URI professor’s study seeks to better understand connections between suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder - Using wearable alcohol sensor and smartphone surveys, Nicole Weiss aims to identify risk, intervention opportunities
Smart Cart study aims to help users make healthier grocery purchases for those who use the grocery shopping app - URI Smart Cart 2.0 study will provide feedback on quality of grocery purchases
Kinesiology students, faculty members earn awards at regional conference - URI well-represented at American College of Sports Medicine conference
Aria Mia Loberti teaches URI preschool students impressive skills, special relationship of a guide dog - The 2020 graduate, actor, advocate and author returned to the Kingston Campus to promote children’s book I Am Ingrid
Researchers from URI find no evidence to justify ‘cocoon therapy’ for pediatric concussions - Psychology researchers support active treatment and rehabilitation over avoidance and sensory deprivation for concussion recovery
Seven new faculty members join College of Health Sciences - The University of Rhode Island’s College of Health Sciences welcomes seven new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year. The faculty represent diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. David Schnyer, professor and department chair, Department of Psychology After working 19 years at the University of Texas-Austin, the last six as chair of the psychology department, […]
Kinesiology professor studies wearable tech to monitor joint replacement patients from afar - Ryan Chapman aims to address barriers to implementing emerging technology
New chair aims to ‘elevate’ psychology department’s research, educational prominence - David Schnyer joins URI after leading highly ranked program at UT-Austin
Leadership program cultivates URI change makers in nutrition and dietetics - Seven URI students gain knowledge and experience in first cohort of IMODEL program
URI filmmaker puts spotlight on vulnerable Saltmarsh Sparrow - Former physical therapy professor Deirdre Robinson featured in Jason Jaacks’ documentary, ‘Between Moon Tides’ Rising tidal waters are posing increasing threats to one of our most inconspicuous shore dwellers: the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudicuta), found only in healthy salt marshes along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Weighing less than an ounce (the equivalent of three nickels), […]
