News – Page 50 – College of Pharmacy

URI announces Distinguished Achievement Awards recipients, Oct. 17

KINGSTON, R.I. – October 6, 2009 — A retired president and chief of an airport food and beverage company that revolutionized the industry, a founder and retired executive of a pharmaceuticals company who has invented drugs that have helped millions, the vice chairman of PMC-Sierra, Inc. whose leadership created the blueprint for numerous semiconductor success […]

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URI to launch $75 million pharmacy building project Oct. 5

NEWS ADVISORY WHO: Donald L. Carcieri, governor of Rhode Island, Dr. David M. Dooley, president of the University of Rhode Island, Ronald P. Jordan, dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy and Thomas M. Ryan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CVS/Caremark, as well as federal and state officials, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, URI […]

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URI launches construction of $75 million pharmacy building

To be key part of University’s new health, life science district KINGSTON, R.I. – October 5, 2009 – When Fogarty Hall opened as the new home of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island in 1964, it was designed to accommodate 150 students. This semester, the 700 students and 45 faculty members […]

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CVS Caremark Donates $2 million to URI College of Pharmacy

Gifts support new building campaign, research KINGSTON, R.I. – September 1, 2009 – CVS Caremark Corp. has made a $2 million pledge to the University of Rhode Island in support of its College of Pharmacy. The donation, the largest single corporate gift in the 52-year-history of the College of Pharmacy, is part of the $100 […]

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URI co-sponsoring international drug safety, effectiveness conference in Providence

800 from academia, government, industry to participate KINGSTON, August 3, 2009 – Due in large part to the involvement of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk will hold its next session in Providence, Aug. 16 through 19. Previously held in such cities as Bordeaux, Amsterdam, […]

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URI sets research grant record

$85.5 million in awards helps boost economy KINGSTON, R.I. – August 3, 2009 – The University of Rhode Island was awarded more than $85.5 million in research grants and contracts during fiscal year 2009, the most it has ever received and almost $20 million more than it was awarded the previous year. The University also […]

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URI offers new 4-year pharmaceutical science program

Undergraduate degree to prepare students for research, industry careers KINGSTON, R.I. – July 8, 2009 – A high school student wants to pursue a career as a researcher in the pharmaceutical industry, but she doesn’t want to become a pharmacist. Another student is thinking about working in pharmaceutical sales or in the management side of […]

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Ron Jordan named dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy

East Greenwich resident served as interim dean since 2007 KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2009 – Ron Jordan, formerly president of the largest professional pharmacy association in the world and who established himself as a founder and builder of numerous health care firms, has been named dean of the University of Rhode Island’s College of […]

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Campus involvement gives pharmacy student confidence

URI Pharmacy student does it all. KINGSTON- March 25, 2009 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, was a natural fit for Rebecca Davis, but she never thought her involvement here would lead to her being named the 2008 URI Homecoming Queen. Rebecca Davis, better known to her peers as Becky, has worked […]

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