The preschoolers at the URI Child Development Center learned about hydroponics recently thanks to a visit and generous donation from Dr. Soni Pradhanang, from URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences. The children planted lettuce seeds and hope to harvest lettuce for school snacks in the fall. Hands-on, project-based learning experiences, such as gardening, […]

Love it or hate it, most people are familiar with their BMI (body mass index) score. Yet experts agree that the BMI is lacking when it comes to providing an accurate overall picture of health and fitness.

Professors at the University of Rhode Island’s new Collaborative Cognitive Neuroscience Lab are partnering with research scientists, Julia Irwin, Ph.D., and Nicole Landi, Ph.D., at Haskins Laboratories to better understand how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn language.

The Project is a landmark effort, developed by researchers at URI to highlight how health and well-being are influenced by where we live and work. It provides population and health data to Rhode Island researchers, policymakers, educators, and all current and future Rhode Island residents.

University of Rhode Island junior Lotte Black, a kinesiology major, finished fourth out of 12 runners at the NCAA Championship in the 1500 meter final on Saturday. Black broke the record she previously set two days ago, crossing the finish line in 4:13.02. It is her ninth school record she has broken in her junior campaign. […]

The Human Development and Family Studies professor passed away recently at age 95 George T. Fitzelle Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of HDF, died on March 4, 2019 at the age of 95. George was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army as a combat infantryman in Europe. After the war, he attended […]

More than 700 students crossed the stage to receive their bachelor’s degrees from the College of Health Sciences during the College’s annual commencement ceremony in the Ryan Center Saturday, May 18. Dean Gary Liguori and the entire College congratulates the College of Health Sciences Class of 2019. Check out a full gallery of the ceremony […]

As the 2018-19 academic year winds down, College of Health Sciences Dean Gary Liguori honored faculty and staff members for a successful and distributed excellence awards to select members of the faculty. Dean Liguori and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam joined the college’s department heads in distributing 14 awards to faculty and staff […]

College of Health Sciences students joined others from the Academic Health Collaborative in presenting their research projects at the Annual Honors Conference in the Memorial Union Ballroom Wednesday.

College of Health Sciences program helps treat speech impediments, swallowing difficulties Among the physical impediments faced by patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, speech and swallowing complications are often the first and most common. The problem is so severe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists swallowing complications among Parkinson’s patients as the 14th leading […]