URI Partners with Phipps Conservatory

pharmaceutical research and education URI Partners with Phipps Conservatory to Enhance pharmaceutical research and education The University of Rhode Island has entered a partnership with Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, PA., one of the world’s most energy-efficient and sustainable conservatories. The five-year partnership will help to provide information on a proposed energy-efficient conservatory […]

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Alumni Profile

Alumni Profile Marc Bernarducci Class of 1991 and 1995 Marc Bernarducci, BS Pharmacy, MBA, PharmD, is a Class of ’91 and Class of ‘95 graduate, and donor to the University of Rhode Island (URI) College of Pharmacy. His career has taken him from retail pharmacy to his first job with the now defunct Center for […]

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Kappa Psi: Beta Epsilon’s Centennial Celebration

Kappa Psi: Beta Epsilon’s Centennial Celebration On April 30th the Beta Epsilon chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity celebrated its 100th anniversary. The banquet was held at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, and saw a tremendous turnout of Beta Epsilon Alumni, National Officers, visitors from other chapters, and current brothers. The ceremony was a celebration […]

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13th Annual Diversity Awards

Annual Diversity Awards Paul Hastings ’84 Honored at URI’s 13th Annual Diversity Awards As president and chief executive officer of California-based OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Paul Hastings has helped improve the lives of people around the world through his work in the biotechnology industry. As the first member of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender community to […]

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New Printer to Make 3D Models

New printer to make 3D models at URI College of Pharmacy Can render solid, touchable versions of drug, virus molecules, architectural models, and artificial limbs…. February 28, 2011 – Professor Bongsup Cho sat at his desk discussing a new 3-dimensional printer that will soon be a part of the University of Rhode Island’s College of […]

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URI scientist discovers 54 beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup

Navindra Seeram

Five have never been seen in nature before KINGSTON, R.I. – March 30, 2011 – University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health. Today at the 241st American […]

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Norm Campbell ’57 Receives the Prestigious Joseph L. Fink III Founders Award

March 26, 2011, Dr. Norman Campell received the Joseph L. Fink III Founders Award, the American Society for Pharmacy Law’s highest recognition, at the ASPL Annual Meeting in Seattle. The wording on the plaque reads, “Recognizing sustained, outstanding service and contributions to the professions of pharmacy and law and to the American Society for Pharmacy […]

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3-D printer to offer hands-on experience for students, create models of molecules

The University of Rhode Island will be introducing a new 3-D printer for the next academic year, which will provide a hands-on approach in learning about chemicals and drugs, and how they affect the human body. Professor of biomedical sciences Bongsup Cho said the printer will most likely be housed in the new pharmacy building […]

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