URI College of Pharmacy researchers partner with JWU to leverage culinary nutrition, food science and chemistry to increase maple syrup consumption 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 […]

The office that for years has provided accredited continuing education and professional development programs in the URI College of Pharmacy has expanded beyond pharmacists to offer training programs to health care professionals across the board.

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 […]

Local resident uses Narcan that Pharmacy students gave him to reverse an overdose just two days later A URI College of Pharmacy Community First Responders event made an immediate impact on the community recently, playing a direct role in saving a life on Aug. 15. Pharmacy students Elliana Spagnolo and Jacob Derby were staffing a […]

URI College of Pharmacy professors hosted the high school-aged students in Avedisian Hall Students from Global Science & Envirotech, Inc.’s STEAM summer camp stopped by the URI College of Pharmacy last week for a lesson on medicinal compounding, and a tour through the Youngken Medicinal Garden outside Avedisian Hall. Professors Jie Shen, Matthew Lacroix and […]

The recent significant accomplishments by URI College of Pharmacy faculty, staff, students and alumni are chronicled in the College’s Summer Newsletter.

Kristina Ward one of just 35 ‘aspiring leaders’ selected from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Kristina Ward will represent the University of Rhode Island in a national pharmacy leadership program as an Academic Leadership Fellow in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The AACP program supports and […]

URI College of Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat and Director of Graduate Programs Angela Slitt congratulated graduating students receiving Masters of Science in Pharmaceutical Studies and Doctor of Philosophy and Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees during the college’s annual “Hooding Ceremony” May 20. The 2022 Masters graduates include: Michaela Anelundi Joyce Hou Terra Marie Jouaneh Justin Trickett Kara […]

The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy inducted four luminaries of the pharmaceutical profession into the College’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony May 13. Inductees include the inaugural dean of the College, Heber W. Youngken, Jr.; former Associate Dean Norma Owens, who retired from the College in 2021; former Assistant Dean Lois Vars; […]

While still a high school student deciding on her collegiate future, Marisa Jacobs was sitting in the admissions office of a pharmacy college at a large East Coast university — one of two at the top of her list of potential schools — talking about her talents for math and science, her love of writing […]