{"id":4454,"date":"2018-10-01T11:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs-draft\/?page_id=4454"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:06:45","slug":"archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/news\/archives\/","title":{"rendered":"News Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/22\/uri-study-urges-alcohol-drinkers-to-be-aware-of-emotional-state\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rothstein-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Melissa Rothstein, who recently completed her Ph.D. in behavioral science psychology, conducted a study on drinking and emotion in the HARP Lab, a simulated bar lab in Chafee Hall.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rothstein-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rothstein-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/22\/uri-study-urges-alcohol-drinkers-to-be-aware-of-emotional-state\/\">URI study urges alcohol drinkers to be aware of emotional state<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Whether positive or negative, emotion may increase consumption While, historically, men in the United States have tended to drink more than women, that trend has reversed over the last decade, prompting a University of Rhode Island behavioral science psychology student to study the implications of the shift, and examine how emotion and craving are impacting [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/using-augmented-reality-to-motivate-prosthesis-training\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A participant in Susan D\u2019Andrea\u2019s study wears the bypass prosthesis and Microsoft HoloLens2 headset to play the augmented reality training game ARm-Strong. (URI photos\/Susan D\u2019Andrea)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/using-augmented-reality-to-motivate-prosthesis-training\/\">Using augmented reality to motivate prosthesis training \u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI researcher studies how technology can make training more engaging<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/16\/fourth-annual-uri-neuroscience-symposium-highlights-dynamic-student-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5519-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dozens of URI Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program graduate and undergraduate students shared dynamic research projects in a range of areas during an afternoon poster session during the annual Neuroscience Symposium.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5519-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5519-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/16\/fourth-annual-uri-neuroscience-symposium-highlights-dynamic-student-research\/\">Fourth annual URI Neuroscience Symposium highlights dynamic student research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Ryan Institute for Neuroscience host annual symposium in Avedisian Hall The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (INP) and George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience highlighted student research in a variety of neuroscience specialties at the fourth annual URI Neuroscience Symposium on April 13 in Avedisian Hall, home of the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/10\/uris-biomechanics-day-event-exposes-younger-students-to-high-tech-science-promotes-stem-fields\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI student Abbie Fila helps a high school student from Central Falls perform basic tasks using a prosthetic arm during URI&#039;s Biomechanics Day.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3010-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3010-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/10\/uris-biomechanics-day-event-exposes-younger-students-to-high-tech-science-promotes-stem-fields\/\">URI\u2019s Biomechanics Day event exposes younger students to high-tech science, promotes STEM fields<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 500 high school and middle school students visited the Kingston campus for the annual event High school and middle school students from around the state got a hands-on experience with the high-tech equipment used by the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences during URI\u2019s annual celebration of National Biomechanics Day in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/08\/health-sciences-students-from-multiple-disciplines-highlight-studies-during-annual-research-night\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5480-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5480-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5480-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/08\/health-sciences-students-from-multiple-disciplines-highlight-studies-during-annual-research-night\/\">Health Sciences students from multiple disciplines highlight studies during annual Research Night<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dozens of students from multiple departments in the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences showed off their dynamic research projects on various health topics during the college\u2019s annual student Research Night on April 6. Undergraduate and master\u2019s degree students, as well as Ph.D. candidates from all of the college\u2019s academic programs displayed their [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/uri-hosts-out-of-the-darkness-walk-on-april-18-to-raise-mental-health-awareness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Attendees are seen walking around Mackal Gymnasium, wearing pins and beads of support. (Courtesy of Kerrie Constant)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/uri-hosts-out-of-the-darkness-walk-on-april-18-to-raise-mental-health-awareness\/\">URI hosts Out of the Darkness Walk on April 18 to raise mental health awareness<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The third annual walk will be held on URI\u2019s Quad, rain location Mackal Gymnasium<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/public-health-week-focuses-on-well-being-of-uri-community\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-112426-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-112426-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-112426-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/public-health-week-focuses-on-well-being-of-uri-community\/\">Public Health Week focuses on well-being of URI community\u00a0 \u2013 Rhody Today<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Full week of health-related events planned for April 6-12<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/02\/hundreds-of-high-school-students-expected-for-uris-hands-on-biomechanics-day-april-8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Biomechanics-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI President Marc Parlange challenges a kinesiology student to a grip strength test during Biomechanics Day 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Biomechanics-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Biomechanics-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/04\/02\/hundreds-of-high-school-students-expected-for-uris-hands-on-biomechanics-day-april-8\/\">Hundreds of high school students expected for URI&#8217;s \u2018hands-on\u2019 Biomechanics Day April 8<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Department of Kinesiology to host annual demonstration of biomechanics technology, promoting STEM fields More than 600 students from as many as a dozen Rhode Island high schools are expected to attend the Sixth Annual Biomechanics Day at the University of Rhode Island Wednesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. URI professors and students [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/using-augmented-reality-to-motivate-prosthesis-training\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A participant in Susan D\u2019Andrea\u2019s study wears the bypass prosthesis and Microsoft HoloLens2 headset to play the augmented reality training game ARm-Strong. (URI photos\/Susan D\u2019Andrea)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/journal.pone_.0338607.g004-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/using-augmented-reality-to-motivate-prosthesis-training\/\">Using augmented reality to motivate prosthesis training \u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI researcher Susan D&#8217;Andrea studies how technology can make training more engaging<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/31\/save-the-date-health-industries-week\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/26-Health-Industries-Week-Flyer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/26-Health-Industries-Week-Flyer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/26-Health-Industries-Week-Flyer-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/31\/save-the-date-health-industries-week\/\">Save the Date! Health Industries Week<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Industries Week\u00a0is next week where 46 alumni from College of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and College of Environment &amp; Life Sciences share their career journeys since leaving URI, advice for you as you enter the field and showcase the variety in which you can apply your degree after graduation! View [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/31\/college-of-health-sciences-10-under-10-award-winner-went-from-patient-to-physical-therapist\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/10-Under-10-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI alumna Alexandra Winnes holds her 10 Under 10 Award while standing next to Patrick Vivier, dean of the URI College of Health Sciences. (URI Foundation &amp; Alumni Engagement photos)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/10-Under-10-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/10-Under-10-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/31\/college-of-health-sciences-10-under-10-award-winner-went-from-patient-to-physical-therapist\/\">College of Health Sciences 10 Under 10 Award winner went from patient to physical therapist\u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alumna Alexandra Winnes honored among &#8216;outstanding young professionals who embody the spirit and values of the University&#8217; Alexandra Winnes \u201919 \u201921 always felt drawn to the health care field. After needing physical therapy following knee surgery when she was a junior in high school, Winnes knew she wanted to work with patients in a similar [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/do-we-have-the-muscle-for-mars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MHU8-team2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The research team at Kennedy Space Center confirming protocol and timing prior to receiving animals for post-flight sampling. The team included researchers, research assistants, and students from the United States and Japan.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MHU8-team2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MHU8-team2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/do-we-have-the-muscle-for-mars\/\">Do we have the muscle for Mars?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI professor studies how Mars\u2019 gravity would affect the musculoskeletal system<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uri-professor-elected-trustee-of-american-college-of-sports-medicine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DSC_6825-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christie Ward-Ritacco, an associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Kinesiology in URI\u2019s College of Health Sciences, will serve a three-year term as a regional chapter trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine. (Photo courtesy Christie Ward-Ritacco)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DSC_6825-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DSC_6825-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uri-professor-elected-trustee-of-american-college-of-sports-medicine\/\">URI kinesiology professor elected trustee of American College of Sports Medicine<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Christie Ward-Ritacco, an associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Kinesiology in URI\u2019s College of Health Sciences, has been elected to a three-year term as a regional chapter trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uris-thewlis-lecture-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-optimism-and-kindness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Laura-Kubzansky-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral science at Harvard University, will present this year\u2019s Malford Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics. (Photo courtesy Harvard University)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Laura-Kubzansky-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Laura-Kubzansky-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uris-thewlis-lecture-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-optimism-and-kindness\/\">URI\u2019s Thewlis lecture celebrates 20th anniversary with \u2018Optimism and Kindness\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Harvard professor to give presentation on living a long and healthy life<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/learning-is-always-in-season-uris-osher-lifelong-learning-institute-for-learners-50\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-old-on-hold-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"More than 1,700 adult learners are part of the URI campus community. Bob Bianchini is one\u2014he facilitates OLLI\u2019s current events discussion group. (URI Photos \/ Beth Desrosiers)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-old-on-hold-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/preferred-old-on-hold-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/learning-is-always-in-season-uris-osher-lifelong-learning-institute-for-learners-50\/\">Learning is always in season: URI\u2019s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for learners 50+<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Program membership now exceeds 1,700<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/04\/summer-internships-for-chs-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/04\/summer-internships-for-chs-students\/\">Summer Internships for CHS Students!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The College of Health Sciences is now offering\u00a0summer internships\u00a0for undergraduate and master&#8217;s students. These opportunities are made possible by generous donors who are committed to\u00a0preparing skilled professionals to tackle issues such as aging populations, rising mental health needs, and complex public health challenges\u00a0through classroom education and hands-on training. All of the internships include a $5000 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/valentines-special-uri-couple-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-student-couples-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1349142193-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1349142193-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1349142193-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/valentines-special-uri-couple-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-student-couples-2\/\">Valentine\u2019s special: URI Couple &amp; Family Therapy Clinic offers free relationship check-ups for student couples<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Relationship inventory, skill-building tool designed to help couples understand and improve their relationships<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/using-advanced-motion-capture-uri-study-examines-impact-of-motor-skills-on-language-development\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marc-Maffei-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Communicative Disorders Assistant Professor Marc Maffei presents his research on the impact of motor skills on speech and language development during a recent College of Health Sciences forum.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marc-Maffei-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marc-Maffei-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/using-advanced-motion-capture-uri-study-examines-impact-of-motor-skills-on-language-development\/\">Using advanced motion capture, URI study examines impact of motor skills on language development<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant Professor Marc Maffei\u2019s study seeks early indicators of language disorders in children<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/former-uri-hockey-player-to-officiate-in-winter-olympics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Tassoni-vs-Lindenwood-by-Ryan-Prewitt-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Amanda Tassoni (left) of URI battles for the puck with a player from Lindenwood University. Tassoni earned her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in kinesiology from URI. (Photo by Ryan Prewitt)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Tassoni-vs-Lindenwood-by-Ryan-Prewitt-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Tassoni-vs-Lindenwood-by-Ryan-Prewitt-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/former-uri-hockey-player-to-officiate-in-winter-olympics\/\">Former URI hockey player, kinesiology student to officiate in Winter Olympics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI alumna Amanda Tassoni to referee women\u2019s hockey in Winter Games<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/former-uri-baseball-pitcher-is-going-bananas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Trystan-Levesque-drafted-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Savannah Bananas announced on their social media platforms that the organization selected Trystan Levesque in the fifth round of the Banana Ball Championship League draft. (Image courtesy Savannah Bananas)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Trystan-Levesque-drafted-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Trystan-Levesque-drafted-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/former-uri-baseball-pitcher-is-going-bananas\/\">Former URI baseball pitcher is going \u2018Bananas\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Public Health, psychology graduate Trystan Levesque to play for Savannah Bananas exhibition baseball team<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/11\/uri-child-development-centers-annual-art-exchange-collects-cash-food-donations-for-food-bank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2458-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Child Development Centers students Lily (right) and Marit display the candleholders they and their fellow preschool students created, along with a host of other artworks, as gifts for donations to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2458-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2458-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/11\/uri-child-development-centers-annual-art-exchange-collects-cash-food-donations-for-food-bank\/\">URI Child Development Centers\u2019 annual Art Exchange collects cash, food donations for food bank<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Preschoolers offer custom works of art in exchange for donations to the RI Community Food Bank The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers raised more than $1,000 and collected several boxes of non-perishable food items as it hosted its annual Art Exchange in the Memorial Union last week to benefit the Rhode Island Community [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/09\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school-during-wellness-fair\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5032-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI students Grace Kimball, Anna Mottola, and Jill Casey test the grip strength of South Kingstown High School students during an interactive health and wellness fair at the high school on Dec. 5.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5032-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5032-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/09\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school-during-wellness-fair\/\">URI students bring interdisciplinary health education to South Kingstown High School during wellness fair<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island students from the Colleges of Pharmacy and Health Sciences imparted some health wisdom on younger students during an interactive health and wellness fair Dec. 5 at South Kingstown High School. About 70 URI students helped educate high school students during an interprofessional presentation involving the departments of nutrition, physical therapy and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/09\/college-of-health-sciences-faculty-staff-earn-year-end-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wendy Gallo, Jessica Cless, Caitlin Nash, and Sammy Ahmed are this year&#039;s College of Health Sciences year-end award winners.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/09\/college-of-health-sciences-faculty-staff-earn-year-end-awards\/\">College of Health Sciences faculty, staff earn year-end awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Awards distributed for staff excellence, as well as excellence in teaching, service, and research The URI College of Health Sciences distributed achievement awards to faculty and staff members during the College\u2019s annual end-of-year event on Dec. 8. Dean Patrick Vivier, Interim Associate Dean John Robinson, and Assistant Dean Cindie Cruger handed out awards for excellence [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/03\/uri-physical-therapy-pharmacy-nursing-students-get-interprofessional-experience-at-brown-medical-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7360-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI physical therapy, nursing, and pharmacy students interview a mock patient during RI Interprofessional Education Day.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7360-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7360-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/12\/03\/uri-physical-therapy-pharmacy-nursing-students-get-interprofessional-experience-at-brown-medical-school\/\">URI physical therapy, pharmacy, nursing students get interprofessional experience at Brown medical school<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Local colleges and universities collaborate on RI Interprofessional Education Day<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/researchers-evaluate-effectiveness-of-snap-incentive-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-831821284-ProduceVarieties-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A research team that included Maya Vadiveloo, an associate professor in URI\u2019s Department of Nutrition, evaluated the effectiveness of Rhode Island\u2019s When Eat Well, Be Well program for SNAP recipients.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-831821284-ProduceVarieties-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-831821284-ProduceVarieties-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/researchers-evaluate-effectiveness-of-snap-incentive-program\/\">Researchers evaluate effectiveness of SNAP incentive program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI researcher among those who studied results of state-level incentive program Eat Well, Be Well<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-professors-study-seeks-to-better-understand-connections-between-suicide-and-alcohol-use-disorder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1419735431-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1419735431-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1419735431-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-professors-study-seeks-to-better-understand-connections-between-suicide-and-alcohol-use-disorder\/\">URI professor\u2019s study seeks to better understand connections between suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Using wearable alcohol sensor and smartphone surveys, Nicole Weiss aims to identify risk, intervention opportunities<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/smart-cart-study-aims-to-help-users-make-healthier-grocery-purchases-for-those-who-use-the-grocery-shopping-app\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1463252617-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1463252617-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1463252617-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/smart-cart-study-aims-to-help-users-make-healthier-grocery-purchases-for-those-who-use-the-grocery-shopping-app\/\">Smart Cart study aims to help users make healthier grocery purchases for those who use the grocery shopping app<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Smart Cart 2.0 study will provide feedback on quality of grocery purchases<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/students-and-faculty-from-uri-department-of-kinesiology-earn-awards-at-regional-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5742-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"From left, URI kinesiology students Melissa Lodge, Hadley StCyr, Assistant Professor Nicole Logan, and Michelle Lim hold their awards from the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine fall meeting. (URI photo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5742-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5742-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/students-and-faculty-from-uri-department-of-kinesiology-earn-awards-at-regional-conference\/\">Kinesiology students, faculty members earn awards at regional conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI well-represented at American College of Sports Medicine conference<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/aria-mia-loberti-teaches-uri-preschool-students-impressive-skills-special-relationship-of-a-guide-dog\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_102125_CS_28-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Actor, advocate and newly published author Aria Mia Loberti visited the URI Child Development Centers on Oct. 21 to teach preschoolers about a guide dog&#039;s impressive skills, and their special relationship with their human, the subject of her book, I Am Ingrid. Photos by Catherine Scott.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_102125_CS_28-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS_102125_CS_28-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/aria-mia-loberti-teaches-uri-preschool-students-impressive-skills-special-relationship-of-a-guide-dog\/\">Aria Mia Loberti teaches URI preschool students impressive skills, special relationship of a guide dog<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The 2020 graduate, actor, advocate and author returned to the Kingston Campus to promote children\u2019s book I Am Ingrid<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/researchers-from-uri-find-no-evidence-to-justify-cocoon-therapy-for-pediatric-concussions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sleep-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Advising patients to avoid sensory stimulation and activity following a pediatric concussion is based on outdated concussion guidelines.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sleep-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sleep-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/researchers-from-uri-find-no-evidence-to-justify-cocoon-therapy-for-pediatric-concussions\/\">Researchers from URI find no evidence to justify \u2018cocoon therapy\u2019 for pediatric concussions<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology researchers support active treatment and rehabilitation over avoidance and sensory deprivation for concussion recovery<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/10\/15\/seven-new-faculty-members-join-college-of-health-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-CHS-faculty.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/10\/15\/seven-new-faculty-members-join-college-of-health-sciences\/\">Seven new faculty members join College of Health Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island\u2019s 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, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/2025\/04\/08\/child-development-center-gives-uri-a-unique-presence-in-downtown-providence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EDC-Student-Teacher-1536x1152-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EDC-Student-Teacher-1536x1152-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EDC-Student-Teacher-1536x1152-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/2025\/04\/08\/child-development-center-gives-uri-a-unique-presence-in-downtown-providence\/\">Child development center gives URI a unique presence in downtown Providence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It\u2019s unusual to see a group of 3- to 5-year-olds walking through some of Providence\u2019s busiest streets, but in lieu of a playground, the University of Rhode Island\u2019s\u00a0Dr. Pat Feinstein Child Development Center\u00a0views downtown Providence as an extension of its facility.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-professor-examines-use-of-technology-to-monitor-patients-after-joint-replacement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Verasense-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Verasense is a wireless, single-use sensor that measures real-time load, balance, and surgical alignment of the knee during total knee replacement, providing surgeons with data to optimize implant positioning and soft tissue balance. Chapman worked on the device as a Ph.D. student at Dartmouth College and completed it at URI.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Verasense-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Verasense-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-professor-examines-use-of-technology-to-monitor-patients-after-joint-replacement\/\">Kinesiology professor studies wearable tech  to monitor joint replacement patients from afar<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ryan Chapman aims to address barriers to implementing emerging technology<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/new-chair-aims-to-elevate-psychology-departments-research-educational-prominence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/David-Schnyer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"New Department of Psychology Chair David Schnyer brings his research expertise to URI after helping establish a top-ranked program at his previous university.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/David-Schnyer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/David-Schnyer-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/new-chair-aims-to-elevate-psychology-departments-research-educational-prominence\/\">New chair aims to \u2018elevate\u2019 psychology department\u2019s research, educational prominence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">David Schnyer joins URI after leading highly ranked program at UT-Austin<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/leadership-program-cultivates-uri-change-makers-in-nutrition-and-dietetics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Olivia-La-Hue-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Olivia La Hue and Finnigan Schwoebel spent part of their internships preparing food at Camp Surefire, a camp in Rhode Island for children and teens with Type 1 diabetes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Olivia-La-Hue-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Olivia-La-Hue-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/leadership-program-cultivates-uri-change-makers-in-nutrition-and-dietetics\/\">Leadership program cultivates URI change makers in nutrition and dietetics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Seven URI students gain knowledge and experience in first cohort of IMODEL program<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/09\/17\/uri-filmmaker-puts-spotlight-on-vulnerable-saltmarsh-sparrow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deirdre-Robinson-J-Jaacks-2048x1365-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deirdre Robinson and a small team of citizen scientists are fighting, against the odds, to save Saltmarsh Sparrows from extinction.