NEWS ADVISORY October 16, 2009 WHO: URI President David M. Dooley and about 400 URI alumni, family, and friends. WHAT: There will also be a special announcement about URI’s Making a Difference Capital Campaign during URI’s celebration of the fourth annual Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards recognize the accomplishments of four alumni: Patricia Miller Anton […]
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KINGSTON R.I. – October 14, 2009 – If the University of Rhode Island ever wanted to provide students training to become among the state’s first pharmacy immunizers with an experience in a demanding and sometimes confusing environment, it could not have picked a better time than now. Thanks to a collaboration involving URI’s College of […]
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LECTURE CANCELED KINGSTON, R.I. – October 13, 2009 – As part of the University of Rhode Island’s continuing celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his On the Origin of Species, University of Wisconsin Professor Margaret McFall-Ngai will present a lecture on Oct. 19 entitled […]
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KINGSTON, R.I. – October 6, 2009 — A retired president and chief of an airport food and beverage company that revolutionized the industry, a founder and retired executive of a pharmaceuticals company who has invented drugs that have helped millions, the vice chairman of PMC-Sierra, Inc. whose leadership created the blueprint for numerous semiconductor success […]
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NEWS ADVISORY WHO: Donald L. Carcieri, governor of Rhode Island, Dr. David M. Dooley, president of the University of Rhode Island, Ronald P. Jordan, dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy and Thomas M. Ryan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CVS/Caremark, as well as federal and state officials, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, URI […]
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To be key part of University’s new health, life science district KINGSTON, R.I. – October 5, 2009 – When Fogarty Hall opened as the new home of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island in 1964, it was designed to accommodate 150 students. This semester, the 700 students and 45 faculty members […]
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Graduating pharmacy major believes URI taught him ‘to be the best of the best’ University of Rhode Island graduating pharmacy major Chris Sibicky experienced many facets of the University during his six-year tenure in Kingston. The length of URI’s pharmacy program coupled with its complexity can be intimidating, but Sibicky says the tight-knit nature of […]
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Thanks to the acquisition of a remarkable new technology, a wide variety of University events will now be available to view as live webcasts on your home computer. The Division of University Advancement recently acquired several remotely controlled video cameras that can be operated from anywhere using a joystick and a laptop computer. The cameras […]
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As part of the global celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his On the Origin of Species, the University of Rhode Island will host a public lecture series featuring three noted biologists who will address evolutionary approaches to various aspects of modern biology and […]
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The following is the list of students who graduated at the commencement exercises on May 17, 2009: Revathi Annapareddy, Poughkeepsie NY Maria Arena*, Cranston RI Deanne Bacon, Warwick RI Melissa Bargione***, Glastonbury CT James Belden, East Greenwich RI Joseph Bellucci***, Cumberland RI Kerry Botelho***, Somerset MA Kaitlyn Bowersox, Hudson NH Sara Brescia***, Columbia SC Michelle […]
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