National Drug Enforcement Agency Take Back Day set for Sept. 25 KINGSTON, R.I. – September 20, 2010 – They are prescribed for back injuries, torn knee ligaments, oral surgery and for dulling the pain following numerous types of surgeries. But long after the pain subsides, remnants of the treatments remain in people’s medicine cabinets. They […]
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URI student learns critical lessons in wake of plane crash in Alaska
Played role in responding to accident that killed Sen. Stevens KINGSTON, R.I. – September 20, 2010 – In an ironic twist of events, Anastasia Manchette, a University of Rhode Island pharmacy student, was unusually prepared for the plane crash that claimed the lives of former Senator Ted Stevens and four others this past summer in […]
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Plus you can earn an easy $40. KINGSTON, R.I. – September 10, 2010 – If you have diabetes and are taking Lipitor™ you might want to join a University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy study that could help you and others with the disease. Fatemeh Akhlaghi, URI associate professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, […]
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To give public lecture Thursday, Sept. 23 KINGSTON, R.I. – September 8, 2010 –The director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Science in Pakistan will visit the University of Rhode Island from Sept. 20 through Sept. 24 for a series of seminars, visits with URI faculty and a public lecture. University of Karachi […]
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Ranked 18th in National Institutes of Health funding KINGSTON, R.I. – August 30, 2010 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy ranked 18th in the country for the amount of National Institutes of Health research funding it attracted in 2009, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. URI’s $6.3 million in […]
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support to those overwhelmed by medication issues Kingston, R.I. – July 20, 2010 – When money is tight, some people cut their pills in half to make their prescriptions last longer. In some other situations, people misinterpret instructions and wind up misusing their medications. Across the nation, the inability of patients to properly follow their […]
Continue reading "Pharmacy Outreach Program provides education"URI biomedical scientist concerned about effects of oil spill on human health
KINGSTON, R.I. – June 21, 2010—University of Rhode Island Pharmacy Professor Bongsup Cho knows there are cancer-causing chemicals in diesel fumes and cigarette smoke. The biomedical scientist also knows that some of the same chemicals are found in the gooey tar balls that are being produced as a result of the oil spill in the […]
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Dean’s Message We are Accelerating! A building project gains pace, a new President is inaugurated, presides over his first commencement then heads off to do business in Africa. He is also going to close a deal of collaboration for the College and University in Delhi, India. A cornerstone of the College leadership sets the date […]
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In Pictures SENIOR Prom: April 29, 2010 URI College of Pharmacy/South Bay ManorStudents from ASCP have been busy once again planning the second annual SENIOR Prom. Compared to last year, there were more URI College of Pharmacy students and residents from South Bay Manor that attended. Residents from South Bay Manor and students from […]
Continue reading "In Pictures"Alumni Profile: Louise DiChiara Pastore, Class of 1983
Alumni Profile Louise DiChiara Pastore, Class of 1983 Louise DiChiara Pastore is a College of Pharmacy alumnus who used her degree in pharmacy as a stepping-stone to a new career. Graduating in 1983, a time when women were beginning to become more prominent in professional pharmacy, Pastore worked as a pharmacist for three years before […]
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