APhA-ASP Chapter Professionalism Award On March 4, 2013 at the Annual APhA Meeting in Los Angeles, CA Casey Brown (URI Chapter President) received the Chapter Professionalism award on behalf of the URI College of Pharmacy APhA-ASP from the national president of the organization. Following the ceremony Dr. Campbell along with members from our chapter displayed […]
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During the University of Rhode Island’s spring break, pharmacy student Emily Anastasia went to a completely different world, but she traveled just a little more than a mile from campus to get there. As part of her last clinical pharmacy rotation in her sixth and final year of the doctor of pharmacy program at URI, […]
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In science, amazing discoveries can begin in familiar places—in the ocean, in the plants around us, just about anywhere in the natural world. And at URI, that’s exactly where a group of scientists and their students are looking for newer and more effective medicines to treat infection and a variety of human diseases.Pharmacognosy Professor David […]
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University of Rhode Island officials, pharmacy faculty and pharmacy students joined CVS Caremark Corp. leaders yesterday at 11 a.m. for a ribbon-cutting to formally celebrate and dedicate new facilities at the College of Pharmacy supported by the Woonsocket-based corporation.
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Sydney Springer’s Experience with the Self Care PSA Project I was drawn to URI for their vast research in medicinal plants. As I got further into the program, my new passion became educating. I have always had an interest in dietary supplements, but my view on how they relate to pharmacy has changed over time.
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Dr. Bingfan Yan was appointed to serve a three year term as the Chair of the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (BPS) Department commencing October 1, 2013. Dr. Yan is a long-time researcher at the College of Pharmacy, where he has focused on the understanding of how genetic and environmental factors coordinate regulation of the expression […]
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On October 19, 2013 Room 240, the second floor 50 seat classroom, was renamed the Independent Community Pharmacists Classroom. This dedication was held in recognize the generous contributions made by an alumni group of independent community pharmacists.
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The College is engaged in active assessment of all of its academic programs. We continuously collect and analyze data so that we can demonstrate that our programs are meeting expectations of both internal and external stakeholders.
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The University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts celebrated the grand opening of the new Pharmacy Courtyard and Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Plant Garden, a beautiful public and scientific space built just steps from the college’s new $75 million home.
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Newport resident brings together health care students for team-based learning KINGSTON, R.I. – April 2, 2013 – Ask Celia MacDonnell what her reaction was when she found out she had been honored for the best pharmaceutical publication in 2012, and her answer may surprise you. “I had no idea what the award even was,” she […]
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