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deirdre-Robinson-J-Jaacks-2048x1365-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deirdre-Robinson-J-Jaacks-2048x1365-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/09\/17\/uri-filmmaker-puts-spotlight-on-vulnerable-saltmarsh-sparrow\/\">URI filmmaker puts spotlight on vulnerable Saltmarsh Sparrow<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Former physical therapy professor Deirdre Robinson featured in Jason Jaacks\u2019 documentary, \u2018Between Moon Tides\u2019 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), [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/uri-kinesiology-internship-reestablished-in-australia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5748-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI kinesiology major Bella DeVivo observes her supervisor at Kinima Physio in Perth, Australia perform dry needling on a client. Dry needling is intended to relieve pain and improve function by inserting thin needles into muscles. (Photos courtesy of Bella DeVivo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5748-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5748-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/uri-kinesiology-internship-reestablished-in-australia\/\">URI kinesiology internship reestablished in Australia<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI senior Bella DeVivo of Bethel completes \u2018life-changing\u2019 kinesiology internship in Australia<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-receives-first-ever-nih-t32-award-to-launch-transdisciplinary-biomedical-research-training-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1925-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The grant spans three URI colleges\u2014Engineering, Environment and Life Sciences, and Health Sciences\u2014in addition to the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program. Shown, l-r: Lisa Weyandt, Lynda Stein, Jodi Camberg, Kunal Mankodiya.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1925-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1925-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-receives-first-ever-nih-t32-award-to-launch-transdisciplinary-biomedical-research-training-program\/\">URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award to launch transdisciplinary biomedical research training program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Award reflects years of cross-campus collaboration and positions URI as a national leader in transdisciplinary biomedical training<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/motor-control-experts-attend-international-conference-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/20250630_073456-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students and members of the Progress in Motor Control conference\u2019s organizing committee. (Photo courtesy of Mariusz Furmanek)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/20250630_073456-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/20250630_073456-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/motor-control-experts-attend-international-conference-at-uri\/\">Motor control experts attend international conference at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Three-day Progress in Motor Control conference attracts leading scientists, researchers, and clinicians from eight countries<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/uri-professor-recognized-as-a-leading-scholar-in-study-of-executive-functions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sammy-Ahmed-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Assistant Professor Sammy Ahmed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sammy-Ahmed-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sammy-Ahmed-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/uri-professor-recognized-as-a-leading-scholar-in-study-of-executive-functions\/\">URI professor recognized as a leading scholar in study of executive functions<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor ranks among world\u2019s top researchers in his area of expertise<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/06\/03\/uri-study-examines-link-between-adhd-alcohol-use-risks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amy-Stamates-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI psychology Professor Amy Stamates aims to identify opportunities to tailor prevention and intervention approaches aimed at reducing alcohol-related risks for young adults with ADHD.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amy-Stamates-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amy-Stamates-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amy-Stamates.jpeg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/06\/03\/uri-study-examines-link-between-adhd-alcohol-use-risks\/\">URI study examines link between ADHD, alcohol use risks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology Professor Amy Stamates aims to understand how alcohol use, cravings change in people with and without ADHD Young adult drinkers with attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder are at increased risk for experiencing alcohol-related problems and developing alcohol use disorder compared to their non-ADHD peers. However, it is unclear why, as research supports that they drink less than [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/22\/uri-psychology-student-studies-disparities-in-medication-treatment-or-veterans-with-opioid-use-disorder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Girard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rachel Girard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Girard-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Girard-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/22\/uri-psychology-student-studies-disparities-in-medication-treatment-or-veterans-with-opioid-use-disorder\/\">URI psychology student studies disparities in medication treatment for veterans with OUD<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Amid national overdose epidemic, treatment rates remain concerningly low, indicating significant barriers to care Military veterans often experience distinct health issues and disparities that can heighten their vulnerability to opioid use, increasing their risk for opioid use disorder and overdose. Yet despite the heightened risk, nearly 60 percent of veterans with the disorder do not [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/19\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2025\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/499528196_1100475688775929_6767230646666836856_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/499528196_1100475688775929_6767230646666836856_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/499528196_1100475688775929_6767230646666836856_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/19\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2025\/\">Gallery: URI College of Health Sciences Commencement 2025<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Patrick Vivier, joined by URI President Marc Parlange, Provost Barbara Wolfe, and the faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2025 on May 17. Dean Vivier and the entire College of Health Sciences extend their heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2025. Check out a [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/14\/meet-lauren-peckham-commencement-speaker-for-the-college-of-health-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/497535910_1096445769178921_997588909856735938_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lauren Peckham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/497535910_1096445769178921_997588909856735938_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/497535910_1096445769178921_997588909856735938_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/14\/meet-lauren-peckham-commencement-speaker-for-the-college-of-health-sciences\/\">Meet Lauren Peckham, commencement speaker for the College of Health Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lauren Peckham\u2019s interest in law and justice started early, watching courtroom dramas with her grandparents and imagining herself one day on the bench\u2014or behind the podium at the White House. That spark turned into purpose as she pursued studies shaped by personal experience and a passion for advocacy. With three majors across two colleges\u2014criminology and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/uri-psychology-professor-looks-to-change-behavior-around-driving-under-the-influence-of-marijuana\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DACU-image-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DACU-image-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DACU-image-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/uri-psychology-professor-looks-to-change-behavior-around-driving-under-the-influence-of-marijuana\/\">URI psychology professor looks to change behavior around driving under the influence of marijuana\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Study will create targeted interventions to change behavior in college students<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/commencement-2025-traumatic-accident-inspired-cailyn-doyle-to-study-clinical-neuroscience-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Doyle1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cailyn Doyle will graduate from URI with a bachelor\u2019s degree in clinical neuroscience this month. Her goal after going to medical school is to become a pediatric neurologist.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Doyle1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Doyle1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/commencement-2025-traumatic-accident-inspired-cailyn-doyle-to-study-clinical-neuroscience-at-uri\/\">Commencement 2025: Traumatic accident inspired Cailyn Doyle to study clinical neuroscience at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s neuroscience program helped the senior understand her father\u2019s traumatic brain injury and positioned her to help others<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/09\/uri-physical-therapy-students-assess-balance-physical-health-of-individuals-with-parkinsons-during-community-event\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Renew-retreat-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Doctor of Physical Therapy students (l-r) Avery Hanan, Hannah Rae, Savanna Perkins, Zoe Hetrick and Charlotte Vitale, joined adjunct Professor Ken Vinacco from URI&#039;s Clarkin Neurocollaborative Lab to provide balance screenings and share information on research opportunities during a recent Renew Retreat in Portsmouth.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Renew-retreat-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Renew-retreat-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/05\/09\/uri-physical-therapy-students-assess-balance-physical-health-of-individuals-with-parkinsons-during-community-event\/\">URI physical therapy students assess balance, physical health of individuals with Parkinson\u2019s during community event<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students represent Neuro Collaborative Lab during \u2018Renew! Retreat\u2019 event at Portsmouth community center Doctor of physical therapy students from the University of Rhode Island conducted balance screenings, and assessed the physical health of individuals living with Parkinson\u2019s Disease at a community clinic in Portsmouth as part of a nationwide event to help those with the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/24\/health-sciences-students-present-novel-studies-during-colleges-annual-research-forum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1364-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dozens of College of Health Sciences students presented their dynamic research projects during the college&#039;s annual student research forum on April 22.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1364-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1364-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/24\/health-sciences-students-present-novel-studies-during-colleges-annual-research-forum\/\">Health Sciences students present novel studies during college\u2019s annual Research Night<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduate and undergraduate students display research into impactful topics across the health spectrum Dozens of students from multiple departments in the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences showed off their dynamic research projects on various health topics during the college\u2019s second annual student Research Night on April 22. Undergraduate and master\u2019s degree students, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/15\/three-professors-present-studies-during-health-sciences-faculty-research-event\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Professor-Images-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"From left, Professor Lisa Weyandt, Associate Professor Christie Ward-Ritacco, and Assistant Professor Jillian Scheer shared the research they\u2019ve been working on. (URI Photos\/Neil Nachbar)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Professor-Images-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-Professor-Images-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/15\/three-professors-present-studies-during-health-sciences-faculty-research-event\/\">Three professors present studies during Health Sciences faculty research event<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lisa Weyandt, Jillian Scheer, and Christie Ward-Ritacco described their work in neuroscience, psychology, and kinesiology, respectively The College of Health Sciences periodically holds faculty research nights for professors to speak about their research studies. In URI\u2019s Alumni Center on March 27, professors Lisa Weyandt, Jillian Scheer, and Christie Ward-Ritacco shared examples of their research, which [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/15\/novel-approach-to-personal-finance-course-addresses-challenges-faced-by-students-from-economically-disadvantaged-backgrounds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/15\/novel-approach-to-personal-finance-course-addresses-challenges-faced-by-students-from-economically-disadvantaged-backgrounds\/\">Novel approach to personal finance course addresses challenges faced by students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Article based on approach selected as best paper by journal Personal finance courses are intended to help college students manage their finances after graduation. However, these courses can be challenging for students who have a lower level of financial literacy due to having economically disadvantaged backgrounds. In 2019, Jing Jian Xiao, a professor of Human [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/10\/high-school-students-get-hands-on-stem-lessons-at-uri-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1198-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI President Marc Parlange challenges a kinesiology student to a grip strength test during Biomechanics Day in the Mackal Field House April 9. More photos are available upon request.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1198-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1198-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/10\/high-school-students-get-hands-on-stem-lessons-at-uri-biomechanics-day\/\">High school students get hands-on STEM lessons at URI Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 500 students from around the state visited Mackal Field House as URI Department of Kinesiology hosts annual event High school students from schools around the state got a hands-on look at the high-tech equipment in the University of Rhode Island Department of Kinesiology, as professors and students welcomed them to Mackal Field House [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/inp-program-ryan-institute-host-annual-uri-neuroscience-symposium\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1119-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The third annual URI Neuroscience Symposium was held Monday, April 7 in URI&#039;s Avedisian Hall. The event has more than doubled in size since it began in 2022. (URI Photos\/Patrick Luce)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1119-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1119-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/inp-program-ryan-institute-host-annual-uri-neuroscience-symposium\/\">INP Program, Ryan Institute host annual URI Neuroscience Symposium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (INP) and George &amp; Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience highlighted student research and explored the neuroscience of drug addiction at the annual University of Rhode Island Neuroscience Symposium on Monday, April 7 in Avedisian Hall, home of the URI College of Pharmacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/07\/social-media-significantly-influences-nutritional-choices-emotional-well-being-students-study-shows\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island dietetics major Emma Cotter\u2019s research aims to understand the influence social media has over nutrition and food choices.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/04\/07\/social-media-significantly-influences-nutritional-choices-emotional-well-being-students-study-shows\/\">Social media \u2018significantly\u2019 influences nutritional choices, emotional well-being, student\u2019s study shows<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dietetics major Emma Cotter invited to present research at American Society for Nutrition Conference in May The relationship between social media and nutrition has become increasingly intertwined in recent years, shaping individuals\u2019 dietary behaviors, perceptions and choices in profound ways, especially through dietary trends and fads pushed by \u201cinfluencers.\u201d University of Rhode Island dietetics student [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/uri-professor-kathleen-melanson-recognized-as-an-excellence-in-nutrition-fellow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-photo-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor Kathleen Melanson (URI Photo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-photo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-photo-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-photo-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-photo.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/uri-professor-kathleen-melanson-recognized-as-an-excellence-in-nutrition-fellow\/\">URI professor Kathleen Melanson recognized as an Excellence in Nutrition Fellow<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The American Society of Nutrition named the URI professor among the those to receive the inaugural award<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/31\/uris-public-health-symposium-features-famed-homeless-health-advocate-harvard-medical-school-professor\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/OConnell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. James O&#039;Connell will deliver the keynote address at the URI Public Health Symposium on April 7.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/OConnell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/OConnell-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/31\/uris-public-health-symposium-features-famed-homeless-health-advocate-harvard-medical-school-professor\/\">URI\u2019s Public Health Symposium features famed homeless health advocate, Harvard Medical School professor<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Jim O\u2019Connell will deliver keynote address April 7 at start of National Public Health Week A medical professional dedicated to the health of some of the most marginalized members of society will deliver the keynote address at a University of Rhode Island Department of Public Health symposium on April 7. Dr. James O\u2019Connell, assistant [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/25\/uri-to-host-international-xv-progress-in-motor-control-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/25\/uri-to-host-international-xv-progress-in-motor-control-conference\/\">URI to host international XV Progress in Motor Control Conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Biennial meeting of the International Society of Motor Control scheduled for June 30-July 2 on URI\u2019s Kingston Campus Scientists from around the world specializing in motor control and neuroscience will travel to the University of Rhode Island this summer as the university hosts the international XV Progress in Motor Control Conference. The university\u2019s Department of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/24\/health-industries-week-april-7-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/health-industries-weekx800-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/health-industries-weekx800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/health-industries-weekx800-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/24\/health-industries-week-april-7-10\/\">Health Industries Week &#8211; April 7-10<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Description:&nbsp;From April 7-10, attend career panels for students within the College of Health, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and pre-health professions!&nbsp; All Event Flyer:\u00a0Health Industries Week: All Event Flyer Individual panel flyers are linked within the above All Event Flyer but are also included below for your convenience:<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/19\/uri-child-development-centers-host-international-association-of-laboratory-schools-annual-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IALS-conference-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jessica MacLeod, director of the Kingston Child Development Center, leads a discussion on laboratory schools in the on-campus preschool, while hosting the annual conference of the International Association of Laboratory Schools.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IALS-conference-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IALS-conference-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/19\/uri-child-development-centers-host-international-association-of-laboratory-schools-annual-conference\/\">URI Child Development Centers host International Association of Laboratory Schools\u2019 Annual Conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Laboratory schools, including those at URI, provide experiential learning for college students, comprehensive education for pre-school children The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers hosted the International Association of Laboratory Schools\u2019 annual conference, offering participants an opportunity to explore how the perspectives of educators, students, and parents help guide the research, policies, and practices [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/17\/uri-introduces-new-masters-of-public-health-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI students in the Department of Public Health discuss a case study in Associate Teaching Professor Caitlin Nash&#039;s class.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/17\/uri-introduces-new-masters-of-public-health-program\/\">URI introduces new Master of Public Health program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences offers only public MPH in Rhode Island, helping enhance healthcare workforce in state and beyond Addressing the increased attention focused on public health in recent years, and an urgent need for more public health practitioners in communities across Rhode Island and beyond, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/03\/chs-research-night-2025\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/2025-research-night-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/2025-research-night-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/2025-research-night-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/2025-research-night-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/2025-research-night-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/03\/chs-research-night-2025\/\">CHS Research Night 2025<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Join faculty and students from the College of Health Sciences to celebrate theamazing research being done by our undergraduate and graduate students. When: April 22, 2025, from 4:00PM &#8211; 6:00PMWhere: Memorial Union Ballroom Want to participate in research night?<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/21\/uri-study-addresses-disparities-in-obesity-treatment-for-hispanic-latino-communities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Viviane-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Viviane Fornasaro-Donahue, a doctoral candidate in behavioral psychology at URI and a registered dietitian at the Miriam Hospital, aims to understand low rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery treatments for obesity among Hispanic and Latino individuals.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Viviane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Viviane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Viviane-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Viviane-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/21\/uri-study-addresses-disparities-in-obesity-treatment-for-hispanic-latino-communities\/\">URI study addresses disparities in obesity treatment for Hispanic-Latino communities<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Doctoral student, registered dietitian aims to understand low rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery in community Hispanic-Latino individuals experience some of the highest obesity rates in the U.S. compared to other ethnic groups, yet have far lower rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), the most effective obesity treatment. A University of Rhode Island doctoral [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/20\/uri-speech-hearing-center-specialist-gives-gift-of-hearing-to-hundreds-in-panama\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Andreozzi-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sara Andreozzi, clinic operations specialist in the URI Speech &amp; Hearing Centers, helped fit 400 people in need for donated hearing aids she brought on a medical mission to Panama in January.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Andreozzi-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Andreozzi-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/20\/uri-speech-hearing-center-specialist-gives-gift-of-hearing-to-hundreds-in-panama\/\">URI Speech &amp; Hearing Center specialist gives gift of hearing to hundreds in Panama<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sara Andreozzi and her team fit 400 people for donated hearing aids on medical mission to Central America When a young girl was walked into a rural school in an impoverished part of Panama in January, she had never seen her mother\u2019s face or even heard her voice. Born deaf and blind in a region [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/14\/uri-program-to-improve-digital-competency-engage-generations-earns-national-recognition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cyber-Seniors-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI students in the Engaging Generations: Cyber-Seniors program help clients navigate through their smart phones. The students work with older adults around the state, helping them take part in the digital world.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cyber-Seniors-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cyber-Seniors-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cyber-Seniors-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cyber-Seniors-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/14\/uri-program-to-improve-digital-competency-engage-generations-earns-national-recognition\/\">URI program to improve digital competency, engage generations earns national recognition<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cyber-Seniors matches URI students with older adults for tech education, intergenerational companionship A University of Rhode Island program intended to \u201cbridge the technology and generational gap\u201d as students help teach older adults to use technological devices has received national recognition from Generations United, a non-profit organization that aims to improve the lives of children and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/05\/valentines-day-check-up-uri-clinic-offers-student-couples-free-relationship-assessment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/love-puzzle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/love-puzzle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/love-puzzle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/love-puzzle-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/love-puzzle-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/02\/05\/valentines-day-check-up-uri-clinic-offers-student-couples-free-relationship-assessment\/\">Valentine\u2019s Day check-up: URI clinic offers student couples free relationship assessment<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Couple and Family Therapy Clinic offers skills to help understand, improve relationships Love is in the air as Valentine\u2019s Day approaches. While couples often share their affection, and focus on each other with small gifts or a romantic dinner out, the holiday of love is also a reminder for both partners to focus specifically on [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/events\/xv-progress-in-motor-control\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/XV-PMC-2025_Logox500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/events\/xv-progress-in-motor-control\/\">URI to host XV Progress in Motor Control &#8211; \u201cCrossroads between Neurophysiology and Applications\u201d &#8211; June 30 &#8211; July 2, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI\u2019s Physical Therapy Department, College of Health Sciences, and the International Society of Motor Control (ISMC) are happy to extend a warm welcome to our colleagues and friends attending the XV Progress in Motor Control meeting at the University of Rhode Island on the Kingston Campus, RI, USA, from June 30 to July 2, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/01\/15\/uri-psychology-professor-honored-by-white-house-with-top-honor-for-scientists-engineers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island psychology Professor Justin Parent presents his study on positive parenting practices reducing adversity-related epigenetic aging in children during a College of Health Sciences research forum.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/01\/15\/uri-psychology-professor-honored-by-white-house-with-top-honor-for-scientists-engineers\/\">URI psychology professor honored by White House with top honor for scientists, engineers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Justin Parent recently received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers University of Rhode Island psychology Assistant Professor Justin Parent has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the White House announced this week, placing him among just 400 researchers nationwide to earn the highest honor bestowed by [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/17\/alumnas-study-on-foot-biomechanics-involving-womens-basketball-team-published-in-international-journal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dolly-Cairns-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI alumna Catherine \u201cDolly\u201d Cairns measures former URI women&#039;s basketball team forward Maye Toure&#039;s arch before testing her foot biomechanics in the Ryan Center.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dolly-Cairns-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dolly-Cairns-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/17\/alumnas-study-on-foot-biomechanics-involving-womens-basketball-team-published-in-international-journal\/\">Alumna\u2019s study on foot biomechanics, involving women\u2019s basketball team, published in international journal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Catherine &#8216;Dolly&#8217; Cairns\u2019 research aims to help improve performance, decrease injury A biomechanics study conducted by University of Rhode Island graduate and former star guard on the women\u2019s basketball team Catherine \u201cDolly\u201d Cairns was recently published in an international journal. Cairns conducted the study on the basketball floor of the Ryan Center and in the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/12\/child-development-centers-host-annual-art-exchange-to-benefit-food-bank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A preschool student from the URI Child Development Centers hands a candle holder to a paying customer. The students sold their custom artwork to benefit the RI Community Food Bank.