High school students from around the region tour Avedisian Hall, learn about the College of Pharmacy and the opportunities it offers High school students with an interest in a career in pharmacy joined their teachers for a tour Avedisian Hall, home of the URI College of Pharmacy, and interacted with faculty members and URI students […]

Ethan Melillo has amassed nearly 500,000 followers of his educational, entertaining videos The public’s perception of a pharmacist used to be a reclusive scientist in a white lab coat dumping pills in a bottle and slapping on a label for a cashier to hand to a customer. That perception has drastically changed, as patients increasingly […]

Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program offers comprehensive health assessments to community volunteers, experience for students Students from the Colleges of Health Sciences and Pharmacy got some hands-on training while older adults from the community gained valuable health information during the Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program in Independence Square recently. Under the […]

Despite financial challenges in drug reimbursement, URI alum seeks to expand services of Matt’s Local Pharmacy Pharmacists are known as the most accessible of health care providers, willing to meet with patients without an appointment to discuss health conditions, medications and their side effects, or possible alternative treatments to help keep fellow members of their […]