{"id":2344,"date":"2015-10-22T14:45:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T18:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/?page_id=2344"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:26:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/FFM-Group-web.jpg);background-position:45% 26%;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-hero-caption-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero-caption\">The URI Free Farmers\u2019 Market (FFM) is a campus initiative to connect produce grown on the URI campus to URI students, free of charge.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Health Sciences promotes the health and well-being of individuals, families, and populations in a diverse global society through excellence in teaching, research, and outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group breakout\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns content-width is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>2,460<\/span><span>Undergraduate students<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>264<\/span><span>Graduate students<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>43<\/span><span>States and countries represented (33 states and 10 countries)<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>25%<\/span><span>identify as students of color<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/chs_about.jpg\" alt=\"student working with a child using blocks\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degree Programs and Departments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmd\/\">Communicative Disorders (B.S., M.S.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/academics\/phd-in-health-sciences\/\">Health Sciences (Ph.D.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/\">Human Development and Family Science (B.S., M.S.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/inp\/\">Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (B.S.)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/\">Kinesiology (B.S., M.S.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/\">Nutrition (B.S., M.S.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physical-therapy\/\">Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/\">Psychology (B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/\">Public Health (B.S., MPH)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Health Sciences seeks to be a leader in education, research, and outreach in the promotion of optimal health and wellness across the life span. We are committed to high quality teaching that emphasizes evidence-based practices, engages students in multidisciplinary learning, and produces graduates who can effectively translate and apply knowledge in their professions. Our research seeks to develop innovative solutions to complex problems that improve the health and well-being of others. Recognizing that the best solutions occur when issues are approached from multiple perspectives, we value our diverse faculty and community, state, and national partnerships in both teaching and research. Through service and outreach, we strive to better the health, well-being and quality of life among members of the University community, the State of Rhode Island and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The College of Health Sciences promotes the health and well-being of individuals, families, and populations in a diverse global society through excellence in teaching, research, and outreach. 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