Can render solid, touchable versions of drug, virus molecules, architectural models, and artificial limbs…. KINGSTON, R.I. – 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 Pharmacy. As he explained how the printer will […]
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KINGSTON, R.I. – February 1, 2011 – As part of her research into breast cancer, University of Rhode Island scientist Roberta King has for years been studying the role of an enzyme in regulating estrogen activity. King is specifically interested a type of enzyme, called sulfotransferases, which contribute to balancing and regulating numerous biologically active […]
Continue reading "URI cancer researcher now aiming sights on Lyme disease"Different Approaches… Similar Career Paths For the past 50 years, The Medical Letter has been recognized as a worldwide leader in the provision of unbiased and critical evaluations of new drugs. Two alumni of the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Jean-Marie Pflomm and Corinne Zanone, are currently in editorial positions at the nonprofit […]
Continue reading "Career Paths"On Oct. 19, 2009, Captain Nita Sood, a pharmacist with the United States Public Health Service, visited the College and presented to students as an invited lecturer in the Pharmacy Health Systems course. This course, developed and coordinated by Dr. Tamar Lasky of the College of Pharmacy, addresses contemporary issues in public health and pharmacy […]
Continue reading "Pharmacy Health Systems course"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program This fall, as part of my honors project, I developed a presentation entitled, “The role of pharmacists at the intersection of healthcare and hunger issues.” My advisor for the project was Dr. Kathleen Gorman, Director of the Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America located on-campus. As health professionals, pharmacists know […]
Continue reading "SNAP"David Feeney, Class of 1971 Dave Feeney is a Rhode Island pharmacist and gold level benefactor of the Pharmacy Future Fund Dean’s Roundtable. A URI Class of ’71 graduate, Feeney first fell in love with pharmacy during his freshman orientation at the university. “I was mesmerized,” says Feeney. “I fell in love with pharmacy and […]
Continue reading "Alumni Profile: David Feeney, Class of 1971"A Bigger and Better Decade for All With real movement of earth and buildings, The University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy started the new decade with big dreams and better performance than in any recent past we can remember. Suffolk Education, our new north district pharmacy building general contractor, fenced off the site of […]
Continue reading "Dean's Message"Employment First Employment First Summit convened by the College of Pharmacy’s Rhodes to Independence initiative to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities in Rhode Island. On December 9, 2009, Rhodes to Independence hosted a successful Employment First Summit at the Providence Renaissance Hotel in Rhode Island. This event was held by invitation only and […]
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Topping out ceremony celebrates milestone for $75 million project KINGSTON, R.I. – November 10, 2010 – Another major piece of the University of Rhode Island’s health and life sciences district came closer to reality today as the last steel beam was lifted into place atop the $75 million home of the College of Pharmacy. State […]
Continue reading "URI cheers completion of steelwork on new home for pharmacy"250 plus student to attend in Providence KINGSTON, R.I. – November 4, 2010 – Students in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy will host this year’s midyear regional meeting for the Academy of Student Pharmacists, a division of the American Pharmacists Association. From Friday, Nov. 5 through Sunday, Nov. 7, 13 colleges of […]
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