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/9-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/12\/child-development-centers-host-annual-art-exchange-to-benefit-food-bank\/\">Child Development Centers host annual Art Exchange to benefit RI Community Food Bank<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Preschoolers sold custom works of art in exchange for cash or non-perishable food donations The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers hosted its annual Art Exchange in the Memorial Union Dec. 12 to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The preschool students, along with Director Jessica MacLeod and her staff of teachers and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/12\/college-announces-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6926-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"College of Health Sciences Dean Patrick Vivier presented faculty and staff awards during the college&#039;s holiday celebration Dec. 11.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6926-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6926-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/12\/college-announces-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\">College announces end-of-year faculty, staff awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The College of Health Sciences distributed end-of-semester awards to faculty and staff members during the College\u2019s annual holiday event Dec. 11. Dean Patrick Vivier and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam handed out awards for excellence in research, teaching and service, as well as a staff excellence awards. The categories and winners, along with [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/10\/uri-professors-to-help-build-states-opioid-overdose-research-infrastructure-as-cobre-leaders\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI psychology Associate Professor Nicole Weiss has been named director of the Community-engaged Research Core of Rhode Island Hospital\u2019s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose. URI pharmacy Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg has been named deputy director.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/10\/uri-professors-to-help-build-states-opioid-overdose-research-infrastructure-as-cobre-leaders\/\">URI professors to help build state\u2019s opioid, overdose research infrastructure as COBRE leaders<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nicole Weiss and Jeffrey Bratberg appointed to lead Center of Biomedical Research Excellence on Opioids and Overdose Two University of Rhode Island professors will work to support research to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic throughout the region as the new leaders of the Community-engaged Research Core of Rhode Island Hospital\u2019s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2024\/we-are-one\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shade-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shade Olowookere \u201917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shade-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shade-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2024\/we-are-one\/\">For Shade Olowookere &#8217;17, global public health begins at home<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A public health advisor in global health protection at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Olowookere supports international emergency response and recovery efforts<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/06\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SKHS-health-fair-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI students Matt Rajotte, Brendan Stubbs and Mia Ragosta test the grip strength of South Kingstown High School students during an interprofessional health and wellness fair at the high school Dec. 6.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SKHS-health-fair-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SKHS-health-fair-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/06\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school-2\/\">URI students bring interdisciplinary health education to South Kingstown High School<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island students from the Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences imparted some health wisdom on younger students during an interactive health and wellness fair at South Kingstown High School Dec. 6. About 70 URI students helped educate high school students during an interprofessional presentation involving the departments of nutrition, physical therapy [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/06\/interactive-mobile-app-to-enhance-treatment-for-ptsd-opioid-use-disorder-after-residential-care\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/opioid-use-app-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI psychology Professor Nicole Weiss is working to develop and interactive app to enhance treatment for those with post-traumatic stress disorder leaving residential opioid use treatment facilities.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/opioid-use-app-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/opioid-use-app-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/12\/06\/interactive-mobile-app-to-enhance-treatment-for-ptsd-opioid-use-disorder-after-residential-care\/\">Interactive mobile app to enhance treatment for PTSD, opioid use disorder after residential care<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI psychology Professor Nicole Weiss\u2019s study, funded by $5.5 million NIH grant, aims to prevent return to use, overdose deaths Continuity of care is critical to success following residential treatment for opioid use disorder\u2014especially for those also experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder\u2014but due to barriers like access to care, exorbitant healthcare costs, and the potential for [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/08\/former-nba-star-who-stutters-inspires-others-with-condition-during-presentation-on-uri-campus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kidd-Gilchrist-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former NBA star and CEO of non-profit organization Change &amp; Impact Michael Kidd-Gilchrist spoke of his challenges as a person who stutters, inspiring those who share the condition and those studying as speech language pathologists during a presentation on the Kingston Campus Nov. 7.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kidd-Gilchrist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kidd-Gilchrist-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/08\/former-nba-star-who-stutters-inspires-others-with-condition-during-presentation-on-uri-campus\/\">Former NBA star who stutters inspires others with condition during presentation on URI Campus<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Michael Kidd-Gilchrist encourages speech language pathology students to continue helping people who \u2018suffer in silence\u2019 Former NBA star and advocate for people who stutter Michael Kidd-Gilchrist offered advice and inspiration for those who share the often lifelong condition, encouraging them to be who they are despite their communication challenges, during a presentation on the University [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/06\/pe-class-at-child-development-center-gives-education-student-experience-with-younger-kids\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_9837-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students in the Child Development Center on the URI Campus play &quot;Duck-duck-goose&quot; during a recent &quot;PE class&quot; organized by education master&#039;s candidate Alyssa Alvez.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_9837-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_9837-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/06\/pe-class-at-child-development-center-gives-education-student-experience-with-younger-kids\/\">\u2018PE class\u2019 at Child Development Center gives education student experience with younger kids<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Recent College of Health Sciences graduate and current master\u2019s candidate Alyssa Alvez ran preschool students in the Child Development Center on the Kingston Campus through their paces in a physical education-style class recently, giving the youngsters outdoor exercise on a warm autumn morning, and giving Alves experience working with young students as she prepares to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/04\/uri-students-in-multidisciplinary-teams-assess-older-adults-health-balance-fall-risk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-10242024-NL-008-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Physical Therapy student tests volunteer Jet Vertz&#039; balance during the recent Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program in Independence Square. Vertz has been attending the program for three years, monitoring his health progress year to year.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-10242024-NL-008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-10242024-NL-008-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/11\/04\/uri-students-in-multidisciplinary-teams-assess-older-adults-health-balance-fall-risk\/\">URI students in multidisciplinary teams assess older adults\u2019 health, balance, fall risk<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program offers comprehensive health assessments to community volunteers, experience for students Students from the Colleges of Health Sciences and Pharmacy got some hands-on training while older adults from the community gained valuable health information during the Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program in Independence Square recently. Under the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/31\/former-nba-star-who-stutters-to-visit-uri-area-schools-to-help-inspire-kids-and-adults-who-stutter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/michael-kidd-gilchrist-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former NBA player and CEO of the non-profit Change &amp; Impact Michael Kidd-Gilchrist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/michael-kidd-gilchrist-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/michael-kidd-gilchrist-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/31\/former-nba-star-who-stutters-to-visit-uri-area-schools-to-help-inspire-kids-and-adults-who-stutter\/\">Former NBA star who stutters to visit URI, area schools to help inspire kids and adults who stutter<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who played 8 seasons in the NBA, is an advocate for better treatment for those who stutter Former NBA star and advocate for people who stutter Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will visit the University of Rhode Island along with area middle schools Nov. 7 to meet with children and adults who stutter, and share his [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/24\/expectant-mothers-sought-for-ongoing-study-to-improve-prenatal-care-reduce-maternal-death-develop-novel-remote-sensing-equipment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20230614-NL-028-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI kinesiology Assistant Professor Ryan Chapman and student Meghan Whelan attach sensors to the legs of a volunteer expectant mother in the advanced Biomechanics and Wearables Laboratory on the Kingston campus.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20230614-NL-028-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20230614-NL-028-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/24\/expectant-mothers-sought-for-ongoing-study-to-improve-prenatal-care-reduce-maternal-death-develop-novel-remote-sensing-equipment\/\">Expectant mothers sought for ongoing study to improve prenatal care, reduce maternal death, develop novel remote sensing equipment<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Participants tout study on biomechanics during pregnancy, shedding light on connections between pelvic, lower extremity changes, and postpartum outcomes University of Rhode Island researchers are seeking volunteers among expectant mothers to take part in a groundbreaking study on biomechanics during pregnancy. The study is attempting to improve labor and delivery outcomes, and potentially contribute to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-researchers-head-international-team-exploring-wearable-technology-to-help-stroke-survivors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Glove1-1280x960-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI professors, from left, Dhaval Solanki, Susan D\u2019Andrea and Kunal Mankodiya observe technology demonstrated by first-year Ph.D. student Suparna Veeturi, an exchange student from India Institutes of Medical Sciences, BHU.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Glove1-1280x960-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Glove1-1280x960-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-researchers-head-international-team-exploring-wearable-technology-to-help-stroke-survivors\/\">URI researchers head international team exploring wearable technology to help stroke survivors<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Three-year project backed by $500K grant from NSF<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/17\/uri-psychology-department-introduces-new-masters-program-in-mental-and-behavioral-health-counseling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-Psych-masters-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-Psych-masters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/New-Psych-masters-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/17\/uri-psychology-department-introduces-new-masters-program-in-mental-and-behavioral-health-counseling\/\">URI Psychology Department introduces new master\u2019s program in Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Applications due Jan. 15 for program that meets educational requirements to become Licensed Mental Health Counselor Aiming to address increasing societal mental health issues, and improve overall well-being in the community, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has introduced a new Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling master\u2019s program in the Department of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/02\/university-mourns-passing-of-associate-teaching-professor-kathleen-webster\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Webster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kathleen Webster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Webster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Webster-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/10\/02\/university-mourns-passing-of-associate-teaching-professor-kathleen-webster\/\"><strong>University mourns passing of Associate Teaching Professor Kathleen Webster<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University mourns the passing of Kathleen S. Webster (Cady), associate teaching professor of psychology, who died Thursday, Sept. 26, after a battle with cancer. She was 70 years old. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nancy Cady (McGuirk). She is survived by her nieces and nephews Alisha Cady, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/09\/10\/uri-study-aims-to-improve-continuing-care-for-those-leaving-residential-substance-treatment-facilities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Noam-Newberger-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Ph.D. candidate in psychology Noam Newberger aims to shed light on continuing care options for patients leaving residential treatment facilities in a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Noam-Newberger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Noam-Newberger-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/09\/10\/uri-study-aims-to-improve-continuing-care-for-those-leaving-residential-substance-treatment-facilities\/\"><strong>URI study aims to improve continuing care for those leaving residential substance treatment facilities<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology Ph.D. candidate\u2019s study funded by $100,000 federal grant Returning to one\u2019s usual routine after residential opioid treatment is a sensitive time during which patients are often susceptible to returning to use, putting them at risk of overdosing and even dying. Yet little is known about the treatment patients receive\u2014or lack thereof\u2014during this extremely high-risk [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/06\/26\/uris-geriatric-workforce-education-program-fueling-improvements-in-older-adult-care\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phillip-Clark\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/06\/26\/uris-geriatric-workforce-education-program-fueling-improvements-in-older-adult-care\/\">URI\u2019s geriatric workforce education program fueling improvements in older adult care<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Program extended by new $5 million federal grant has trained thousands of health care workers in Rhode Island With more than 20 percent of its population over the age of 65, the fourth-highest percentage of residents over 85 in the country, and a fast-growing population of older adults diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease or other dementias, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/06\/13\/uri-study-examines-challenges-barriers-to-care-for-individuals-leaving-residential-substance-use-facilities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island psychology Associate Professor Nicole Weiss leads a funded study on tools to help people leaving residential substance use facilities avoid return to substance use.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/06\/13\/uri-study-examines-challenges-barriers-to-care-for-individuals-leaving-residential-substance-use-facilities\/\">URI study examines challenges, barriers to care for individuals leaving residential substance use facilities<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Using biosensors and psychological self-reports, research aims to inform interventions to help prevent return to substance use Residential treatment is among the most effective tools for treating substance use disorder, with people in these settings showing improvement not only in their substance use but also in their mental health, social functioning and quality of life. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/05\/22\/uri-to-host-youth-mental-health-summit-may-23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wash-county-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/05\/22\/uri-to-host-youth-mental-health-summit-may-23\/\">URI to host Youth Mental Health Summit May 23<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences Dean Patrick Vivier to deliver keynote address at summit sponsored by Washington County Coalition for Children Washington County, R.I., middle and high school students will discuss bullying and stress experienced at school, and offer ideas and solutions for their wellbeing during the region&#8217;s first youth mental health summit hosted on the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/commencement-2024-challenging-past-fuels-human-development-grads-drive-to-help-people-who-remind-me-of-me\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandrea-Kenyon-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alexandrea Kenyon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandrea-Kenyon-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandrea-Kenyon-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/commencement-2024-challenging-past-fuels-human-development-grads-drive-to-help-people-who-remind-me-of-me\/\">Commencement 2024: Challenging past fuels human development grad\u2019s drive to help \u2018people who remind me of me\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A DCYF social case worker often encounters people at their lowest points, desperately seeking affordable childcare to take a much-needed job; choosing between heating the home and putting food on the table; or even fighting to avoid losing their home altogether. Case workers need to meet their clients where they are, and work creatively to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/05\/10\/increased-physical-activity-can-spur-cognitive-development-help-children-manage-symptoms-of-adhd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7976-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kinesiology Assistant Professor Nicole Logan (left) and her research team work with study volunteer Finn Celeste in the Human Performance Lab on the Kingston Campus.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7976-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7976-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/05\/10\/increased-physical-activity-can-spur-cognitive-development-help-children-manage-symptoms-of-adhd\/\">Increased physical activity can spur cognitive development, help manage symptoms of ADHD<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Kinesiology Professor Nicole Logan\u2019s funded study aims to support alternative methods of treating the common childhood condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can impact many common childhood milestones and cognitive processes, such as decision-making, inhibitory control, language development, and goal-setting. Studies by University of Rhode Island kinesiology Assistant Professor Nicole Logan have shown that physical [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/16\/uri-ph-d-candidate-researches-effects-of-cannabis-and-alcohol-co-use-wins-prestigious-nih-f31-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sabrina-Todaro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island Psychology Ph.D. candidate Sabrina Todaro will measure the degree to which adults 18 to 25 are using &quot;protective behavioral strategies&quot; when engaging in alcohol and cannabis co-use.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sabrina-Todaro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sabrina-Todaro-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/16\/uri-ph-d-candidate-researches-effects-of-cannabis-and-alcohol-co-use-wins-prestigious-nih-f31-award\/\">URI Ph.D. candidate researches effects of cannabis and alcohol co-use, wins prestigious NIH F31 Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island psychology Ph.D. candidate Sabrina Todaro will measure the degree to which adults 18 to 25 are using &#8220;protective behavioral strategies&#8221; when engaging in both alcohol and cannabis in a study funded by an F31 grant from the National Institutes of Health. She aims to assess the use of protective behavioral strategies [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/12\/uri-study-examines-audio-visual-speech-perception-in-parents-of-children-with-autism-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Former Communications Disorders student Marland Chang demonstrates the eye-tracking and EEG technology used in a URI study on audio-visual speech perception.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/12\/uri-study-examines-audio-visual-speech-perception-in-parents-of-children-with-autism-2\/\">URI study examines audio-visual speech perception in parents of children with autism<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Research on \u2018Broad Autism Phenotype\u2019 potentially affecting direct relatives aims to better understand the broader picture of autism It\u2019s well established that children with autism often process audio-visual cues differently than their peers, especially during verbal communication. They may not make direct eye contact or focus intently on a speaker\u2019s mouth. These differences in audio-visual [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/03\/kinesiology-department-hosts-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7171-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students from Coventry High School test their grip strength at one of the many Kinesiology stations during Biomechanics Day at URI April 3.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7171-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7171-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/03\/kinesiology-department-hosts-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day\/\">Kinesiology department hosts high school students for hands-on Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students get hands-on experience with the high-tech equipment from the College of Health Sciences\u2019 labs High school students from around the state got a hands-on look at high-tech equipment in the University of Rhode Island Department of Kinesiology as professors and students welcomed several high schools to Mackal Field House during the annual National Biomechanics [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/03\/uris-early-intervention-program-helps-kids-with-disabilities-thrive\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Respite-2-copy-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Nursing student Emily Nichols works with four-year-old Asher during a respite care program on campus. A new certificate program in Early Intervention will allow childhood care workers like her to be certified, helping relieve the shortage of early intervention professionals.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Respite-2-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Respite-2-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/03\/uris-early-intervention-program-helps-kids-with-disabilities-thrive\/\">URI\u2019s Early Intervention program helps kids with disabilities thrive<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Certificate program aims to address \u2018serious shortage\u2019 in early intervention personnel throughout Rhode Island Looking to address a \u201cserious shortage\u201d of specialists to work with some of the youngest children at risk for developmental disabilities in the state, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences is offering a certificate program in Early Intervention [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/02\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-creates-department-of-public-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The URI College of Health Sciences will now offer an interdisciplinary major in public health, which will help train the next generation of health care policy makers.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Public-health-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/04\/02\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-creates-department-of-public-health\/\">URI College of Health Sciences creates Department of Public Health<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New interdisciplinary major prepares graduates to improve health status and health behaviors in community Since the world experienced a global pandemic, there has been not only a greater appreciation of health care clinicians, but a better understanding of public health and its role in preventing disease, setting policies that impact a population\u2019s health, and generally [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/virtual-thewlis-lecture-on-gerontology-to-focus-on-mindfulness-and-brain-health-as-we-age\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Ruchika-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ruchika Prakash, director of the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging at The Ohio State University, will be the featured speaker for the 2024 Malford Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics, Wednesday, April 3. (Photo: \u00a9 Robb McCormick Photography)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Ruchika-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Ruchika-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/virtual-thewlis-lecture-on-gerontology-to-focus-on-mindfulness-and-brain-health-as-we-age\/\">Virtual Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology to focus on mindfulness and brain health as we age<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Ohio State University Researcher Ruchika Prakash will discuss &#8216;Mind Matters,&#8217; April 3<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/25\/uri-health-sciences-associate-dean-honored-by-national-sports-medicine-association\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deb-Riebe-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI College of Health Sciences Associate Dean Deb Riebe, an accomplished exercise physiologist, will receive a \u201cCitation Award\u201d from the American College of Sports Medicine, one of the highest honors in the field of sports medicine.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deb-Riebe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Deb-Riebe-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/25\/uri-health-sciences-associate-dean-honored-by-national-sports-medicine-association\/\">URI Health Sciences associate dean honored by national sports medicine association<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Exercise physiology expert Deborah Riebe wins one of American College of Sports Medicine\u2019s biggest awards University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences Associate Dean Deborah Riebe recently received one of the highest honors in the field of sports medicine, as she was named one of the highest achieving scientists in the field. Riebe, an [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/20\/uri-couple-and-family-therapy-program-to-increase-family-therapy-in-addiction-treatment-improve-patient-and-family-outcomes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1200931836-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1200931836-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1200931836-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/20\/uri-couple-and-family-therapy-program-to-increase-family-therapy-in-addiction-treatment-improve-patient-and-family-outcomes\/\">URI Couple and Family Therapy program to increase family therapy in addiction treatment, improve patient and family outcomes<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The only RI workforce development program that recruits, trains and supervises family therapists takes burden off treatment centers statewide Substance use disorder, particularly involving opioids, is a continuing crisis in the country, impacting not just the person suffering from addiction, but also those closest to them. While treatment is naturally focused on the person facing [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/13\/uri-college-health-sciences-professors-named-among-stanfords-top-2-of-scientists-worldwide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-and-Clark-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/13\/uri-college-health-sciences-professors-named-among-stanfords-top-2-of-scientists-worldwide\/\"><strong>URI College Health Sciences professors named among Stanford\u2019s top 2% of scientists worldwide<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The list identifies the world&#8217;s leading researchers making significant scientific impacts in their fields Two active professors from the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences have earned a coveted spot on the list of Stanford University\u2019s Top 2% Scientist Rankings, which identifies the world\u2019s leading researchers, representing approximately two percent of all scientists [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/07\/revamped-wellness-class-supports-students-overall-health-physical-mental-and-emotional\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Living-well-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A newly revamped wellness course available to all URI students teaches physical, mental and emotional health, and identifies campus resources, such as the greenhouses behind Avedisian Hall, stuidents can use to improve whole-body well-being.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Living-well-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Living-well-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/07\/revamped-wellness-class-supports-students-overall-health-physical-mental-and-emotional\/\">New wellness class supports students\u2019 overall health, physical, mental and emotional<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Interdisciplinary class based in kinesiology open to all URI students The college years can be a tumultuous time in a young adult\u2019s life. While running from class to class, cramming for exams, navigating through emotional personal relationships, and worrying about future career prospects, among other challenges typical of the college experience, students often find it [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/04\/scientists-to-study-real-world-eating-behaviors-using-wearable-sensors-and-artificial-intelligence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wearable-tech-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Researchers at URI and UT-Austin are using wearable sensors, including a button-sized sensor that sits on participants&#039; faces near the jawline, to measure volunteers&#039; personal eating behaviors, including chewing rate and intensity.