Manuscript by psychology department research team to run in national journal ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependence’ American Indian adolescents are more likely to misuse heroin and other opioids, and are five times more likely to die from the misuse than non-American Indians, necessitating new forms of interventions to help prevent opioid misuse among the American Indian […]

Child Development Center students pick 140 pounds of fruit to support Rhody Outpost, food-insecure residents Preschoolers in the URI Child Development Centers had fun on the farm while helping food insecure members of the community and learning the value of community service. The URI students recently visited the apple orchard at URI’s East Farm and […]

CDC installs mud kitchen for sensory, cognitive development, thanks to $1,000 grant Young students in the URI Child Development Centers can “get elbow deep in mud” while developing sensory perception, motor skills, math skills and more, thanks to a new mud kitchen in the facility’s playground, funded by a $1,000 grant from the Local Initiatives […]

Psychology major Emily Shepard’s study wins award at research showcase About 13 percent of college students acknowledge having misused opioids at some point in their lives, having begun taking the prescription medication either for pain management or for recreation, a URI College of Health Sciences student’s recent study has found. Psychology major Emily Shepard combined […]

Researchers, professors and sports scientists share information to fuel high-performance athletes Olympic athletes from China may have a leg up on some of their opponents — and an equal footing with the U.S. team — thanks to a two-week visit to URI from members of the Chinese governing body of sport. The URI College of […]

Compared to other states, Rhode Islanders live relatively long and healthy lives. However, according to a new study conducted at the University of Rhode Island’s new Department of Health Studies, part of the College of Health Sciences, disparities still exist – even within our 1,214 square miles.

Professors at the University of Rhode Island’s new Collaborative Cognitive Neuroscience Lab are partnering with Connecticut’s Haskins Laboratories to better understand how children with autism spectrum disorder learn language. Specifically, researchers will study how children with autism integrate visual information with what they hear compared to their typically developing peers and how that affects their […]

College of Health Sciences launches program in Wakefield The College of Health Sciences has launched an early-intervention program to instill lifelong healthy habits in children, ages 6 to 11, aiming to prevent obesity in adolescent children. Rhode Island Food, Fitness and Fun, a family-based program , launched an 8-week session for families in and around […]

Susan Kaplan ‘has tremendous passion for helping others’ The URI College of Health Sciences honored the career of an alumna who has made a tremendous impact on health care with one of the College’s highest honors during the Distinguished Achievement Awards ceremony on Oct. 5. Susan Hamer Kaplan ’78, M.S. ’80, is a speech and […]

Registration open for November session; Approved PD available The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies continue to improve the education and care of Rhode Island’s youngest residents as it prepares for another session of its Early Childhood Institute, dedicated to the professional development of early […]