Kappa Psi is a professional fraternity which promotes leadership and fellowship in pharmacy through a combination of professional, philanthropic, and social events.
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URI co-sponsoring international drug safety, effectiveness conference in Providence
800 from academia, government, industry to participate KINGSTON, August 3, 2009 – Due in large part to the involvement of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk will hold its next session in Providence, Aug. 16 through 19. Previously held in such cities as Bordeaux, Amsterdam, […]
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$85.5 million in awards helps boost economy KINGSTON, R.I. – August 3, 2009 – The University of Rhode Island was awarded more than $85.5 million in research grants and contracts during fiscal year 2009, the most it has ever received and almost $20 million more than it was awarded the previous year. The University also […]
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Undergraduate degree to prepare students for research, industry careers KINGSTON, R.I. – July 8, 2009 – A high school student wants to pursue a career as a researcher in the pharmaceutical industry, but she doesn’t want to become a pharmacist. Another student is thinking about working in pharmaceutical sales or in the management side of […]
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East Greenwich resident served as interim dean since 2007 KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2009 – Ron Jordan, formerly president of the largest professional pharmacy association in the world and who established himself as a founder and builder of numerous health care firms, has been named dean of the University of Rhode Island’s College of […]
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URI Pharmacy student does it all. KINGSTON- March 25, 2009 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, was a natural fit for Rebecca Davis, but she never thought her involvement here would lead to her being named the 2008 URI Homecoming Queen. Rebecca Davis, better known to her peers as Becky, has worked […]
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Huntington Station, N.Y. resident earned degrees May 17 from URI KINGSTON, R.I. – May 20, 2009 – University of Rhode Island pharmacy graduate and French major Mei Ka Fong has seen the world during her time at URI. Fong is a resident of Huntington Station, N.Y. but was born in Macau, a region of southern […]
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Total funding for program since 2001 tops $42 million KINGSTON, R.I. – May 20, 2009 – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $18 million grant by a branch of the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island. One of the largest grants in the University’s history, […]
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KINGSTON, R.I. – May 15, 2009 – University of Rhode Island graduating pharmacy major Chris Sibicky experienced many facets of the University during his six-year tenure in Kingston. “It is a big school but it is also a small school. Anywhere you need to go on campus is a 15 minute walk at the most, […]
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Who could have guessed? The class of 2009 leaves The University and the College at a historic moment from many perspectives. This was the first class to hold commencement exercises indoors at the Ryan Center. Who could have guessed the wet summer in the Northeast that cancelled the traditional ceremony on the quad would last […]
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