\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/04\/scientists-to-study-real-world-eating-behaviors-using-wearable-sensors-and-artificial-intelligence\/\">Scientists to study real-world eating behaviors using wearable sensors and artificial intelligence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">High-tech system development by URI, UT-Austin researchers measures real-world eating behavior, in and out of the lab A pedometer measures your steps, but what if you had a similar automated device to measure your eating behavior? Evidence from nutritional studies has long shown that the speed, timing and duration of an individual\u2019s eating behavior are [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/uri-child-development-center-preschool-enrollment-lottery-is-open-through-feb-23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Coloring-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI&#039;s Child Development Center offers high quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs for children ages 3 to 5 years. (URI Photo)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Coloring-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Coloring-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/uri-child-development-center-preschool-enrollment-lottery-is-open-through-feb-23\/\">URI Child Development Center preschool enrollment lottery is open through Feb. 23<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island Child Development Center is now accepting applications for its preschool enrollment lottery for the 2024-25 school year. The center offers high quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs for children ages 3 to 5 years.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/08\/uri-nutrition-study-to-help-write-official-usda-dietary-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Processed-foods-graphic-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"This chart details different levels of ultra-processed foods according to their nutritional values.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Processed-foods-graphic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Processed-foods-graphic-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/08\/uri-nutrition-study-to-help-write-official-usda-dietary-guidelines\/\">URI Nutrition study to help inform official USDA dietary guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Kathleen Melanson\u2019s study, funded by $300,000 USDA grant, aims to provide context to ultra-processed food discussion Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the food average Americans eat. Including frozen and prepared meals, most packaged snacks, desserts and carbonated soft drinks\u2014but also including more innocuous foods\u2014they are often considered the bane of healthy eating, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/06\/valentines-special-uri-couple-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-student-couples\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/06\/valentines-special-uri-couple-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-student-couples\/\">Valentine\u2019s special: URI Couple &amp; Family Therapy Clinic offers free relationship check-ups for student couples<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Relationship inventory, skill-building tool designed to help couples understand and improve their relationships Student couples at the University of Rhode Island are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment at the University\u2019s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. The number of participants [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/02\/uri-physical-therapy-nursing-pharmacy-students-treat-simulated-patients-at-brown-university\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IPE-at-Brown-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Nursing, Pharmacy and Physical Therapy students worked together on a variety of patient-focused healthcare simulations during an interprofessional education collaboration at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University Jan. 31.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IPE-at-Brown-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IPE-at-Brown-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/02\/uri-physical-therapy-nursing-pharmacy-students-treat-simulated-patients-at-brown-university\/\">URI Physical Therapy, Nursing, Pharmacy  students treat simulated patients at Brown University<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The annual program gives students in health professions experience in integrated patient care URI students from the College of Health Sciences joined those from nursing and pharmacy in multidisciplinary teams, working together on a variety of patient-focused healthcare simulations during an interprofessional education collaboration at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University Jan. 31. More [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/02\/newly-named-department-of-nutrition-applies-scientific-knowledge-to-human-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Missimer-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Clinical Assistant Professor Amanda Missimer leads a Nutrition class in the Coastal Auditorium on the Kingston campus during the spring semester&#039;s first week of classes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Missimer-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Amanda-Missimer-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/02\/02\/newly-named-department-of-nutrition-applies-scientific-knowledge-to-human-health\/\">Newly named Department of Nutrition applies scientific knowledge to human health<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Formerly Nutrition and Food Science, students can find classes under course code \u2018NUT\u2019 Drawing from such disciplines as biology, chemistry, math, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology and microbiology, the Department of Nutrition applies scientific knowledge to human health and wellness, helping prepare students for careers in a broad range of health-related professions from registered dieticians to medical [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/01\/08\/racial-disparities-in-obesity-widen-in-rural-areas-across-country\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Steve-Cohen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Associate Professor of Helth Studies Steven Cohen&#039;s latest study examines rural\/urban health disparities, which are increasingly being recognized as critical issues in population health.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Steve-Cohen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Steve-Cohen-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/01\/08\/racial-disparities-in-obesity-widen-in-rural-areas-across-country\/\">Racial disparities in obesity widen in rural areas across country<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Health Studies Professor Steve Cohen examines urban-rural divide, a growing disparity in health care that is worse in some areas Racial disparities in health and health care throughout the lifespan are pervasive and well-documented, and culminate in a life expectancy for Black people that is about four years shorter than for white people. One [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/noted-health-education-leader-and-pediatrician-patrick-vivier-named-dean-of-uri-college-of-health-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Patrick-Vivier-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Patrick Vivier\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Patrick-Vivier-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Patrick-Vivier-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/noted-health-education-leader-and-pediatrician-patrick-vivier-named-dean-of-uri-college-of-health-sciences\/\">Noted health education leader and pediatrician Patrick Vivier named dean of URI College of Health Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Vivier is a respected educator and practitioner who spent nearly two decades at Rhode Island\u2019s Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital and Brown University before his current tenure at Tufts<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/18\/uris-new-neuro-learning-center-to-boost-brain-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TMS-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A young study participant wears a functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy system cap, which allows neuro scientists to measure brain activity by monitoring changes in blood flow in the brain.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TMS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TMS-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/18\/uris-new-neuro-learning-center-to-boost-brain-education\/\">URI\u2019s new Neuro-Learning Center to boost brain education<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students in multiple health disciplines gain access to state-of-the-art neuroscientific technology after Champlin Grant University of Rhode Island students and faculty members in multiple health disciplines will soon have access to state-of-the-art neuroscientific technology to enhance classroom lessons and research education, thanks to a grant from the Champlin Foundation. College of Health Sciences Professors Mariusz [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/15\/college-of-health-sciences-announces-end-of-semester-faculty-staff-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/15\/college-of-health-sciences-announces-end-of-semester-faculty-staff-awards\/\">College of Health Sciences announces end-of-semester faculty, staff awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The College of Health Sciences distributed end-of-semester awards to faculty and staff members during the College\u2019s annual holiday event Dec. 14. Interim Dean Deb Riebe, Associated Deans Brian Quiiliam and Sue Adams, and Assistant Dean Cindie Cruger handed out awards for excellence in research, teaching and service, as well as a staff excellence awards. Winners [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/14\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0511-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0511-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0511-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/14\/uri-students-bring-interdisciplinary-health-education-to-south-kingstown-high-school\/\">URI students bring interdisciplinary health education to South Kingstown High School<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students from the Colleges of Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Nursing teach and interact with younger students at high school&#8217;s health fair Students from all three University of Rhode Island health colleges imparted some health wisdom on their younger counterparts during a health fair at South Kingstown High School recently. More than 80 URI students from [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/11\/health-studies-professor-wins-national-innovative-teaching-award-for-class-work-research-on-social-issues\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Natalie-Sabik-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Associate Professor of Health Studies Natalie Sabik\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Natalie-Sabik-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Natalie-Sabik-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/11\/health-studies-professor-wins-national-innovative-teaching-award-for-class-work-research-on-social-issues\/\"><strong>Health Studies professor wins national Innovative Teaching Award for class work, research on social issues<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Natalie Sabik honored by American Psychological Association for her use of Intersectionality Toolbox to identify disparities University of Rhode Island Associate Professor of Health Studies Natalie Sabik has won the 2023 Innovative Teaching Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, recognizing her work to address social issues in her classes and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/08\/gallery-child-development-centers-host-annual-art-exchange-to-benefit-food-bank\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6226-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI CDC teacher Maria Senerchia works with two preschool students during the CDC&#039;s annual Art Exchange Dec. 7 to benefit the Rhode Island Food Back.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6226-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6226-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/12\/08\/gallery-child-development-centers-host-annual-art-exchange-to-benefit-food-bank\/\">Child Development Centers host annual Art Exchange to benefit food bank<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Preschoolers handed out custom works of art in exchange for donations to the RI Community Food Bank The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers hosted its annual Art Exchange in the Memorial Union Dec. 7 to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The preschool students, along with Director Jessica MacLeod and her staff [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/30\/doctor-of-physical-therapy-students-run-exercise-program-for-people-living-with-parkinsons-disease\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6027-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"HELPING HAND: Adrian Franco, a doctor of physical therapy student at URI, helps out a participant at the Parkinson\u2019s Exercise Group. URI photo by Patrick Luce.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6027-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6027-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/30\/doctor-of-physical-therapy-students-run-exercise-program-for-people-living-with-parkinsons-disease\/\"><strong>Doctor of physical therapy students run exercise program for People Living with Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Samantha Melia The exercise room at Independence Square on the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Kingston campus buzzed with chatter about Thanksgiving plans, enlivened with the usual small talk and laughter. The lightness of the session might have fooled some into thinking that this was just an ordinary exercise class, not part of a battle [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/29\/study-adversity-accelerates-epigenetic-aging-in-children-with-developmental-delays-but-positive-parenting-can-reverse-course\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island psychology Professor Justin Parent presents his study on positive parenting practices reducing adversity-related epigenetic aging in children during a recent College of Health Sciences research forum. (URI Photo\/Patrick Luce)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Justin-Parent-4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/29\/study-adversity-accelerates-epigenetic-aging-in-children-with-developmental-delays-but-positive-parenting-can-reverse-course\/\"><strong>Study: Adversity accelerates epigenetic aging in children with developmental delays, but positive parenting can reverse course<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Parenting interventions teach techniques to \u2018turn back the clock\u2019 Research has shown that children who experience adversity during their early years may undergo faster biological aging. Nonetheless, recently published research reveals that positive parenting interventions can potentially shield children from this consequence, helping slow the epigenetic aging process. A new study with research from the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/27\/uri-speech-and-hearing-centers-partner-with-oscil-to-give-gift-of-hearing-to-community\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Smith-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rachel Ann Smith, director of the University of Rhode Island Speech and Hearing Centers, shows off a hearing aid. The Centers have partnered with the Ocean State Center for Independent Living to provide hearing aids and associated services for those in need through the &quot;Gift of Hearing&quot; program. (URI photo\/Patrick Luce)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Smith-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rachel-Smith-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/27\/uri-speech-and-hearing-centers-partner-with-oscil-to-give-gift-of-hearing-to-community\/\">URI Speech and Hearing Centers partner with OSCIL to give \u2018Gift of Hearing\u2019 to community<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Partnership provides hearing aids, services to those in need at full-service audiology clinic on University of Rhode Island campus The University of Rhode Island Speech and Hearing Centers are helping give the \u201cgift of hearing\u201d to members of the community not just during this holiday season, but all year long. The center, part of the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/22\/robotic-rehab-aims-to-help-stroke-victims-regain-hand-dexterity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Furmanek_Robotic-Rehab-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Furmanek_Robotic-Rehab-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Furmanek_Robotic-Rehab-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/22\/robotic-rehab-aims-to-help-stroke-victims-regain-hand-dexterity\/\">Robotic rehab aims to help stroke patients regain hand dexterity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Research in URI Motor Control and Rehabilitation lab funded by $460,000 grant from National Science Foundation Every year, about 800,000 new stroke cases are reported in the United States, often causing patients problems with both neurological and physical motor control. Disruptions in the mobility of the arms and hands, in particular, can have devastating impacts [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/09\/what-can-a-health-studies-degree-do-for-you\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-12-23-PM-748-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/09\/what-can-a-health-studies-degree-do-for-you\/\">What can a Health Studies degree do for you?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduates from the URI College of Health Sciences program continue to make significant impacts on health in multiple settings Making an impact on health and health care doesn\u2019t mean necessarily becoming a nurse or doctor. The health care sector is not only about direct patient care. There are myriad other careers that offer the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/10\/19\/less-is-often-more-when-it-comes-to-health-impact-of-children-on-parents-later-in-life-new-study-says\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/10\/19\/less-is-often-more-when-it-comes-to-health-impact-of-children-on-parents-later-in-life-new-study-says\/\">Less is (often) more when it comes to health impact of children on parents later in life, new study says<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Nekehia Quashie&#8217;s study shows children can lend support, but &#8216;also present strains&#8217; to parents Across the globe, it is generally accepted that individuals with larger families have more resources and support to draw on as they age. Less discussed is that having many children can produce economic, social, emotional and biological burdens that impact [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/09\/19\/uri-study-aims-to-improve-understanding-of-alcohol-use-disorder-among-individuals-with-ptsd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island psychology Professor Nicole Weiss aims to better understand reasons people with PTSD drink alcohol, helping find better treatments for alcohol use disorder.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nicole-Weiss-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/09\/19\/uri-study-aims-to-improve-understanding-of-alcohol-use-disorder-among-individuals-with-ptsd\/\">URI study aims to improve understanding of alcohol use disorder among individuals with PTSD<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss\u2019 study funded by $500K NIH grant Drinking alcoholic beverages is often associated with celebration, and seen as a way to enhance positive emotions felt from an achievement, or a gathering or friends. However, for those experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol may also be used to dampen not just negative feelings, but [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/09\/11\/personal-behavior-key-to-financial-well-being-study-finds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5611-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Human Development and Family Science Professors Nilton Porto (left) and Jing Jian Xiao\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5611-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5611-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/09\/11\/personal-behavior-key-to-financial-well-being-study-finds\/\">Personal behavior key to financial well-being, study finds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI professors Jing Jian Xiao and Nilton Porto win \u2018Best Paper\u2019 award in leading consumer science journal Consumers with high financial capability are more likely to achieve economic success and financial well-being in their lives. But how consumers attain that capability is a question on which researchers and financial educators have differed. It is the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/08\/24\/speech-language-pathologist-psycholinguist-named-uri-department-of-communicative-disorders-chair\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jean-Gordon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"CMD Chair Jean Gordon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jean-Gordon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jean-Gordon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/08\/24\/speech-language-pathologist-psycholinguist-named-uri-department-of-communicative-disorders-chair\/\">Speech-language pathologist, psycholinguist named URI Department of Communicative Disorders Chair<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jean Gordon is expert in neurogenic speech disorders, mechanisms of language The University of Rhode Island Department of Communicative Disorders welcomes Jean Gordon as its new chair to begin the 2023 fall semester. Gordon comes to the URI College of Health Sciences from the University of Iowa, where she was an associate professor of communicative [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/tracy-santos-receives-student-veteran-leadership-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tracy-Santos-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tracy Santos speaks at the September 2022 opening of URI&#039;s Center for Military and Veteran Education in the Memorial Union. (URI photo\/Nora Lewis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tracy-Santos-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tracy-Santos-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/tracy-santos-receives-student-veteran-leadership-award\/\">Clinical Neuroscience major Tracy Santos receives Student Veteran Leadership Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Santos is one of 32 leaders selected nationwide by GI Jobs magazine<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/fifteen-uri-students-receive-black-scholar-awards-for-outstanding-achievement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/BSA-winners-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI 2023 Black Scholar Award winners, (from left), Back Row: Markeem Rodrigues, Aniebiet Okun, Robin Fidel, Maruth-Shah Emilcar, Fatu Ndiaye, Paul Woods, Asta Habtemichael. Front Row: Matthew Roache, Joseph Amaral, Ashlynn Cunningham, Nadia Rajan, Jesse Duroha.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/BSA-winners-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/BSA-winners-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/fifteen-uri-students-receive-black-scholar-awards-for-outstanding-achievement\/\">Health Sciences students among those earning Black Scholar Awards for outstanding achievement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Fifteen University of Rhode Island students, including four students from the College of Health Sciences, were honored recently for their academic and community achievements at the University\u2019s 26th annual Black Scholar Awards.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/university-saddened-by-loss-of-professor-emeritus-james-o-prochaska\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-1-1280x1280-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/university-saddened-by-loss-of-professor-emeritus-james-o-prochaska\/\">University saddened by loss of Professor Emeritus James O. Prochaska<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Known around the world for his research on behavior change, its impact on improving human health<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/21\/uri-study-explores-biomechanics-during-pregnancy-to-improve-prenatal-care-reduce-maternal-deaths\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Pregnancy-study-2-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kinesiology students Olivia Greene and Meghan Whelan work with an expectant mother on their biomechanics during pregnancy study in the Motion Analysis Lab.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Pregnancy-study-2-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Pregnancy-study-2-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/21\/uri-study-explores-biomechanics-during-pregnancy-to-improve-prenatal-care-reduce-maternal-deaths\/\">URI study explores biomechanics during pregnancy to improve prenatal care, reduce maternal deaths<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kinesiology Professor Ryan Chapman&#8217;s team investigates the impact of pelvic and lower extremity biomechanics on labor and delivery outcomes In a potentially groundbreaking research project, University of Rhode Island Kinesiology Professor Ryan Chapman is leading a study focused on exploring the role of biomechanics during pregnancy and its influence on labor and outcomes. The pioneering [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/20\/uri-psychology-student-earns-prestigious-kirschstein-award-to-fuel-sexual-assault-study\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kiefer-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Reina Kiefer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kiefer-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kiefer-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/20\/uri-psychology-student-earns-prestigious-kirschstein-award-to-fuel-sexual-assault-study\/\">URI Psychology student earns prestigious Kirschstein Award to fuel sexual assault study<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The third $100,000 grant to psychology students this semester will fund Reina Kiefer\u2019s study on effects of alcohol and emotions on sexual assault risk A University of Rhode Island psychology student will further her research studies after being awarded a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31) Fellowship from the National Institutes of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/16\/kinesiology-researchers-seek-participants-for-exercise-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/exercise-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/exercise-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/exercise-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/06\/16\/kinesiology-researchers-seek-participants-for-exercise-research\/\">Kinesiology researchers seek participants for exercise research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant Professor Mark Hartman\u2019s study aims to capture public\u2019s feelings about physical activity Researchers in the University of Rhode Island Department of Kinesiology are seeking participants for a research study that examines psychophysiological responses to visual stimuli portraying different types of physical activities. The study will contribute to the scientific understanding of how people feel [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/30\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-see-clients-throughout-summer-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PT-Clinic-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of Rhode Island physical therapy students practice working with clients in a mock lab classroom. The graduate students, under faculty supervision, help staff the URI Physical Therapy Clinic, which is open to the public and the URI community.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PT-Clinic-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PT-Clinic-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/30\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-see-clients-throughout-summer-2\/\">URI Physical Therapy Clinic to see clients throughout summer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The state-of-the-art clinic serves University patients and the general public The University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy Clinic has announced it will continue evaluating and treating orthopedic and neurologic conditions for students, faculty, staff and the general public throughout the summer. The Physical Therapy Clinic, a division of the URI College of Health Sciences, is [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/05\/22\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2023\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4965-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4965-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4965-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/05\/22\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2023\/\">Gallery: URI College of Health Sciences Commencement 2023<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Deb Riebe, joined by URI President Marc Parlange, Provost Barbara Wolfe, Associate Deans Brian Quilliam and Sue Adams, and the faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2023 on May 20.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-kinesiology-major-finds-community-passion-for-service\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chantel-Suit-2-1000x1313-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chantel-Suit-2-1000x1313-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chantel-Suit-2-1000x1313-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-kinesiology-major-finds-community-passion-for-service\/\">Commencement 2023: Kinesiology major, ROTC grad finds community, passion for service<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When Chantel Rosario De Los Santos decided she wanted to go to college, she knew she would have to find a way to finance it on her own. A meeting with a recruiter for the Army National Guard during her junior year of high school provided her a path forward. An athlete who played both [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/16\/physical-therapy-department-unveils-motor-control-and-rehabilitation-lab\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MCR-lab-pres-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI President Marc Parlange met with student researchers and physical therapy Assistant Professor Mariusz Furmanek during an open house at the new Motor Control and Rehabilitation Lab in Independence Square on the Kingston campus.