WHAT: University of Rhode Island and state officials will join researchers to announce an $8.1 million, 5-year grant renewal by the National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The funding supports a URI-based PFAS research and outreach program. Called the STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) Center, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, it studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners. .
The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will induct four luminaries of the pharmaceutical profession into the College’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony next week. .