{"id":2384,"date":"2015-10-29T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/?page_id=2384"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:08:27","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/10\/02\/professor-joins-uri-department-of-psychology-with-21-year-record-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christopher Beevers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/beevers_headshot_square.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/10\/02\/professor-joins-uri-department-of-psychology-with-21-year-record-success\/\">Professor joins URI Department of Psychology with 21-year record of success<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences continues to strengthen its roster of faculty members in the Department of Psychology by adding Christopher Beevers as the Prochaska Endowed&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/09\/25\/biostatistician-joins-uris-department-of-public-health-faculty\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Margaux Delporte\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Margaux-Delporte-headshot.jpg 1715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/09\/25\/biostatistician-joins-uris-department-of-public-health-faculty\/\">Biostatistician joins URI\u2019s Department of Public Health faculty<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Margaux Delporte has joined the University of Rhode Island\u2019s College of Health Sciences as an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health. The first-time professor joins URI\u2019s faculty after&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/new-strengthenher-study-aims-to-help-women-50-75-build-strength-and-preserve-independence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-StrengthenHer-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"An interdisciplinary team at URI is recruiting Rhode Island women for a national study aimed at helping women 50\u201375 build strength, improve muscle health and preserve independence; shown, URI\u2019s Penny Steen (middle), with Laura Goodwin and Shelly McConnell. (URI Photos)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-StrengthenHer-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-StrengthenHer-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/new-strengthenher-study-aims-to-help-women-50-75-build-strength-and-preserve-independence\/\">New StrengthenHER study aims to help women 50\u201375 build strength and preserve independence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Rhode Island volunteers needed for national StrengthenHER study <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uris-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-and-suicide-prevention-set-for-oct-17\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-Be5K-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run takes place on Oct. 17 this year. (URI Photos \/ Mike Salerno)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-Be5K-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-Be5K-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uris-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-and-suicide-prevention-set-for-oct-17\/\">URI\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention set for Oct. 17<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention set for Oct. 17 <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-study-reveals-how-waist-size-and-body-mass-index-are-associated-with-mortality-in-older-adults\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-480608971-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A study led by URI researchers found that waist size and body mass index provide distinct and complementary information about mortality risk among older adults. (Image: iStock)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-480608971-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-480608971-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-study-reveals-how-waist-size-and-body-mass-index-are-associated-with-mortality-in-older-adults\/\">URI study reveals how waist size and body mass index are associated with mortality in older adults<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Longitudinal study highlights the value of considering waist circumference with BMI <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-students-faculty-help-children-with-type-1-diabetes-enjoy-sleepaway-summer-camp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Camp-Surefire-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI nutrition students work in the kitchen at Camp JORI in South Kingstown, site of Camp Surefire, a week-long summer camp for children living with Type 1 diabetes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Camp-Surefire-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Camp-Surefire-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-students-faculty-help-children-with-type-1-diabetes-enjoy-sleepaway-summer-camp\/\">URI students, faculty help children with Type 1 diabetes enjoy sleepaway summer camp<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nutrition, Pharmacy, Nursing students care for campers, receive training in patient care at Camp Surefire <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/new-and-improved-clinical-training-space-added-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_082526_CS_22-1200x800-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"clinical training space\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_082526_CS_22-1200x800-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_082526_CS_22-1200x800-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/new-and-improved-clinical-training-space-added-at-uri\/\">New and improved clinical training space added at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Psychological Consultation Center and Couple and Family Therapy Clinic have moved to a new state-of-the-art facility in the Social Science Research Center at 130 Flagg Road. <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-student-spends-summer-assisting-youth-with-type-1-diabetes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8028-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maya Golemo, a rising senior at URI, drew from her personal experience of having type 1 diabetes and what she\u2019s learned as a public health major when working as a camp counselor at a camp for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. (Photo courtesy Maya Golemo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8028-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8028-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-student-spends-summer-assisting-youth-with-type-1-diabetes\/\">URI student spends summer assisting youth with type 1 diabetes<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Public health major applied personal experience and what she\u2019s learned at URI to help others <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-grown-fresh-free-produce-available-at-no-cost-for-uri-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/produce-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI-grown fresh, free produce is available at no cost for URI students, starting Sept. 10. (URI Photos \/ Nora Lewis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/produce-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/produce-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-grown-fresh-free-produce-available-at-no-cost-for-uri-students\/\">URI-grown fresh, free produce available at no cost for URI students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Free Farmers Market, organized in part by the Department of Nutrition, opens Thursday, Sept. 10 <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/assessing-the-fastest-growing-food-retailers-dollar-stores\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wenhui Feng\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-1015x1024.jpeg 1015w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-768x775.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-364x367.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-500x504.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-1000x1009.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng-1280x1291.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wenhui-Feng.jpeg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/assessing-the-fastest-growing-food-retailers-dollar-stores\/\">Assessing the fastest-growing food retailers\u2014dollar stores<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Wenhui Feng, an assistant professor of public health in URI's College of Health Sciences, is leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers on a three-year study of the impact dollar stores&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/news\/archives\/\" title=\"View Archives\">View Archives<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12064,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2384\/revisions\/12064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}