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MCR-lab-pres-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MCR-lab-pres-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/16\/physical-therapy-department-unveils-motor-control-and-rehabilitation-lab\/\">Physical Therapy Department unveils Motor Control and Rehabilitation Lab<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant Professor Mariusz Furmanek is considering applications to collaborate with his lab in the upcoming academic year Demonstrating its advanced technology\u2014including 3D motion capture, virtual reality, EMG and more\u2014physical therapy Assistant Professor Mariusz Furmanek officially unveiled the College of Health Sciences new Motor Control and Rehabilitation Laboratory recently. Located in Independence Square, the lab offers [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/10\/commencement-2023-jason-hernandez-aims-to-improve-health-through-movement-increase-minority-representation-in-health-care\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jason-Hernandez-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jason-Hernandez-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jason-Hernandez-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/10\/commencement-2023-jason-hernandez-aims-to-improve-health-through-movement-increase-minority-representation-in-health-care\/\">Kinesiology grad aims to improve health through movement, increase minority representation in health care<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jason Hernandez now looks to earn his doctorate in Physical Therapy at URI When Jason Hernandez was a young boy growing up in Providence, he would frequently accompany his mother and father to doctor\u2019s and dentist\u2019s appointments, even when he wasn\u2019t the patient. Instead, he was the translator. A first-generation American, Hernandez grew up in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/01\/study-shows-social-medias-negative-effect-on-nutritional-choices-habits-in-uri-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Emma Cotter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emma-Cotter-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/05\/01\/study-shows-social-medias-negative-effect-on-nutritional-choices-habits-in-uri-students\/\">Study shows social media\u2019s negative effect on nutritional choices, habits in URI students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Nutrition student\u2019s study shows even those with better information can be influenced by potentially inaccurate health-themed posts Social media has an unavoidable influence on our daily lives, especially among college-age students, and is a significant\u2014but not always accurate\u2014source of information on basically every topic imaginable. That includes information centered around health, exercise and nutrition, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/28\/two-uri-psychology-students-earn-prestigious-kirschstein-fellowships\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4297-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alexa Raudales and Emmanuel Thomas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4297-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_4297-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/28\/two-uri-psychology-students-earn-prestigious-kirschstein-fellowships\/\">Two URI Psychology students earn prestigious Kirschstein Fellowships<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Grants help Alexa Raudales and Emmanuel Thomas continue their research on opioid and alcohol use and related harms, respectively Two University of Rhode Island psychology students will further their research studies after being awarded prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F31 Fellowships, funded by the National Institutes of Health. Alexa Raudales and Emmanuel Thomas will each [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/21\/memorial-planned-for-former-hdf-professor-jaqueline-sparks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/V3_Jackie-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/V3_Jackie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/V3_Jackie-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/21\/memorial-planned-for-former-hdf-professor-jaqueline-sparks\/\">Memorial planned for former HDF Professor Jaqueline Sparks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Family, friends and colleagues will remember the life of Jackie Sparks on May 13 All are invited to remember the life of dear friend, mentor, professor and colleague, Human Development and Family Science professor Jaqueline Sparks, who was a who passed away in November after a long battle with cancer. A memorial to Jackie\u2019s life [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/19\/uri-biomechanics-and-wearables-lab-womens-basketball-team-collaborate-on-foot-study\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maye-Toure-2-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI women&#039;s basketball team forward Maye Toure participates in Professor Ryan Chapman and student Catherine &quot;Dolly&quot; Cairns&#039; study on foot anatomy.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maye-Toure-2-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maye-Toure-2-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/04\/19\/uri-biomechanics-and-wearables-lab-womens-basketball-team-collaborate-on-foot-study\/\">URI Biomechanics and Wearables Lab, women\u2019s basketball team collaborate on foot study<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Ryan Chapman and student Dolly Cairns are studying whether foot anatomy impacts student athlete movement, performance, injury risk The University of Rhode Island women\u2019s basketball team recently completed a historic season, winning 26 games enroute to a regular season Atlantic 10 championship and a run to the Super 16 of the WNIT national tournament. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/04\/06\/uri-kinesiology-hosts-high-school-students-for-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3880-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3880-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3880-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/04\/06\/uri-kinesiology-hosts-high-school-students-for-biomechanics-day\/\">URI Kinesiology hosts high school students for Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">High school students from around the state get hands-on look at high-tech equipment in the department<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/16\/annual-thewlis-lecture-on-gerontology-to-focus-on-how-to-rethink-life-stages-as-more-americans-live-longer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carstensen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stanford University Psychology Professor Laura Carstensen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carstensen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carstensen-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/16\/annual-thewlis-lecture-on-gerontology-to-focus-on-how-to-rethink-life-stages-as-more-americans-live-longer\/\">Annual Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology to focus on how to rethink life stages as more Americans live longer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Stanford University Psychology Professor, longevity expert, Laura Carstensen to deliver lecture April 3 In the United States, as many as half of today\u2019s 5-year-olds can expect to live to the age of 100, and this once unattainable milestone may become the norm for newborns by 2050. While increasing longevity may be a welcome goal, it [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/07\/psychology-professor-ellen-flannery-schroeder-named-inaugural-dr-glenda-l-vittimberga-88-endowed-professor\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/07\/psychology-professor-ellen-flannery-schroeder-named-inaugural-dr-glenda-l-vittimberga-88-endowed-professor\/\">Psychology Professor Ellen Flannery-Schroeder named inaugural Dr. Glenda L. Vittimberga \u201988 Endowed Professor<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has awarded the inaugural&nbsp;Dr. Glenda L. Vittimberga \u201988 Endowed&nbsp;Professorship in Psychology to Ellen Flannery-Schroeder,&nbsp;professor and director of training in clinical psychology. The endowed professorship was established by the Vittimberga family in memory of their sister, a renowned child psychologist who left an outstanding legacy of teaching, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/02\/uris-online-dietetics-masters-program-ranked-among-the-best-nationally\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/03\/02\/uris-online-dietetics-masters-program-ranked-among-the-best-nationally\/\">URI\u2019s online dietetics master\u2019s program ranked among the best nationally<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Onlinemastersdegrees.org ranks the URI program fourth nationally The University of Rhode Island online master\u2019s in dietetics program is among the top such programs in the country, slotting in fourth nationally in the most recent rankings by onlinemastersdegrees.org. The organization listed this year\u2019s best online dietetics master\u2019s programs that excel in key areas such as accreditation, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/22\/uri-child-development-centers-host-high-school-students-for-lesson-in-early-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chariho-High-School-CTE-Visit-2_10_23-2-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students from Chariho and Woonsocket High School Career and Technical Education programs recently visited the URI Child Development Center in Kingston for a lesson in early childhood education.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chariho-High-School-CTE-Visit-2_10_23-2-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chariho-High-School-CTE-Visit-2_10_23-2-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/22\/uri-child-development-centers-host-high-school-students-for-lesson-in-early-education\/\">URI Child Development Centers host high school students for lesson in early education<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">State-URI partnership exposes high school students to potential careers in human development and education High school Career and Technical Education students from around the state have gotten a first-hand look at child development and career pathways in the human development and education fields, thanks to a partnership between the URI Child Development Centers and the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/13\/the-sting-of-cupids-arrow-can-be-sweet-or-sour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Gina-MacLure-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Couple &amp; Family Therapy Clinic Director Gina MacLure.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Gina-MacLure-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Gina-MacLure-4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/13\/the-sting-of-cupids-arrow-can-be-sweet-or-sour\/\">The sting of Cupid\u2019s arrow can be sweet or sour<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Couple &amp; Family Therapy Clinic director shares advice to help couples avoid stress and pressure of Valentine\u2019s Day Valentine\u2019s Day can be a fun, romantic way to share your love with your partner and let them know how special they are to you. But for some couples \u2014 especially those whose relationship may already [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/10\/what-can-a-health-sciences-degree-do-for-you\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/global-health-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/global-health-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/global-health-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/10\/what-can-a-health-sciences-degree-do-for-you\/\">What can a Health Studies degree do for you?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Take a look at where recent alumni of the program have landed The College of Health Science&#8217;s innovative Health Studies major is designed for non-clinical careers in global and environmental health, health education and promotion, and health services management. The interdisciplinary degree program will prepare students for a range of careers such as patient education [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/02\/09\/students-experience-health-care-a-world-away\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indonesia-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indonesia-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indonesia-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2023\/02\/09\/students-experience-health-care-a-world-away\/\">Health Sciences students experience health care a world away<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 30 Academic Health Collaborative students see firsthand the challenges of health care in a developing area<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/07\/valentines-day-special-relationship-check-ups-follow-up-counseling-for-local-couples\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shutterstock_1926455420-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/02\/07\/valentines-day-special-relationship-check-ups-follow-up-counseling-for-local-couples\/\">Valentine\u2019s Day special: Relationship check-ups, follow-up counseling for local couples<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Couple and Family Therapy Clinic offers no-cost promotion to limited number of student couples in honor of the holiday Student couples are invited to participate in a relationship assessment and follow-up counseling at the University\u2019s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. To [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/24\/uris-cyber-seniors-program-improving-digital-competency-social-connections-for-older-adults-expanding-statewide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image0-2-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A URI student meets with her partner in the Cyber-Seniors program.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image0-2-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image0-2-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/24\/uris-cyber-seniors-program-improving-digital-competency-social-connections-for-older-adults-expanding-statewide\/\">URI\u2019s Cyber-Seniors program improving digital competency, social connections for older adults  expanding statewide<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Program provides devices, internet connection, technical education Participants in the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors program have shown statistically significant improvements in digital competence, technology use, quality of life, and in strengthening social bonds. The program has helped participants feel more connected to their communities, increase contact with family and friends, and generally [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/19\/deb-riebe-appointed-college-of-health-sciences-interim-dean\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2904-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Interim Dean Deborah Riebe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2904-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2904-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/19\/deb-riebe-appointed-college-of-health-sciences-interim-dean\/\">Deborah Riebe appointed College of Health Sciences interim dean<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The kinesiology expert previously served as associate dean of the College The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has appointed Deborah Riebe as interim dean of the College, replacing former Dean Gary Liguori. Riebe, an international leader in the development of physical activity interventions to improve health, previously served as associate dean of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/12\/outgoing-health-sciences-dean-gary-liguori-reflects-on-time-at-uri\/\">Health Sciences&#8217; inaugural dean leaves College with &#8216;tremendous foundation,&#8217; primed for further expansion<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Former Dean Gary Liguori has left URI to accept a position as provost of the University of West Florida From its beginnings just over six years ago, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has evolved into a flourishing interdisciplinary college that continues to expand its offerings and its footprint around the state. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/12\/uri-nutrition-studies-examine-health-stresses-to-body-in-space\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marie-Mortreux-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Nutrition Professor Marie Mortreux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marie-Mortreux-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marie-Mortreux-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/01\/12\/uri-nutrition-studies-examine-health-stresses-to-body-in-space\/\">URI Nutrition studies examine health stresses to body in space<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Marie Mortreux\u2019s work, partly funded by NASA, can help inform long-term space flight planning; also applies to nutrition regimens on Earth When it comes to maintaining muscular and skeletal health in the body, it\u2019s either use or lose it. Maintaining mechanical load on muscular and skeletal systems is critical to prevent muscle atrophy and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/12\/19\/uri-kinesiology-study-aims-to-improve-back-pain-rehab\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/12\/19\/uri-kinesiology-study-aims-to-improve-back-pain-rehab\/\">URI Kinesiology study aims to improve back pain rehab<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduate student Chrissie Wojciechowski seeks volunteers for study in College\u2019s advanced kinesiology labs<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/todays-adolescent-substances-of-choice-may-be-harder-for-adults-to-detect\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-edible-gummies-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-edible-gummies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-edible-gummies-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/todays-adolescent-substances-of-choice-may-be-harder-for-adults-to-detect\/\">Today\u2019s adolescent substances of choice may be harder for adults to detect<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Paper by Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing stresses that relying on detection through informal observation\u00ad \u2014 as parents and providers have commonly done with alcohol and tobacco use\u00ad\u00ad \u2014 is quickly becoming a thing of the past.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/12\/13\/college-of-health-sciences-announces-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-awards-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/12\/13\/college-of-health-sciences-announces-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\">College of Health Sciences announces end-of-year  faculty, staff awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The College of Health Sciences distributed end-of-year awards to faculty and staff members during the College&#8217;s annual holiday event Dec. 12. Dean Gary Liguori handed out awards for excellence in research, teaching and service, as well as a staff excellence awards. Winners include: Excellence in Research &#8211; Associate Professor Nicole Weiss Psychology Associate Professor Nicole [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/11\/22\/professor-honored-among-worlds-most-prolific-writers-on-consumer-finance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/11\/22\/professor-honored-among-worlds-most-prolific-writers-on-consumer-finance\/\">Professor honored among world\u2019s most prolific writers on consumer finance<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">HDF Professor Jing Jian Xiao named third most \u2018productive and influential\u2019 author by the International Journal of Consumer Studies University of Rhode Island Human Development and Family Science Professor Jing Jian Xiao has been identified as the number 3 most productive writer among educators published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies, a leading international [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/10\/12\/meet-basil-the-adorable-new-therapy-dog-now-on-campus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Basil-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Basil-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Basil-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/10\/12\/meet-basil-the-adorable-new-therapy-dog-now-on-campus\/\">Meet Basil, the adorable new therapy dog now on campus<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">English Labrador will work with clients in the Psychological Counseling Center, members of campus community<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/09\/22\/health-sciences-researchers-collaborate-with-visiting-professor-from-spain\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Ester-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/09\/22\/health-sciences-researchers-collaborate-with-visiting-professor-from-spain\/\">Health Sciences researchers collaborate with visiting professor from Spain<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ester Cerezo Telez spent the summer lending her expertise to kinesiology research; more collaborative studies are planned The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has expanded its outreach and research collaborations with international universities, hosting a physiotherapy professor from Madrid, Spain, who lent her expertise to several ongoing studies in the College during [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/walking-your-way-to-better-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walkingtohealthnews-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walkingtohealthnews-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walkingtohealthnews-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/walking-your-way-to-better-health\/\">Walking your way to better health<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Fall is an ideal time to start a regular walking program<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/fdas-new-rule-on-over-the-counter-hearing-aids-and-what-consumers-should-keep-in-mind\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Stock-Image-hearing-aid-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Stock-Image-hearing-aid-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Stock-Image-hearing-aid-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/fdas-new-rule-on-over-the-counter-hearing-aids-and-what-consumers-should-keep-in-mind\/\">FDA\u2019s new rule on over-the-counter hearing aids and what consumers should keep in mind<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A recent decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make hearing aids available over-the-counter is expanding access to assistance for millions of adults across the country who may have trouble hearing.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/uris-free-farmers-market-wins-national-sustainability-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vegetables-preferrred-1280x823-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community volunteers shared URI-grown vegetables at last year\u2019s Free Farmers\u2019 Markets on the University of Rhode Island Quadrangle. The veggies were just picked from URI\u2019s Agronomy Farm. Photo by Nora Lewis.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vegetables-preferrred-1280x823-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vegetables-preferrred-1280x823-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/uris-free-farmers-market-wins-national-sustainability-award\/\">URI\u2019s Free Farmers Market wins national sustainability award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences personnel are heavily involved with the market, which opens Sept. 8<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/08\/19\/university-mourns-loss-of-psychology-professor-emerita-bernice-lott\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bernice-and-Al-Lott-2013-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bernice and Al Lott\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bernice-and-Al-Lott-2013-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bernice-and-Al-Lott-2013-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/08\/19\/university-mourns-loss-of-psychology-professor-emerita-bernice-lott\/\">University mourns loss of Psychology Professor Emerita Bernice Lott<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lott was first dean of University College, social justice leader, writer The University mourns the loss of Professor Emerita of Psychology Bernice Lott, who was the first dean of URI\u2019s University College. She died Aug. 14 at her home in Kingston at 92. Dr. Lott taught psychology and women\u2019s studies at URI, having previously taught [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/08\/10\/hdf-professors-paper-wins-international-research-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Jing-Jian-Xiao-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/08\/10\/hdf-professors-paper-wins-international-research-excellence-award\/\">HDF professor&#8217;s paper wins international research excellence award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Jing Jian Xiao explores consumer finance, money management, financial literacy in published paper Consumer finance, household finance, family finance, personal finance, behavioral finance \u2013what are these, and are they the same or different in the research literature? Human Development and Family Science Professor Jing Jian Xiao defines consumer finance, describes the scope ofconsumer finance [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/having-a-partner-more-important-than-children-to-staving-off-loneliness-during-pandemic-new-study-finds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Health Studies Nekehia Quashie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/having-a-partner-more-important-than-children-to-staving-off-loneliness-during-pandemic-new-study-finds\/\">Having a partner more important than children to staving off loneliness during pandemic, new study finds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A new study released in the European Journal of Ageing found that having a partner had a greater impact than having children in helping to stave off loneliness among older adults during the pandemic\u2019s first wave.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.uri.edu\/story\/the-anatomy-of-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-2.47.43-PM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matthew Roache\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-2.47.43-PM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-2.47.43-PM.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.uri.edu\/story\/the-anatomy-of-success\/\">The anatomy of success<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kinesiology student Matthew Roache\u2019s passion for athletics and science has become a career path in healthcare<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/07\/11\/uri-kinesiology-chair-professor-elected-to-national-strength-and-conditional-association-board\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Disa_Hatfield_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kinesiology Chair Disa Hatfield\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/07\/11\/uri-kinesiology-chair-professor-elected-to-national-strength-and-conditional-association-board\/\">URI Kinesiology Chair, professor elected to National Strength and Conditional Association board<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Associate Professor and Chair of the URI Department of Kinesiology Disa Hatfield has been elected to the board of directors of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Dr. Hatfield is certified by the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction and has served on the NSCA\u2019s Education Committee, Research Committee and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/27\/uri-researchers-seek-volunteers-for-brain-and-exercise-study\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/HFL_1-1024x511-1-1000x499-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Department of Kinesiology Health Fitness Laboratory\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/HFL_1-1024x511-1-1000x499-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/HFL_1-1024x511-1-1000x499-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/27\/uri-researchers-seek-volunteers-for-brain-and-exercise-study\/\">URI researchers seek volunteers for brain and exercise study<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kinesiology study aims to measure brain activity during vigorous activity; compensation provided to volunteers A University of Rhode Island kinesiology professor is examining how the human brain responds during exercise, and he is looking for members of the community to take part in the study. Assistant Professor Mark Hartman is aiming to evaluate the relationship [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/16\/uri-professors-honored-as-champions-for-child-advocacy-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flannery-Schroeder-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/16\/uri-professors-honored-as-champions-for-child-advocacy-2\/\">URI professors honored as \u2018Champions\u2019 for child advocacy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ellen Flannery-Schroeder and Nicole O\u2019Malley recognized by Washington County Coalition for Children Two University of Rhode Island professors were honored as \u201cchampions\u201d for child advocacy May 26 during the Washington County Coalition for Children\u2019s annual Children\u2019s Issues Forum. Psychology Professor Ellen Flannery-Schroeder was named one of two \u201cChampions for Community Change,\u201d an award given to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/14\/uri-kinesiology-study-to-examine-response-to-weight-training-among-middle-aged-women\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TONAL-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TONAL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/TONAL-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/14\/uri-kinesiology-study-to-examine-response-to-weight-training-among-middle-aged-women\/\">URI Kinesiology study to examine response to weight training among middle aged women<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Women aged 40-64 encouraged to apply for study that also compares digital and traditional weight training systems Middle-aged women in the community who are not avid weight trainers but might be interested in the benefits resistance training provides are being sought for a University of Rhode Island Department of Kinesiology research study examining the physiological [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/13\/hdf-professor-to-be-recognized-as-fellow-in-gerontological-society-of-america\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl-headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Skye Leedahl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl-headshot.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/06\/13\/hdf-professor-to-be-recognized-as-fellow-in-gerontological-society-of-america\/\">HDF professor to be recognized as Fellow in Gerontological Society of America<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Skye Leedahl honored for \u2018outstanding contributions\u2019 to gerontological research Recognized for her \u201coutstanding contributions to the field of gerontology,\u201d Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science Skye Leedahl is being inducted as a Fellow for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation\u2019s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. Leedahl is [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/26\/uri-professors-honored-as-champions-of-child-advocacy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1079-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1079-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1079-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/26\/uri-professors-honored-as-champions-of-child-advocacy\/\">URI professors honored as \u2018Champions\u2019 for child advocacy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ellen Flannery-Schroeder and Nicole O\u2019Malley recognized by Washington County Coalition for Children<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/05\/20\/gallery-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2022\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0691-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0691-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0691-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/05\/20\/gallery-college-of-health-sciences-commencement-2022\/\">Gallery: College of Health Sciences Commencement 2022<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 700 students became graduates on Friday, May 20, when they crossed the Ryan Center stage to receive their diplomas at the 2022 College of Health Sciences graduation. Dean Gary Liguori, URI President Marc Parlange and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam delivered greetings to the graduating students, followed by student speaker Blaine [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/16\/intergenerational-art-connects-young-students-with-older-adults\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/watercolor-zoom-at-CDC-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/watercolor-zoom-at-CDC-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/watercolor-zoom-at-CDC-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/16\/intergenerational-art-connects-young-students-with-older-adults\/\">Intergenerational art connects young students with older adults<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Child Development Centers, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute students make meaningful connections, beautiful art displayed at Kingston Free Library<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/Nakena%20Kilgore%20is%20always%20on%20the%20go.