{"id":9118,"date":"2011-04-01T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?p=9118"},"modified":"2020-02-27T13:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T18:56:01","slug":"newsletter-2011-spring-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2011\/04\/01\/newsletter-2011-spring-8\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Partners with Phipps Conservatory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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pharmaceutical research and education<\/h1>\n

URI Partners with Phipps Conservatory to Enhance pharmaceutical research and education<\/h3>\n

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President Dooley signing the partnership agreement with Phipps.
(Left to Right) Mostafa Omar \u201882, President Dooley, Dean Jordan \u201876, Richard Piacentini \u201877<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe University of Rhode Island has entered a partnership with Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, PA., one of the world\u2019s most energy-efficient and sustainable conservatories. The five-year partnership will help to provide information on a proposed energy-efficient conservatory at URI and enhance URI\u2019s and Phipps Conservatory\u2019s educational programs. Richard Piacentini \u201877, executive director of Phipps Conservatory, a URI College of Pharmacy alumnus, and catalyst of the collaboration, is looking forward to sharing information.
\n\u201cURI has a rich history in natural plant product chemistry. At Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, we are very interested in the knowledge the University can bring to our exhibits, educational programs, and in particular, to our upcoming exhibit, Tropical Forest: India, focusing on Indian vegetation,\u201d said Piacentini. \u201cAs an additional component of the partnership, we are eager to share with them our knowledge of green buildings, conservatories and medicinal plant collections<\/a>.\u201d
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\nURI President David M. Dooley and URI alumni attended a recent event held at Phipps in Pittsburgh to highlight the new partnership. Dooley said partnerships such as these benefit both parties and provide great opportunities for URI students and faculty to work with leading institutions outside Rhode Island\u2019s borders.
\n\u201cWe are delighted with Director Piacentini\u2019s interest in having the conservatory work with our students and faculty in the College of Pharmacy and the College of the Environment and Life Sciences on critical issues such as sustainability and medicinal plant science. These are the kinds of relationships that can transform our students\u2019 experiences here at URI as they work on important issues for our country and the world. I am very grateful for the hospitality extended by the conservatory to our URI contingent. I know that the first meeting was only the beginning of a very exciting partnership.\u201d
\nIan Lester<\/a>, co-chair of the pharmacy building committee, is excited about discussions with Phipps related to energy efficient techniques for a proposed conservatory and medicinal garden<\/a> at the new College of Pharmacy building now under construction.
\nRonald P. Jordan, dean of URI\u2019s College of Pharmacy, shares similar sentiments about the partnership.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhipps Conservatory and URI share many of the same values including the desire to educate and promote sustainable practices in gardening, landscaping, healthy nutrition and the use of natural products and herbs to promote health. URI will extend our research and teaching to Pittsburgh and beyond with this partnership.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n

In addition, URI is facilitating communication between Phipps Conservatory and international experts regarding the upcoming exhibit focusing on Indian vegetation. Along with networking resources, URI will also make prior research on the topic available to the conservatory.
\nMore about Phipps @ http:\/\/phipps.conservatory.org\/<\/a>
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Newsletter Article – Spring 2011 Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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