Public Health, psychology graduate Trystan Levesque to play for Savannah Bananas exhibition baseball team
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URI Child Development Centers’ annual Art Exchange collects cash, food donations for food bank
Preschoolers offer custom works of art in exchange for donations to the RI Community Food Bank The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers raised more than $1,000 and collected several boxes of non-perishable food items as it hosted its annual Art Exchange in the Memorial Union last week to benefit the Rhode Island Community […]
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University of Rhode Island students from the Colleges of Pharmacy and Health Sciences imparted some health wisdom on younger students during an interactive health and wellness fair Dec. 5 at South Kingstown High School. About 70 URI students helped educate high school students during an interprofessional presentation involving the departments of nutrition, physical therapy and […]
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Awards distributed for staff excellence, as well as excellence in teaching, service, and research The URI College of Health Sciences distributed achievement awards to faculty and staff members during the College’s annual end-of-year event on Dec. 8. Dean Patrick Vivier, Interim Associate Dean John Robinson, and Assistant Dean Cindie Cruger handed out awards for excellence […]
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Local colleges and universities collaborate on RI Interprofessional Education Day
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URI researcher among those who studied results of state-level incentive program Eat Well, Be Well
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Using wearable alcohol sensor and smartphone surveys, Nicole Weiss aims to identify risk, intervention opportunities
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URI Smart Cart 2.0 study will provide feedback on quality of grocery purchases
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URI well-represented at American College of Sports Medicine conference
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The 2020 graduate, actor, advocate and author returned to the Kingston Campus to promote children’s book I Am Ingrid
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