%20Between%20her%20studies%20as%20a%20senior%20in%20kinesiology,%20serving%20as%20a%20cadet%20in%20the%20Rhode%20Island%20National%20Guard,%20working%20as%20a%20resident%20assistant%20and%20being%20a%20Talent%20Development%20Scholar,%20she%20has%20a%20jam-packed%20schedule.%20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kilgore-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kilgore-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kilgore-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/Nakena%20Kilgore%20is%20always%20on%20the%20go.%20Between%20her%20studies%20as%20a%20senior%20in%20kinesiology,%20serving%20as%20a%20cadet%20in%20the%20Rhode%20Island%20National%20Guard,%20working%20as%20a%20resident%20assistant%20and%20being%20a%20Talent%20Development%20Scholar,%20she%20has%20a%20jam-packed%20schedule.%20\">Commencement 2022: Senior kinesiology student juggles passions with military service<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nakena Kilgore is always on the go. Between her studies as a senior in kinesiology, serving as a cadet in the Rhode Island National Guard, working as a resident assistant and being a Talent Development Scholar, she has a jam-packed schedule.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/05\/11\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-see-clients-throughout-summer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8491-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8491-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8491-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/05\/11\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-see-clients-throughout-summer\/\">URI Physical Therapy Clinic to treat clients throughout summer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The state-of-the-art clinic serves University patients and the general public The University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy Clinic has announced it will continue evaluating and treating orthopedic and neurologic conditions for students, faculty, staff and the general public after the spring semester ends, continuing throughout the summer. The Physical Therapy Clinic, a division of the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/05\/ahc-announces-2022-student-research-award-winners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-053-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-053-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-053-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/05\/05\/ahc-announces-2022-student-research-award-winners\/\">AHC announces 2022 Student Research Award winners<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">With topics as varied as the COVID-19 vaccine, substance use disorders, intimate partner violence, and more, students in the University of Rhode Island Academic Health Collaborative have conducted dynamic research projects that have the potential to impact health and health care far beyond campus.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/04\/13\/alumni-feature-kinesiology-graduate-richard-lisi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Richard-Lisi-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Richard Lisi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Richard-Lisi-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Richard-Lisi-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/04\/13\/alumni-feature-kinesiology-graduate-richard-lisi\/\">Alumni feature: Kinesiology graduate Richard Lisi<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The exercise science and Kinesiology graduate takes break from medical school to earn an MBA; aims to merge medicine with business tech and innovation. For the first two years of medical school, Richard Lisi III was going through his coursework, learning the basics of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, and basically preparing for his planned career [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/04\/11\/multigenerational-cohabitation-increases-covid-risk-in-low-income-households-uri-professors-study-finds\/\">Multigenerational cohabitation increases COVID risk in low-income households, URI professor\u2019s study finds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nekehia Quashie focused study on hard-hit Brazil, but recommendations can be applied in any country Sharing a home with adult children is among the most common living arrangements for older adults in developing countries like Brazil. While the arrangements are largely beneficial \u2014 providing care and support for the older adult, who in turn helps [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/04\/06\/uri-professor-co-authors-new-american-heart-association-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maya-V-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maya Vadiveloo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maya-V-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maya-V-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/04\/06\/uri-professor-co-authors-new-american-heart-association-guidelines\/\">URI professor co-authors new American Heart Association guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Maya Vadiveloo helped write official guidance that focuses on dietary patterns over specific food rules Following heart-healthy nutritional guidance \u2014 despite the well-known benefits of doing so and the even better known detriments of not \u2014 often proves to be a difficult commitment. But the American Heart Association is making it simpler to follow in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/03\/15\/hdf-student-advocates-for-early-childhood-educators-before-house-finance-committee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Behm-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sarah Behm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Behm-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Behm-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/03\/15\/hdf-student-advocates-for-early-childhood-educators-before-house-finance-committee\/\">HDF student advocates for early childhood educators before House Finance Committee<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sarah Behm testifies in support of more education funding, plans for future advocacy role A URI Human Development and Family Sciences student who also acts as an advocate for teachers and early childhood educators recently testified before the Rhode Island House Finance Committee, encouraging legislators to increase funding for early educators, who are among the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/03\/10\/uri-kinesiology-department-to-host-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-033-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-033-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-20220405-NL-033-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/03\/10\/uri-kinesiology-department-to-host-high-school-students-for-hands-on-biomechanics-day\/\">URI Kinesiology Department hosts high school students for \u2018hands-on\u2019 Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The April 6 event in the College of Health Sciences advanced labs aimed to promote biomechanics, other STEM fields, especially among women The University of Rhode Island Department of Kinesiology welcomed high school students from around the state to its labs in Independence Square to learn about biomechanics and other STEM fields during the annual [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/02\/24\/physical-therapy-professor-wins-grant-to-coordinate-parkinsons-exercise-groups\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8672-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Physical Therpay faculty members and students conduct a pilates class for community members with movement disorders like Parkinson&#039;s. It is one of several Parkinson&#039;s programs the college offers.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8672-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_8672-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/02\/24\/physical-therapy-professor-wins-grant-to-coordinate-parkinsons-exercise-groups\/\">Physical Therapy professor wins grant to coordinate Parkinson\u2019s Exercise Groups<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Clinical Associate Professor Anne-Marie Dupre\u2019s project funded by national Parkinson\u2019s Foundation<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/10\/valentines-special-uri-coupe-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shape-of-heart-on-the-snow-picture-id590042272-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shape-of-heart-on-the-snow-picture-id590042272-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/shape-of-heart-on-the-snow-picture-id590042272-300x299.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/10\/valentines-special-uri-coupe-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-relationship-check-ups-for-students\/\">Valentine&#8217;s special: URI Couple &amp; Family Therapy Clinic offers free relationship check-ups for students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Student couples at the University of Rhode Island are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment and follow-up counseling at the University\u2019s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. The number of sessions is limited, so students are urged to register immediately. Under [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/09\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-dean-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-national-sports-medicine-journal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/09\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-dean-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-national-sports-medicine-journal\/\">URI College of Health Sciences dean appointed    editor-in-chief of national sports medicine journal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Gary Liguori will launch and direct ACSM\u2019s \u2018Exercise, Sport, and Movement\u2019 University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences Dean Gary Liguori has been appointed the inaugural editor-in-chief of Exercise, Sport, and Movement (ESM), the American College of Sports Medicine\u2019s new open access journal. In addition to serving as dean of the College, Liguori is [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/08\/new-faculty-member-health-sciences-assistant-professor-nekehia-quashie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Health Studies Nekehia Quashie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NTQ-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/08\/new-faculty-member-health-sciences-assistant-professor-nekehia-quashie\/\">New faculty member: Health Sciences Assistant Professor Nekehia Quashie<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences recently welcomed Assistant Professor Nekehia Quashie to the college. Specializing in family dynamics, especially as it relates to health care, Quashie has joined the Department of Health Studies. Learn more about one of the College\u2019s newest professors: Education: Ph.D. Sociology, University of Utah; M.S. Sociology, University [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/04\/new-faculty-member-kinesiology-assistant-professor-ryan-chapman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RMC_InvestitureCropped-2-scaled-e1629224576471-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Assistant Professor Ryan Chapman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RMC_InvestitureCropped-2-scaled-e1629224576471-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RMC_InvestitureCropped-2-scaled-e1629224576471.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/04\/new-faculty-member-kinesiology-assistant-professor-ryan-chapman\/\">New faculty member: Kinesiology Assistant Professor Ryan Chapman<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences recently welcomed Assistant Professor Ryan Chapman to the college. Specializing in biomechanics, Chapman has joined the Department of Kinesiology. Learn more about one of the College\u2019s newest professors: Education: Ph.D., biomedical engineering, Dartmouth College; M.S., biomechanical engineering, The University of Iowa; B.S.E.E., electrical engineering, The University [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/03\/new-faculty-member-pt-assistant-professor-william-burns\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bill_Burns-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bill_Burns-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bill_Burns-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/03\/new-faculty-member-pt-assistant-professor-william-burns\/\">New faculty member: PT Assistant Professor William Burns<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences recently welcomed Assistant Professor William Burns to the college. Specializing in clinical and experiential education, Burns has joined the Department of Physical Therapy. Learn more about one of the College\u2019s newest professors: Education: DPT, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, San Marcos, Calif.; MS, physical [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/01\/new-faculty-member-hdf-assistant-professor-jessica-cless\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cless-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cless-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Cless-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2022\/02\/01\/new-faculty-member-hdf-assistant-professor-jessica-cless\/\">New faculty member: HDF Assistant Professor Jessica Cless<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences welcomed Assistant Professor Jessica Cless to the college recently. An experienced therapist who specializes in working with survivors of psychological trauma, Class is part of the Department of Human Development and Family Science. Learn more about one of the College\u2019s newest professors: Education: Ph.D., family studies [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/01\/18\/pt-study-aims-to-establish-comprehensive-interdisciplinary-clinic-for-people-with-parkinsons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EMPOWER-PD-Logo2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2022\/01\/18\/pt-study-aims-to-establish-comprehensive-interdisciplinary-clinic-for-people-with-parkinsons\/\">PT study aims to establish comprehensive, interdisciplinary clinic for people with Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Physical Therapy program to educate, advise, provide resources for patients<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/21\/college-of-health-sciences-professor-recognized-among-top-experts-worldwide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weiss_Headshot-1-e1598557799238-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weiss_Headshot-1-e1598557799238-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weiss_Headshot-1-e1598557799238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/21\/college-of-health-sciences-professor-recognized-among-top-experts-worldwide\/\">College of Health Sciences professor recognized among top experts worldwide<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss ranked among top 1 percent in trauma disorders by Expertscape Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss has been recognized among the top experts in the world in trauma and stressor related disorders after being named a &#8220;world expert in one or more medical topics&#8221; by Expertscape, an online database of the top researchers [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/21\/health-sciences-graduate-research-projects-earn-enhancement-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI-Grad-School-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/21\/health-sciences-graduate-research-projects-earn-enhancement-awards\/\">Health Sciences graduate research projects earn enhancement awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Six URI College of Health Sciences research projects will get a boost after nine College graduate students were awarded research enhancement grants, the Graduate School announced. The six projects will each receive $1,000 to help the students continue their research into various impactful topics. The Graduate Research Enhancement Awards are sponsored by the URI Provost, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/13\/personal-digital-health-self-tracking-among-parkinsons-patients-examined-in-psychology-study\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walls-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor Theodore Walls\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walls-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/walls.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/13\/personal-digital-health-self-tracking-among-parkinsons-patients-examined-in-psychology-study\/\">Personal digital health, self-tracking among Parkinson&#8217;s patients examined in Psychology study<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The use of self-tracking of bio-behavioral states along with prescription dosing information is increasingly popular in the care and study of many human diseases. Parkinson\u2019s Disease is particularly amenable to such tracking, as patients live with the progressive disease for many years, increasing motivation to pursue quality of life changes through careful monitoring of symptoms [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/01\/psychology-study-on-cannabis-use-disorder-published-in-leading-neuroscience-journal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/12\/01\/psychology-study-on-cannabis-use-disorder-published-in-leading-neuroscience-journal\/\">Psychology study on cannabis use disorder published in leading neuroscience journal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduate student Emily Kenyor, Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing published in ScienceDirect A Psychology graduate student\u2019s and professor\u2019s study into the use of cannabinoids to treat cannabis use disorder (CUD) has been published in one of the top neuroscience journals in the country. Graduate student Emily Kenyon and Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing have found some cannabinoids, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/11\/29\/uri-psychology-professors-develop-alcohol-intervention-for-first-nation-group\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nichea-Nicole-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/11\/29\/uri-psychology-professors-develop-alcohol-intervention-for-first-nation-group\/\">URI Psychology professors develop alcohol intervention for First Nation group<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nichea Spillane\u2019s and Nicole Weiss\u2019 study funded by $600,000 NIH grant Two University of Rhode Island psychology professors are partnering with one First Nation community in Canada to develop and test a novel alcohol intervention for First Nation groups \u2014 helping alleviate at least one outcome of the historical trauma Indigenous peoples have faced \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/11\/15\/hdf-student-ali-hornung-dedicated-to-easing-scourge-of-childhood-cancer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hornung-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ali Hornung\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hornung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hornung-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/11\/15\/hdf-student-ali-hornung-dedicated-to-easing-scourge-of-childhood-cancer\/\">HDF student Ali Hornung dedicated to easing scourge of childhood cancer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Even while triple majoring at URI, Hornung founded and runs Glimmer of Hope Foundation<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/10\/26\/covid-19-panel-discussion-it-takes-a-village-managing-covid-as-a-team\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/20201008_Salerno_URI_DrBirxVisit-0144-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/10\/26\/covid-19-panel-discussion-it-takes-a-village-managing-covid-as-a-team\/\">COVID-19 Panel Discussion: \u2018It Takes a Village: Managing COVID as a Team\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Register today for the latest expert panel discussion on the response to COVID-19 on Nov. 3, 6 p.m.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/10\/19\/what-to-do-with-a-health-sciences-degree-uri-alumni-in-medicine-tell-their-stories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Rhody-Docs-Alumni-in-Medicine-Tell-their-Stories-web.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/10\/19\/what-to-do-with-a-health-sciences-degree-uri-alumni-in-medicine-tell-their-stories\/\">What to do with a health sciences degree? URI alumni in medicine tell their stories<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Virtual panel discussion sponsored by the College of Health Sciences, URI Pre-Health Advising An education in the health sciences gives students multiple options as they pursue a career in health and health care after leaving the University of Rhode Island. Clinical practice? Research? Education? The choices are myriad. While a career decision can seem overwhelming [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/10\/12\/ahc-hosts-latest-covid-19-panel-discussion-the-covid-kids\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/20201008_Salerno_URI_DrBirxVisit-0144-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/10\/12\/ahc-hosts-latest-covid-19-panel-discussion-the-covid-kids\/\">AHC to host latest COVID-19 Panel Discussion: \u2018The COVID Kids\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The virtual panel discussion is scheduled for Oct. 20, 6 p.m.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/09\/29\/psychology-student-wins-grant-to-study-alcohol-use-disorder-treatments-among-marginalized-populations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Silvi-2-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Silvi-2-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Silvi-2-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/09\/29\/psychology-student-wins-grant-to-study-alcohol-use-disorder-treatments-among-marginalized-populations\/\">Psychology student wins grant to study alcohol use disorder treatments among marginalized populations<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ph.D. candidate Silvi Goldstein awarded Kirschstein grant to fund research Alcohol use disorder is a serious public health concern affecting many segments of society, none more so than racial minorities, especially among the homeless population, which experiences higher rates of alcohol-related sickness and death. This disparity in the care certain groups receive for alcohol use [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/09\/10\/uri-kinesiology-staffer-wins-pro-football-championship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hall-of-Fame-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hall-of-Fame-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hall-of-Fame-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/09\/10\/uri-kinesiology-staffer-wins-pro-football-championship\/\">URI kinesiology staffer wins pro football championship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lab manager Lisa Vincent plays linebacker for Boston Renegades, who recently won their sixth Women\u2019s Football Alliance title<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/at-long-last-uris-project-stride-launches-summer-camps-in-providence-and-newport\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Project-stRIde-Newport2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Project stRIde campers break out into teams at the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Newport County. (Image courtesy of Kelsi Chappell)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Project-stRIde-Newport2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Project-stRIde-Newport2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/at-long-last-uris-project-stride-launches-summer-camps-in-providence-and-newport\/\">At long last, URI\u2019s Project stRIde launches summer camps in Providence and Newport<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Despite having to wait because of the COVID-19 pandemic, elementary school students in Providence and Newport will soon be able to enhance their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, art and math through lessons centered on diet, nutrition and what happens in the kitchen.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/06\/01\/uri-kinesiology-professors-dissertation-on-fatigue-wins-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hartman-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hartman-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Hartman-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/06\/01\/uri-kinesiology-professors-dissertation-on-fatigue-wins-award\/\">URI kinesiology professor&#8217;s dissertation on fatigue wins award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant Professor Mark Hartman was honored by his former university A University of Rhode Island kinesiology professor&#8217;s dissertation on the origin of the sense of fatigue during physical exercise has been recognized by a prestigious award at his alma mater, Iowa State University. Assistant Professor Mark Hartman, an alumnus of Iowa State\u2019s doctoral program in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/05\/22\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-2021-commencement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7741-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7741-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_7741-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/05\/22\/gallery-uri-college-of-health-sciences-2021-commencement\/\">Gallery: URI College of Health Sciences 2021 Commencement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Gary Liguori, joined by URI President David Dooley, Provost Donald DeHayes, and the faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2021 on May 22.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2021-uri-graduate-intent-on-making-an-impact\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/1-Davis-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Graduating senior, Halah Davis of Oceanport, New Jersey.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/1-Davis-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/1-Davis-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2021-uri-graduate-intent-on-making-an-impact\/\">HDF graduate Halah Davis intent on making an impact<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Halah Davis fell in love with the University of Rhode Island. The high school athletic standout and star tennis recruit had visited other universities but the size and beauty of URI\u2019s Kingston Campus won her over. Four years later, as she prepares to graduate, she has no regrets.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/05\/20\/health-studies-biology-double-major-to-deliver-colleges-commencement-address\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bismah-Siddiqui-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bismah-Siddiqui-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bismah-Siddiqui-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/05\/20\/health-studies-biology-double-major-to-deliver-colleges-commencement-address\/\">Health Studies, biology double major to deliver College\u2019s commencement address<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Bismah Siddiqui aims to make an impact on public health, after inspiring her fellow grads As Health Studies major Bismah Siddiqui was about to complete her last final exam, she took a minute to pull out her cell phone and record a video to send to friends of her officially closing her laptop on her [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/05\/10\/uri-program-helps-increase-tech-access-decrease-isolationism-among-older-adults\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CS-group-zoom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors program recently met via Zoom to review the last year and talk about what&#039;s to come.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CS-group-zoom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CS-group-zoom-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/05\/10\/uri-program-helps-increase-tech-access-decrease-isolationism-among-older-adults\/\">URI Program Helps Increase Tech Access, Decrease Isolationism Among Older Adults<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors provides devices, training, tech mentoring for older people During the height of the pandemic late last year, Warwick resident Patricia Fenton got the call she had been waiting for \u2014 her new grandson had been born, a rare bit of joyous news during one of the most difficult years in recent memory [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/29\/uri-physical-therapy-program-ranked-among-best-values-in-the-nation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_PT-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/29\/uri-physical-therapy-program-ranked-among-best-values-in-the-nation\/\">URI Physical Therapy program ranked among best values in the nation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Publication PTProgress ranks the URI PT program in the top 10 nationally The University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy program is among the best values in the country, according to industry publication PT Progress, ranking in the top 10 nationally among schools with below-average tuition rates. At no. 8, the URI program is the only [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/22\/multiple-uri-physical-therapy-grads-secure-professional-residencies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_PT-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/22\/multiple-uri-physical-therapy-grads-secure-professional-residencies\/\">Multiple URI Physical Therapy grads secure professional residencies<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Five recent graduates of the University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy program have secured professional residencies in prestigious programs around the country, an impressive number in a single year for such an academic program. The doctor of physical therapy alumni landed residencies in from coast to coast, in such prestigious organizations as the University of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/21\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-continue-services-throughout-summer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Physical-Therapy-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Physical-Therapy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Physical-Therapy-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/21\/uri-physical-therapy-clinic-to-continue-services-throughout-summer\/\">URI Physical Therapy Clinic to Continue Services Throughout Summer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island Physical Therapy Clinic has announced it will continue evaluating and treating orthopedic and neurologic conditions for students, faculty, staff and the general public once the spring semester ends, continuing throughout the summer. The Physical Therapy Clinic, a division of the URI College of Health Sciences, is located in Independence Square, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/04\/07\/uri-doctoral-students-brainy-adventure-to-help-teach-school-students-about-brain-science\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/brain-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/brain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/brain-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/04\/07\/uri-doctoral-students-brainy-adventure-to-help-teach-school-students-about-brain-science\/\">URI doctoral students\u2019 Brainy Adventure to help teach school students about brain science<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We may not know it by name, but executive functioning is something we use every day. It helps us to remember information, gives us the flexibility to multitask, and helps us control our attention, behavior and thoughts.