Continue readingPharmacy alumna, Kristin Von Flatern '14, takes life-saving action to help customer suffering allergic reaction
Class of 2014 alumna Kristin Von Flatern hasn’t been on the job as a pharmacist at the Centerville, Mass. CVS/pharmacy a full year yet, but she’s already played a key role in saving a patient’s life. Let’s just say that her quick action with a customer suffering from anaphylactic shock on Dec. 26 was probably the best belated Christmas present he ever received.
Continue reading "Pharmacy alumna, Kristin Von Flatern '14, takes life-saving action to help customer suffering allergic reaction"Graduates of growing URI pharmaceutical sciences program being hired by major firms
It’s only six years old, but the University of Rhode Island’s undergraduate program in pharmaceutical sciences has already made a mark with 100 percent of its graduates employed or in graduate school. Launched in 2009 by the College of Pharmacy, the four-year undergraduate program enrolled just 16 students in 2010. Now about 200 students are enrolled in the program. Twenty-nine students will graduate May 17.
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