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 […]
Continue reading "URI scientist discovers 54 beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup"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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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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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 […]
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