URI College of Pharmacy Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity Chapter participates in Grand Council Convention in Denver

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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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 action with a customer suffering from anaphylactic shock on Dec. 26 was probably the best belated Christmas present he ever received.

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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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