Annual Senior Day moves online due to ongoing pandemic An older adult named Daureen told of the difficulties she has with otherwise simple tasks like cooking because of the arthritis in her hands. She detailed the medicines she takes, expressed concerns about falling, scheduled follow-up physical therapy appointments, and even got a quick mental health […]

Dean Gary Liguori honored faculty and staff members for a successful academic year, distributing excellence awards to select members of the faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences. Dean Liguori and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam joined the college’s department heads in distributing 15 awards to faculty and staff members during […]

First-in-the-nation program aims to educate therapeutic cannabis employees across the country

Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy to deliver keynote The University of Rhode Island celebrated the launch of its new undergraduate program in interdisciplinary neuroscience Oct. 14 with a virtual event to extend an official congratulations and welcome to its inaugural class. Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, noted mental health advocate, delivered the keynote speech. Joining […]

Prize money from the national organization will help fund Alisa Baron’s research projects moving forward College of Health Sciences Assistant Professor Alisa Baron will have some new funding to support her academic and research endeavors after receiving a national award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Baron, assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, will […]

1st virtual meeting: 11/9/2020 from 3-4pm.
2nd virtual meeting 12/3/2020 from 5-6pm.
3rd virtual meeting 1/7/2020 from 6-7pm.

A URI College of Health Sciences graduate student has been named the 2020 Outstanding Symposium Student Paper award winner by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Beatrix Lavigueur, a master’s candidate in Human Development and Family Studies, has won the award for her paper, “Consumer Finance Scales Published in the Journal of Financial […]

While beginning a new semester can be stressful on its own, dealing with the complications the COVID-19 pandemic presents can exacerbate the stress many are feeling. If the stress and anxiety are impacting your mental health and wellness, there are resources available on campus for the entire URI community. In addition to the URI Counseling […]

Alumni from the URI health colleges, including Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, have the opportunity to learn more about the business of health care, thanks to a new online program in the URI College of Business. The college is now offering a Master of Science degree in healthcare management. Taught in asynchronous seven-week modules, both […]