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/02\/hdf-child-development-centers-helping-educate-early-childhood-educators\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/04\/02\/hdf-child-development-centers-helping-educate-early-childhood-educators\/\">HDF, Child Development Centers, helping educate early childhood educators<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences partners with RI Association for the Education of Young Children on mentoring, training program The teachers and directors at both Child Development Centers run by the College of Health Sciences\u2019 Department of Human Development and Family Science will help educate early childhood education teachers thanks to a recent grant. The Child [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/30\/psychology-students-study-examines-link-between-substance-use-military-sexual-trauma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shannonphoto1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shannonphoto1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Shannonphoto1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/30\/psychology-students-study-examines-link-between-substance-use-military-sexual-trauma\/\">Psychology student\u2019s study examines link between substance use, military sexual trauma<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ph.D candidate Shannon Forkus&#8217; study funded by Kirchstein Award from National Institute on Drug Abuse Military sexual trauma is a serious and pervasive problem among military populations, affecting about 16 percent of military personnel and veterans, and a disproportionate number of victims are affected by substance use disorders. Clarifying the relationship between military sexual trauma [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/11\/psychology-student-wins-grant-to-study-substance-use-among-people-with-multiple-races\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nalven-photo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/11\/psychology-student-wins-grant-to-study-substance-use-among-people-with-multiple-races\/\">Psychology Student Wins Grant to Study Substance Use Among People with Multiple Races<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ph.D. candidate Tessa Nalven awarded National Research Service Award from NIH A University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences graduate student will examine factors related to alcohol and other drug use among people with multiple races, a study funded by an F31 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Tessa Nalven, a Ph.D. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/09\/college-of-health-sciences-students-earn-research-innovation-grants\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-3.20.07-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/03\/09\/college-of-health-sciences-students-earn-research-innovation-grants\/\">College of Health Sciences students earn Research &amp; Innovation grants<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Five students in the College of Health Sciences will engage in impactful research projects after receiving funding for their studies from the URI Office of Undergraduate Research &amp; Innovation. The students are among 62 from across the university selected to receive funding to work on their independent projects, mentored by 37 faculty members. In addition [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/02\/26\/video-kinesiology-study-uses-motion-capture-technology-to-examine-swimmers-shoulder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-b-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-b-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Motion-capture-b-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/02\/26\/video-kinesiology-study-uses-motion-capture-technology-to-examine-swimmers-shoulder\/\">VIDEO: Kinesiology study uses motion capture technology to examine \u2018swimmer\u2019s shoulder\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduate students Tabatha Hartshorn and Kendra Graham aim to prevent, treat repetitive motion injuries, especially in swimmers<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/international-uri-student-streams-spin-class-from-ecuador\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Muentes-spin-3190-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SPINNING ACROSS BORDERS: Majo Muentes, a super senior dietetics major, live streaming her spin class from Ecuador.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Muentes-spin-3190-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Muentes-spin-3190-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/international-uri-student-streams-spin-class-from-ecuador\/\">International URI dietetics student streams spin class from Ecuador<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Majo Muentes teaches 45-minute online classes every week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 8 p.m. for those at the Fascitelli Center and those at home. Those interested in taking her livestream cycle class can register through the IMLeagues app or the IMLeagues website.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/02\/22\/uri-professors-study-seeks-better-treatment-for-adolescent-addiction\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Feldstein-Ewing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Feldstein-Ewing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sarah-Feldstein-Ewing-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/02\/22\/uri-professors-study-seeks-better-treatment-for-adolescent-addiction\/\">URI professor\u2019s study seeks better treatment for adolescent addiction<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sarah Feldstein Ewing, who holds the Prochaska Professorship in Population Health, presents groundbreaking study at NIH Capstone Conference Adolescent brains are developmentally distinct from adults, resulting in different reasons for engaging in risky behavior like substance abuse, which makes it di\ufb03cult for clinicians to know how to approach addiction treatment with younger patients. While they [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/02\/11\/uri-kinesiology-grad-sets-sights-on-bobsled-gold-in-beijing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily_Saint-Moritz-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Emily Renna\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily_Saint-Moritz-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily_Saint-Moritz-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2021\/02\/11\/uri-kinesiology-grad-sets-sights-on-bobsled-gold-in-beijing\/\">URI kinesiology grad sets sights on bobsled gold in Beijing<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Emily Renna turned track stardom at URI into spot on U.S. National Bobsled team<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/researchers-find-pandemic-exacerbates-anxiety-depression-impulsivity-and-lack-of-mindfulness-among-faculty\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor Lisa Weyandt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/researchers-find-pandemic-exacerbates-anxiety-depression-impulsivity-and-lack-of-mindfulness-among-faculty\/\">Researchers find pandemic exacerbates anxiety, depression, impulsivity and lack of mindfulness among faculty<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A study by a team of psychologists from three universities found heightened levels of anxiety, depression and impulsivity and a decrease in actions to mitigate those symptoms among university faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/barringtons-azar-wrestles-with-success-in-first-major-network-role\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brett-Azar-as-Iron-Sheik-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brett Azar as The Iron Sheik. Photo courtesy Brett Azar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brett-Azar-as-Iron-Sheik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brett-Azar-as-Iron-Sheik-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/barringtons-azar-wrestles-with-success-in-first-major-network-role\/\">URI Kinesiology alum \u2018wrestles\u2019 with success in first major network role<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduate lands the role of The Iron Sheik in NBC\u2019s Young Rock<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/the-crisis-revealed-the-crisis-2021-rhode-island-food-system-summit-focuses-on-food-insecurity-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/food-Summit-NL-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Combatting food insecurity: URI students and staff distribute USDA Farmers to Families food boxes this fall. (URI photo\/Nora Lewis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/food-Summit-NL-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/food-Summit-NL-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/the-crisis-revealed-the-crisis-2021-rhode-island-food-system-summit-focuses-on-food-insecurity-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\">\u2018The crisis revealed the crisis,\u2019 2021 Rhode Island Food System Summit focuses on food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">During the past year, food insecurity in the United States has reached record levels. College of Health Sciences personnel joined government, academic, business, and community partners on Jan. 20 to discuss the crisis during the fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/01\/13\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-dean-edits-national-exercise-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Dean-Liguori-portrait-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/01\/13\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-dean-edits-national-exercise-guidelines\/\">URI College of Health Sciences dean edits national exercise guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Gary Liguori honored as senior editor of flagship publication from American College of Sports Medicine For the second time, a University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences administrator is the lead editor of a book update that is considered the gold standard in sports medicine, exercise science and health and fitness. This is [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/01\/05\/physical-therapy-professor-wins-distinguished-service-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carol-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carol-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carol-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2021\/01\/05\/physical-therapy-professor-wins-distinguished-service-award\/\">Physical therapy professor wins distinguished service award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A URI College of Health Sciences Professor was recently honored for her commitment to the physical therapy profession and her impressive service to the community. Clinical Assistant Professor Carol Petrie has received the Mary I. DuVally Distinguished Service Award from the Rhode Island chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. is presented to a member [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/12\/07\/uri-partners-in-program-to-increase-digital-access-for-older-adults\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3717-238x300-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3717-238x300-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3717-238x300-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/12\/07\/uri-partners-in-program-to-increase-digital-access-for-older-adults\/\">URI partners in program to increase digital access for older adults<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Engaging Generations Cyber Seniors program provides smart devices, training, internet access for seniors in the community The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Engaging Generations Cyber Seniors program will provide smart devices and internet services to older adults in the community, and will work with community and senior centers to increase digital literacy in neighborhoods disproportionately impacted [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2020\/12\/01\/virtual-covid-panel-discussion-caring-for-the-caregivers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2020\/12\/01\/virtual-covid-panel-discussion-caring-for-the-caregivers\/\">Virtual COVID panel discussion: Caring for the Caregivers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Fourth in series of URI discussions examines impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/30\/uri-psychologist-offers-tips-for-managing-stress-during-holidays\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Mark_Robbbins_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mark Robbins\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Mark_Robbbins_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Mark_Robbbins_web.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/30\/uri-psychologist-offers-tips-for-managing-stress-during-holidays\/\">URI psychologist offers tips for managing stress during holidays<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Exercise, sleep important to keeping stress at bay The holiday season is upon us and with it comes chronic stress felt by many. This year, those worries are compounded by the record spread of COVID-19 infections and a divisive election that overshadows the season. So, how do we manage our stress? As there are public [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-students-staff-work-to-combat-food-insecurity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bise-Ramalho-NL-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"(l-r) Isabelle Bise and Blaine Ramalho, both majoring in nutrition\/dietetics, volunteer to help distribute USDA food boxes to the University community. (URI photo\/Nora Lewis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bise-Ramalho-NL-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bise-Ramalho-NL-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-students-staff-work-to-combat-food-insecurity\/\">URI students, staff work to combat food insecurity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Sciences students, faculty help distribute 2,400 USDA food boxes to University community, local nonprofits In an effort to help tackle hunger, students and staff at the University of Rhode Island distributed approximately 2,400 boxes of food to members of the University community and more than a dozen local nonprofits this month. The boxes, each [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/18\/health-sciences-faculty-members-offer-career-advice-to-new-aspiring-grads\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/u8wLRzjR-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/u8wLRzjR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/u8wLRzjR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/u8wLRzjR-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/u8wLRzjR.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/18\/health-sciences-faculty-members-offer-career-advice-to-new-aspiring-grads\/\">Health Sciences faculty members offer career advice to new, aspiring grads<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Deb Riebe, Molly Greaney featured in national career site article The world has changed in many ways in recent months, not the least of which is in the job market, which presents challenges \u2014 and opportunities \u2014 for new college graduates. Zippia, a site for companies who want to recruit top-level staff and job seekers [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/10\/uri-health-sciences-pharmacy-nursing-students-conduct-virtual-health-checks-with-community-seniors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/201110-senior-day-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/201110-senior-day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/201110-senior-day-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/10\/uri-health-sciences-pharmacy-nursing-students-conduct-virtual-health-checks-with-community-seniors\/\">URI Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing students conduct virtual health checks with community seniors<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Annual Senior Day moves online due to ongoing pandemic An older adult named Daureen told of the difficulties she has with otherwise simple tasks like cooking because of the arthritis in her hands. She detailed the medicines she takes, expressed concerns about falling, scheduled follow-up physical therapy appointments, and even got a quick mental health [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/05\/college-of-health-sciences-presents-faculty-staff-awards-at-annual-meeting\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/group-Zoom-shot-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/group-Zoom-shot-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/group-Zoom-shot-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/11\/05\/college-of-health-sciences-presents-faculty-staff-awards-at-annual-meeting\/\">College of Health Sciences presents faculty, staff awards at annual meeting<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Gary Liguori honored faculty and staff members for a successful academic year, distributing excellence awards to select members of the faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences. Dean Liguori and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam joined the college\u2019s department heads in distributing 15 awards to faculty and staff members during [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2020\/10\/30\/uri-online-therapeutic-cannabis-program-prepares-workforce-in-fast-growing-industry\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-1050807206-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2020\/10\/30\/uri-online-therapeutic-cannabis-program-prepares-workforce-in-fast-growing-industry\/\">URI online therapeutic cannabis program prepares workforce in fast-growing industry<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">First-in-the-nation program aims to educate therapeutic cannabis employees across the country<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/10\/15\/uri-celebrates-undergraduate-degree-program-in-interdisciplinary-neuroscience-welcomes-inaugural-class\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PKennedy-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PKennedy-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PKennedy-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/10\/15\/uri-celebrates-undergraduate-degree-program-in-interdisciplinary-neuroscience-welcomes-inaugural-class\/\">URI celebrates undergraduate degree program in interdisciplinary neuroscience, welcomes inaugural class<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy to deliver keynote The University of Rhode Island celebrated the launch of its new undergraduate program in interdisciplinary neuroscience Oct. 14 with a virtual event to extend an official congratulations and welcome to its inaugural class. Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, noted mental health advocate, delivered the keynote speech. Joining [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/10\/08\/communicative-disorders-professor-wins-national-research-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alisa-Baron-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alisa-Baron-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alisa-Baron-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alisa-Baron-web-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alisa-Baron-web.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/10\/08\/communicative-disorders-professor-wins-national-research-award\/\">Communicative Disorders professor wins national research award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Prize money from the national organization will help fund Alisa Baron\u2019s research projects moving forward College of Health Sciences Assistant Professor Alisa Baron will have some new funding to support her academic and research endeavors after receiving a national award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Baron, assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, will [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/2020\/10\/06\/the-behavioral-science-phd-virtual-sessions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/2020\/10\/06\/the-behavioral-science-phd-virtual-sessions\/\">The Behavioral Science PhD will host 3 virtual meetings to learn more about the program.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">1st virtual meeting: 11\/9\/2020 from 3-4pm.<br \/>\n2nd virtual meeting 12\/3\/2020 from 5-6pm. <br \/>\n3rd virtual meeting 1\/7\/2020 from 6-7pm. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/30\/covid-experience-panel-discussions-lessons-from-uri-and-beyond\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/COVID-model-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/30\/covid-experience-panel-discussions-lessons-from-uri-and-beyond\/\">COVID experience panel discussions: Lessons from URI and beyond<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health care professionals to share personal experiences in their fight against the pandemic Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers of all disciplines have been the front-line heroes battling the novel coronavirus that has affected virtually all aspects of society. These health care professionals have stories to tell and experiences to share as the ever-evolving [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/14\/hdf-grad-student-wins-afcpe-outstanding-symposium-student-paper-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Beatrix-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Beatrix-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Beatrix-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/14\/hdf-grad-student-wins-afcpe-outstanding-symposium-student-paper-award\/\">HDF grad student wins AFCPE &#8216;Outstanding Symposium Student Paper&#8217; award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A URI College of Health Sciences graduate student has been named the 2020 Outstanding Symposium Student Paper award winner by the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. Beatrix Lavigueur, a master&#8217;s candidate in Human Development and Family Studies, has won the award for her paper, &#8220;Consumer Finance Scales Published in the Journal of Financial [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/02\/mental-health-and-wellness-resources-available-during-covid-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/09\/02\/mental-health-and-wellness-resources-available-during-covid-19\/\">Mental Health and Wellness Resources Available During COVID-19<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">While beginning a new semester can be stressful on its own, dealing with the complications the COVID-19 pandemic presents can exacerbate the stress many are feeling. If the stress and anxiety are impacting your mental health and wellness, there are resources available on campus for the entire URI community. In addition to the URI Counseling [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/08\/27\/online-healthcare-management-masters-program-available-to-health-sciences-alumni\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/blue-and-silver-stetoscope-40568-e1588792830435-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/blue-and-silver-stetoscope-40568-e1588792830435-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/blue-and-silver-stetoscope-40568-e1588792830435-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/08\/27\/online-healthcare-management-masters-program-available-to-health-sciences-alumni\/\">Online Healthcare Management Master\u2019s program available to Health Sciences alumni<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alumni from the URI health colleges, including Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, have the opportunity to learn more about the business of health care, thanks to a new online program in the URI College of Business. The college is now offering a Master of Science degree in healthcare management. Taught in asynchronous seven-week modules, both [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/06\/12\/uri-health-sciences-graduate-wins-2020-dorothy-shackleton-anti-hunger-leadership-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kayla-Wedell-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kayla-Wedell-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kayla-Wedell-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/06\/12\/uri-health-sciences-graduate-wins-2020-dorothy-shackleton-anti-hunger-leadership-award\/\">URI Health Sciences graduate wins 2020 Dorothy Shackleton  Anti-Hunger Leadership Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Warwick native Kayla Wedell graduated in May with degree in Human Development and Family Studies, continues homeless outreach The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America has presented the Dorothy Shackleton Anti-Hunger Leadership Award to Kayla Wedell, a 2020 URI graduate with a major in Human Development and Family Studies, who [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/06\/03\/face-of-the-fight-robert-munoz-20-kinesiology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Munoz-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Robert Munoz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Munoz-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Munoz-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/06\/03\/face-of-the-fight-robert-munoz-20-kinesiology\/\">Face of the Fight: Robert Munoz \u201920, Kinesiology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their story to patrickluce@uri.edu. Robert Munoz, who graduated from the University [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/22\/uri-therapy-clinics-continue-helping-clients-while-social-distancing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/PCC-Logo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/22\/uri-therapy-clinics-continue-helping-clients-while-social-distancing\/\">URI therapy clinics continue helping clients while social distancing<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Video conferencing, telehealth help maintain critical connections The University of Rhode Island Psychological Consultation Center and Couple and Family Therapy Clinic continue to serve their clients despite the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a vital, virtual connection to those dealing with mental health challenges. The coronavirus pandemic has affected most every segment of society, causing people to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/08\/uris-couple-and-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-sessions-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CFT-Logo-Web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CFT-Logo-Web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CFT-Logo-Web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/08\/uris-couple-and-family-therapy-clinic-offers-free-sessions-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\">URI\u2019s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic offers free sessions  during COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u2018Keeping It Together\u2019 program allows two free telehealth video or phone sessions The University of Rhode Island Couple and Family Therapy Clinic, part of the College of Health Sciences, is offering special support for parents, children, adolescents, couples and individuals facing the challenges of adjusting to the demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/07\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-offers-new-interdisciplinary-phd-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/pjimage.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/05\/07\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-offers-new-interdisciplinary-phd-program\/\">URI College of Health Sciences offers new, interdisciplinary PhD program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Program combines multiple educational departments within the College Health and health care are constantly evolving disciplines requiring highly trained, critical thinkers to solve some of society\u2019s most important health-related problems. The College of Health Sciences is expanding its interdisciplinary approach to health care, bringing multiple departments together to offer a new Ph.D. program in Health [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/20\/face-of-the-fight-maddie-oneill-20-health-studies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maddie-ONeill-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maddie-ONeill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Maddie-ONeill-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/20\/face-of-the-fight-maddie-oneill-20-health-studies\/\">Face of the Fight: Maddie O&#8217;Neill &#8217;20, Health Studies<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their story to patrickluce@uri.edu. My name is Maddie O&#8217;Neill and I [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/16\/face-of-the-fight-jessica-macleod-delia-hall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/F7K84ckY.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/16\/face-of-the-fight-jessica-macleod-delia-hall\/\">Face of the Fight: Jessica MacLeod, Delia Hall<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their information to patrickluce@uri.edu. We are offering our monthly Early Childhood [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/14\/face-of-the-fight-shannon-orourke-20-health-studies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/professional-photo-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shannon O&#039;Rourke\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/professional-photo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/professional-photo-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/14\/face-of-the-fight-shannon-orourke-20-health-studies\/\">Face of the Fight: Shannon O&#8217;Rourke \u201920, Health Studies<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their story to patrickluce@uri.edu. Department of Health Studies student Shannon O&#8217;Rourke [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/09\/hdf-offers-support-seminars-to-parents-of-young-children-during-covid-19-outbreak\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Penhallow-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phyllis Penhallow, senior lecturer and academic advisor, Department of Human Development and Family Science.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Penhallow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Penhallow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Penhallow-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Penhallow.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/09\/hdf-offers-support-seminars-to-parents-of-young-children-during-covid-19-outbreak\/\">HDF offers support seminars to parents of young children during COVID-19 outbreak<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Online webinars hosted by Phyllis Penhallow run each Wednesday evening The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Human Development and Family Science is offering open remote support seminars via Webex for local parents with children between the ages of birth through five.&nbsp; The seminars aim to address the many issues that arise for parents who [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/06\/early-childhood-educators-can-still-engage-with-families-while-social-distancing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/student_opps-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/06\/early-childhood-educators-can-still-engage-with-families-while-social-distancing\/\">Early childhood educators can still engage with families while social distancing<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Are you an early childhood educator separated from your class due to COVID-19 closures? The experts at the URI Child Development Centers have put together a tip sheet on how to stay in touch with children and families. Quick tips for continued engagement with children and families: Create a family communication and engagement plan specific [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/01\/staying-active-at-home-tips-from-uri-kinesiology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/7-minute-workout-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/7-minute-workout-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/7-minute-workout-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/04\/01\/staying-active-at-home-tips-from-uri-kinesiology\/\">Staying active at home: Tips from URI Kinesiology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">During these trying times when most of us are stuck at home, it can be easy to fall into unhealthy habits like spending the day on the couch. It is important to make staying active at home a priority!