Pharm.D. students awarded scholarships at 65th annual Youngken Pharmacy Clinic

Nine URI College of Pharmacy students were awarded scholarships Thursday during the college’s 65th annual Heber W. Youngken Jr. Pharmacy Clinic. The conference, named for the inaugural dean of the URI College of Pharmacy, brought together practicing pharmacists and pharmacy educators for a continuing education summit hosted by the College of Pharmacy and URI Office […]

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65th Annual Youngken Clinic offers pharmaceutical discussion, continuing education credit

The conference on Nov. 3 features nationally renowned physician, author, journalist and TV host Dr. Bob Arnot The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will present its Heber W. Youngken, Jr. Pharmacy Clinic on Nov. 3, offering pharmacists and pharmacy technicians valuable continuing education credits, and featuring nationally renowned physician, author, journalist and TV […]

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URI neuroscientist gets $10.3 million grant for retinal scanning research to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s

Jessica Alber, assistant professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, is looking to change the way doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a change that could raise new possibilities for treatment.

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Pharmacy Class of 2026 welcomed to profession during White Coat Ceremony

Check out a gallery of photos of new pharmacy students receiving their white coats, reciting the Oath of a Pharmacist More than 100 new University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy students officially entered into the field of pharmacy Oct. 14 as they donned their white coats for the first time. Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat […]

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Maple Syrup is a ‘Hero Ingredient’

Creating “better-for-you foods” that not only taste great but also pack a nutritional punch has been a major focus of research in the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s Bioactive Botantical Lab for several years. And now, an expanded collaboration with Johnson & Wales University aims to further publicize the nutritional and culinary benefits derived from maple.

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Expertise on display

Pharmacy students’ research projects prominent at 15th annual undergraduate R.I. Summer Research Symposium The state’s flagship research institution, the University of Rhode Island, offers several research opportunities for undergraduate students, a virtual alphabet soup of intellectual possibility: SURF, EPSCoR, RI-INBRE, MARC U*STAR, and more. These acronyms all spell opportunity for motivated undergraduate students to contribute […]

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