Certified Nursing Assistants in Rhode Island Department of Health-licensed long-term care facilities will soon be able to administer medications to patients, under supervision, thanks to a partnership among the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Office Healthcare Workforce Development, the state Department of Labor and Training, and the URI Office of Strategic Initiatives. The partnership aims to relieve the burden on nurses in often short-staffed facilities, and directly address the statewide shortage of credentialed medication aides.

Dean Kerry LaPlante, joined by URI President Marc Parlange, Provost Barbara Wolfe, and the faculty and staff of the College of Pharmacy, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2025 on May 18. Dean LaPlante and the entire College of Pharmacy extend their heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2025. Check out a gallery of […]

As the 2024-25 academic year winds down, the URI College of Pharmacy issued a series of academic, professional and service awards to graduating students on May 15. Award winners include:

Meet Sarina Thapar, a Doctor of Pharmacy graduate from Monroe, New Jersey, and this year’s student commencement speaker for the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. Sarina Thapar was inspired to pursue pharmacy by her mother, a pharmacist whose compassion and independence left a lasting mark. She followed in her footsteps, driven by a […]

Products are accessible 24 hours a day via the library, with a second location to be added soon

Growing up in Coventry, Rhode Island, Rylee Campbell always had a fascination with the mystery of science, trying to figure out how and why things worked, and “putting the building blocks together to paint the larger picture.” She also had a passion for helping others, so it seemed a career in a medical field would […]

After investigating subjects as varied as cerebral palsy, cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression, neonatal opioid exposure, and many more, dozens of University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy students showed off their research projects during the fourth annual Student Research Showcase in the lobby of Avedisian Hall on April 25. Faculty members reviewed the research and […]

The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (INP) and George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience highlighted student research and explored the neuroscience of drug addiction at the annual University of Rhode Island Neuroscience Symposium on Monday, April 7 in Avedisian Hall, home of the URI College of Pharmacy. 

Students in STEM programs at area high schools tour Avedisian Hall, learn about opportunities in pharmacy, biotech High school students with an interest in science visited the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy recently to experience the classrooms, gardens, and labs of the college’s Avedisian Hall, giving them a look at science in action, […]

Two students host ‘speed dating, networking style’ event featuring industry professionals in casual setting The outdated image of a pharmacist anonymously counting pills into a bottle and slapping on a label for a clerk to hand to a customer no longer applies. The pharmacy profession has drastically evolved over the years, and there are myriad […]