&nbsp; Exercise is associated with improved immune functioning and reducing stress. Simply put, especially in these times, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/31\/food-unites-us-all-healthy-eating-tips-during-social-isolation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/31\/food-unites-us-all-healthy-eating-tips-during-social-isolation\/\">Food unites us all: Healthy eating tips during social isolation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Maya Vadiveloo For many, it has been challenging to cope with a world that has changed dramatically overnight. While there is only so much we can each do to keep ourselves and loved ones safe during this time beyond washing our hands and keeping our physical distance, taking time to nourish our bodies can [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/30\/mental-wellness-and-positivity-during-difficult-times\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nichea Spillane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Spillane.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/30\/mental-wellness-and-positivity-during-difficult-times\/\">Mental wellness and positivity during difficult times<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">What can you do to remain positive and mentally well during this time?&nbsp; By Nichea Spillane In difficult times, it can be easy to get caught up in things that are going wrong. We might even focus so much on things that go wrong so much that it seems like that is all that is [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/11\/uri-online-dietetics-program-ranked-among-nations-best\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/digital-nutrition-768x511-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/11\/uri-online-dietetics-program-ranked-among-nations-best\/\">URI online dietetics program ranked among nation\u2019s best<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences program is associated with the largest employer of registered dietitians in the country The University of Rhode Island\u2019s online master\u2019s program in dietetics has been ranked among the top 20 online MS Nutrition programs in the country by intelligent.com, an independent editorial website covering higher education, which is highlighting dietetics programs [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/06\/uri-expands-mental-health-first-aid-thanks-to-300000-grant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6676-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6676-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_6676-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/03\/06\/uri-expands-mental-health-first-aid-thanks-to-300000-grant\/\">URI expands mental health first aid, thanks to $300,000 grant<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Federal funds to expand \u2018CPR for the mind\u2019 training to thousands more on campus Within the next couple years, as many as 2,500 more students, faculty and staff members will be equipped to provide \u201cCPR for the mind\u201d as the University of Rhode Island Psychological Consultation Center expands its Mental Health First Aid program, thanks [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/02\/07\/valentines-special-free-relationship-check-ups-for-uri-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sticking-plaster-broken-heart-icon-vector_77417-461-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sticking-plaster-broken-heart-icon-vector_77417-461-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/sticking-plaster-broken-heart-icon-vector_77417-461-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/02\/07\/valentines-special-free-relationship-check-ups-for-uri-students\/\">Valentine&#8217;s special: Free relationship check-ups for URI students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Couple and Family Therapy Clinic offers free relationship assessment ahead of year&#8217;s most romantic day Student couples are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment and follow-up counseling at the University\u2019s&nbsp;Couple and Family Therapy Clinic&nbsp;just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. But even if couples can\u2019t schedule an [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/29\/money-skills-for-life-teaching-college-students-financial-basics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-903735920-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-903735920-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/iStock-903735920-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/29\/money-skills-for-life-teaching-college-students-financial-basics\/\">Money Skills for Life: Teaching college students financial basics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Department of Human Development and Family Studies offers courses in personal finance When considering finance courses at the university level, one usually envisions complex classes on banking, corporate finance, investments, the stock market and hedge funds. Balancing a checkbook, filing personal income taxes, examining costs and benefits of student loans or calculating retirement needs [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/24\/communicative-disorders-to-host-lecture-on-language-development-in-children-with-autism\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DSC07124-naigles-square-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/24\/communicative-disorders-to-host-lecture-on-language-development-in-children-with-autism\/\">Communicative Disorders to host lecture on language development in children with autism<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">UConn Professor Letitia Naigles focuses on language in typically developing children and children who have been diagnosed with autism The Department of Communicative Disorders will to host Letitia Naigles Ph.D., a professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, for a fascinating presentation on language development in children with autism Jan. 31.&nbsp;&nbsp; Naigles\u2019 presentation, \u201cWhat&nbsp;Variability&nbsp;in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-to-offer-undergraduate-degree-in-interdisciplinary-neuroscience\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/P1000186-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/P1000186-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/P1000186-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-to-offer-undergraduate-degree-in-interdisciplinary-neuroscience\/\">University of Rhode Island to offer undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary neuroscience<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New program is the only one of its kind in Rhode Island<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/08\/clinical-psychology-program-earns-10-year-accreditation-extension\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"College of Health Sciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/08\/clinical-psychology-program-earns-10-year-accreditation-extension\/\">Clinical Psychology Program earns 10-year accreditation extension<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The doctoral program has been accredited since 1972 The University of Rhode Island Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program recently earned a 10-year extension of its accreditation, which has been in place every year since 1972. The department is part of the College of Health Sciences. The American Psychological Association informed the department its accreditation had been [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/06\/nutrition-professor-to-help-develop-national-healthy-eating-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alison-Tovar-web-e1568745915257-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alison Tovar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alison-Tovar-web-e1568745915257-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alison-Tovar-web-e1568745915257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2020\/01\/06\/nutrition-professor-to-help-develop-national-healthy-eating-guidelines\/\">Nutrition professor to help develop national healthy eating guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alison Tovar will serve on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation panel to develop healthy eating behaviors among children URI College of Health Sciences Professor Alison Tovar will help create national guidelines for developing healthy eating behaviors among young children after she was invited to serve on the Healthy Eating Research panel, a national program of the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/12\/17\/household-finance-decisions-can-impact-emotional-physical-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bialowolski-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bialowolski-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bialowolski.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/12\/17\/household-finance-decisions-can-impact-emotional-physical-health\/\">Household finance decisions can impact emotional, physical health<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Harvard researcher to lecture on &#8216;health and wealth&#8217; Dec. 20 in the Memorial Union Most people are familiar with the stress that comes with making decisions on household finances, paying off debt or saving for retirement. But the affects of dealing with such financial stressors can also have an impact on one&#8217;s emotional and even [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/27\/older-adults-may-be-next-wave-of-college-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl_faculty-photo-2019-e1569420316513-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl_faculty-photo-2019-e1569420316513-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leedahl_faculty-photo-2019-e1569420316513.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/27\/older-adults-may-be-next-wave-of-college-students\/\">Older adults may be next wave of college students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI professor serves on AARP roundtable to create framework for intergenerational education Higher education isn\u2019t only for those at the cusp of their careers, trying to establish themselves in a particular profession. Increasingly, older adults finished with their careers are interested returning to the classroom, and a university of Rhode Island professor recently served on [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/26\/uri-teams-paper-on-american-indian-adolescent-opioid-misuse-to-be-published-nationally\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5856-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Melissa Schick (left), Nichea Spillane and Tessa Nalven are the authors of a paper on American Indian adolescent opioid misuse, which has been published in a prestigious national journal.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5856-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5856-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/26\/uri-teams-paper-on-american-indian-adolescent-opioid-misuse-to-be-published-nationally\/\">URI team\u2019s paper on American Indian adolescent opioid misuse to be published nationally<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Manuscript by psychology department research team to run in national journal \u2018Drug and Alcohol Dependence\u2019 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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/06\/apple-orchard-trip-about-more-than-fun-for-uri-preschoolers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Apple-Picking-2019-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Apple-Picking-2019-13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Apple-Picking-2019-13-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/11\/06\/apple-orchard-trip-about-more-than-fun-for-uri-preschoolers\/\">Apple orchard trip about more than fun for URI preschoolers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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&#8217;s East Farm and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/29\/child-development-centers-students-get-down-in-the-mud-for-educational-play\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Out-of-the-Sandbox-URI-CDC-Mud-Kitchen-5-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Out-of-the-Sandbox-URI-CDC-Mud-Kitchen-5-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Out-of-the-Sandbox-URI-CDC-Mud-Kitchen-5-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/29\/child-development-centers-students-get-down-in-the-mud-for-educational-play\/\">Child Development Center students get down in the mud for educational play<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">CDC installs mud kitchen for sensory, cognitive development, thanks to $1,000 grant Young students in the URI Child Development Centers can &#8220;get elbow deep in mud&#8221; while developing sensory perception, motor skills, math skills and more, thanks to a new mud kitchen in the facility&#8217;s playground, funded by a $1,000 grant from the Local Initiatives [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/25\/students-research-reveals-prevalence-of-opioid-misuse-on-campus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Shepard-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Shepard-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Shepard-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/25\/students-research-reveals-prevalence-of-opioid-misuse-on-campus\/\">Student\u2019s research reveals prevalence of opioid misuse on campus<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology major Emily Shepard\u2019s 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\u2019s recent study has found. Psychology major Emily Shepard combined [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/22\/college-hosts-chinese-olympic-delegation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5534-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5534-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_5534-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/22\/college-hosts-chinese-olympic-delegation\/\">College of Health Sciences hosts Chinese Olympic Delegation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 \u2014 and an equal footing with the U.S. team \u2014 thanks to a two-week visit to URI from members of the Chinese governing body of sport. The URI College of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project-examines-disparities-among-states-cities-and-towns\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Life-Expectancy-map-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Life-Expectancy-map-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Life-Expectancy-map-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project-examines-disparities-among-states-cities-and-towns\/\">RI Life Expectancy Project examines disparities among state\u2019s cities and towns<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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\u2019s new Department of Health Studies, part of the College of Health Sciences, disparities still exist \u2013 even within our 1,214 square miles.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/10\/uri-researchers-study-how-children-with-autism-learn-language\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Undergraduate student Marland Chang testing EEG sensors and eye-tracking technology as part of a dry run for research on how children with autism integrate visual information with what they hear. (URI photo\/Nora Lewis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/10\/uri-researchers-study-how-children-with-autism-learn-language\/\">URI researchers study how children with autism learn language<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professors at the University of Rhode Island\u2019s new Collaborative Cognitive Neuroscience Lab are partnering with Connecticut&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/10\/rhode-island-food-fitness-and-fun-battles-obesity-epidemic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marchand-1-1024x683-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marchand-1-1024x683-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marchand-1-1024x683-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/10\/rhode-island-food-fitness-and-fun-battles-obesity-epidemic\/\">RI Food, Fitness and Fun Battles Childhood Obesity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/09\/speech-pathologist-wins-colleges-distinguished-achievement-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kaplan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deans&#039; Awards; Dean Gary Liguori, Ph.D, FACSM Dean, College of Health Sciences, Susan Hamer Kaplan, &#039;78, M.S. &#039;80, Speech and Language Therapist;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kaplan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kaplan-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/10\/09\/speech-pathologist-wins-colleges-distinguished-achievement-award\/\">Speech pathologist wins College\u2019s Distinguished Achievement Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Susan Kaplan \u2018has tremendous passion for helping others\u2019 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\u2019s highest honors during the Distinguished Achievement Awards ceremony on Oct. 5. Susan Hamer Kaplan \u201978, M.S. \u201980, is a speech and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/09\/20\/uris-early-childhood-institute-develops-early-education-workforce\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Early-Childhood-Institute-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/09\/20\/uris-early-childhood-institute-develops-early-education-workforce\/\">URI\u2019s Early Childhood Institute develops early education workforce<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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\u2019s youngest residents as it prepares for another session of its Early Childhood Institute, dedicated to the professional development of early [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/event\/uri_physical_therapy_department_5th_annual_distinguished_lecture_series#.XXlgHChKj-h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ea3a2f2f94def6daf7f6dac02710e611d53d5fa11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ea3a2f2f94def6daf7f6dac02710e611d53d5fa11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ea3a2f2f94def6daf7f6dac02710e611d53d5fa11.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/event\/uri_physical_therapy_department_5th_annual_distinguished_lecture_series#.XXlgHChKj-h\">URI Physical Therapy Department: 5th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Know Pain or No Gain: A Practitioner's Playbook for a Biopsychosocial Approach to Musculoskeletal Pain <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physical-therapy\/uri-is-participating-in-aptas-dpt-education-virtual-fair-september-17-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/DPT-Virtual-Fair-300x1571-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physical-therapy\/uri-is-participating-in-aptas-dpt-education-virtual-fair-september-17-2019\/\">APTA\u2019s DPT Education Virtual Fair \u2013 September 17th, 2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI is participating in APTA's DPT Education Virtual Fair on September 17th, 2019.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physical-therapy\/open-house-september-11th-2020\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RI-Logo.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physical-therapy\/open-house-september-11th-2020\/\">Physical Therapy &#8211; Open House \u2013 September 11th, 2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Physical Therapy Department will be hosting an Open House on September 11th, 2019 from 4:30pm-6:30pm.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/08\/22\/geriatric-workforce-program-at-uri-aims-to-improve-elder-health-care\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phil Clark\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/08\/22\/geriatric-workforce-program-at-uri-aims-to-improve-elder-health-care\/\">Geriatric Workforce program at URI aims to improve elder health care<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Phillip Clark leads $3.75 million project to train health care workforce A University of Rhode Island professor has been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to improve health services for older adults. And it couldn\u2019t come at a more crucial time as Rhode Island has the highest percentage of adults 85 and older in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/08\/07\/child-development-center-students-get-lesson-in-hydroponics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/8.2.19-3.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/08\/07\/child-development-center-students-get-lesson-in-hydroponics\/\">Child Development Center students get lesson in hydroponics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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&#8217;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, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/getting-beyond-the-bmi-uri-center-for-health-and-human-performance-helps-provide-fuller-health-and-fitness-picture\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sydney.KIN_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sydney.KIN_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Sydney.KIN_-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/getting-beyond-the-bmi-uri-center-for-health-and-human-performance-helps-provide-fuller-health-and-fitness-picture\/\">Getting beyond the BMI: URI Center for Health and Human Performance helps provide fuller health and fitness picture<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researchers-embark-on-autism-study-with-yale-uconn-affiliated-haskins-labs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Marland-Chang-NL-039-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researchers-embark-on-autism-study-with-yale-uconn-affiliated-haskins-labs\/\">URI researchers embark on autism study with Yale, UConn-affiliated Haskins Labs<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professors at the University of Rhode Island\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/health-studies\/2019\/07\/17\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RIHealth-Topics-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RIHealth-Topics-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/RIHealth-Topics-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/health-studies\/2019\/07\/17\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project\/\">Health Studies launches Rhode Island Life Expectancy Project Website<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/06\/12\/kinesiology-major-lotte-black-finishes-4th-in-national-race\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lotte Black\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/06\/12\/kinesiology-major-lotte-black-finishes-4th-in-national-race\/\">Kinesiology major Lotte Black finishes 4th in national race<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island junior Lotte Black, a kinesiology major,&nbsp;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. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/06\/06\/college-of-health-sciences-remembers-professor-emeritus-george-t-fitzelle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Fitzelle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"George T. Fitzelle\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/06\/06\/college-of-health-sciences-remembers-professor-emeritus-george-t-fitzelle\/\">College of Health Sciences remembers Professor Emeritus George T. Fitzelle<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/05\/19\/gallery-more-than-700-graduate-from-college-of-health-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3545-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3545-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3545-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/05\/19\/gallery-more-than-700-graduate-from-college-of-health-sciences\/\">Gallery: More than 700 graduate from College of Health Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 700 students crossed the stage to receive their bachelor&#8217;s degrees from the College of Health Sciences during the College&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/05\/08\/gallery-college-presents-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/000106-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/000106-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/000106-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/05\/08\/gallery-college-presents-end-of-year-faculty-staff-awards\/\">GALLERY: College presents end-of-year faculty, staff awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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\u2019s department heads in distributing 14 awards to faculty and staff [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2019\/05\/01\/gallery-academic-health-collaborative-students-present-research-at-annual-honors-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vincent-Colantuono-Kinesiology-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vincent-Colantuono-Kinesiology-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vincent-Colantuono-Kinesiology-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2019\/05\/01\/gallery-academic-health-collaborative-students-present-research-at-annual-honors-conference\/\">Gallery: Health Sciences students present research at annual Honors Conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/25\/uri-parkinsons-group-helps-patients-be-loud-for-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3249-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3249-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_3249-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/25\/uri-parkinsons-group-helps-patients-be-loud-for-life\/\">URI Parkinson\u2019s group helps patients be \u2018LOUD for Life\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences program helps treat speech impediments, swallowing difficulties Among the physical impediments faced by patients diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s 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\u2019s patients as the 14th leading [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/18\/childhood-development-center-marks-week-of-the-young-child-with-community-service-project\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Neighbors-reach-out-to-neighbors-5.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/18\/childhood-development-center-marks-week-of-the-young-child-with-community-service-project\/\">Childhood Development Center marks &#8216;Week of the Young Child&#8217; with community service project<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Preschoolers collect food donations for Jonnycake Center URI\u2019s Childhood Development Center (CDC) within the College of Health Sciences celebrated Week of the Young Child along with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) last week, working with preschoolers to perform service in the community. \u201cThis is an annual celebration of early learning, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/02\/college-of-health-sciences-hosts-high-school-students-for-healthcare-workforce-open-house\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2985-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2985-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_2985-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/02\/college-of-health-sciences-hosts-high-school-students-for-healthcare-workforce-open-house\/\">College of Health Sciences hosts high school students for Healthcare Workforce open house<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">High school students from around the state practiced CPR on simulation lab mannequins, measured their bone density, made healthy smoothies, and more as they visited the URI College of Health Sciences Tuesday. The College hosted 130 high school students for its Healthcare Workforce Transformation Open House. The students had multiple presentations to choose from, including [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/01\/zumba-class-in-child-development-center-teaches-kids-importance-of-exercise-healthy-habits\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Zumba-3-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Zumba-3-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Zumba-3-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/04\/01\/zumba-class-in-child-development-center-teaches-kids-importance-of-exercise-healthy-habits\/\">Zumba class in Child Development Center teaches kids importance of exercise, healthy habits<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The youngest members of the College of Health Sciences, the preschoolers at the URI Child Development Center (CDC), learned about the importance of regular physical activity while participating in a Zumba clinic this week. Ashley Tabb, a College of Health Sciences senior and recreation services student employee, visited the CDC to lead the kids&#8217; Zumba [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/26\/uri-physical-therapy-students-to-host-run-your-life-5k-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/image1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/26\/uri-physical-therapy-students-to-host-run-your-life-5k-2\/\">URI Physical Therapy students to host Run Your Life 5K<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">April 14 event to spotlight to healthy lifestyles, need to address opioid crisis By Ross Balding Physical therapy is often seen as a safer alternative to opioid prescriptions for pain management. Aiming to raise awareness of the devastating opioid crisis in Rhode Island and the benefits of healthy alternatives, students in the Physical Therapy Department [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/22\/public-policy-change-key-to-encouraging-more-active-lifestyle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MarkFentonHeadshot-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MarkFentonHeadshot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MarkFentonHeadshot-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/22\/public-policy-change-key-to-encouraging-more-active-lifestyle\/\">Public policy change key to encouraging more active lifestyle<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Communities can improve population health by design By Ross Balding Many Americans know that they should be leading more active lifestyles, but that doesn\u2019t mean they make an effort to change that. Public health and transportation consultant Mark Fenton knows telling people they should be more active isn\u2019t enough, and the most effective way to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/19\/student-spotlight-psychology-major-meinca-pinchinat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/17992245_1547407931966990_2040212437014216704_n-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/19\/student-spotlight-psychology-major-meinca-pinchinat\/\">Student Spotlight: Psychology major Meinca Pinchinat<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Ross Balding Most undergraduates planning to go to law school do so with the ultimate goal of becoming a practicing lawyer. Junior Psychology major Meinca Pinchinat is aiming higher, however, and her goal is to become a federal judge or Supreme Court justice. Pinchinat has always considered herself a mediator, and often finds herself [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/12\/pt-grad-students-study-aims-to-improve-parkinsons-patients-movement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Clarkin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christine Clarkin\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/12\/pt-grad-students-study-aims-to-improve-parkinsons-patients-movement\/\">PT grad student\u2019s study aims to improve Parkinson\u2019s patients\u2019 movement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A Ph.D. candidate in the College of Health Sciences aims to improve the motor skills of those living with Parkinson\u2019s disease and will begin working with local patients next month, thanks to a grant from a national Parkinson\u2019s research and treatment organization.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/11\/student-presentations-raise-awareness-of-health-disparities-in-society\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandria-Capolino-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandria-Capolino-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Alexandria-Capolino-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/11\/student-presentations-raise-awareness-of-health-disparities-in-society\/\">Student presentations raise awareness of health disparities in society<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Aiming to raise awareness of the inequities in health care in different populations, the URI Academic Health Collaborative hosted Health Disparities Awareness Day recently, featuring poster presentations and lectures from students on at-risk populations. Psychology major Alexandria Capolino was awarded the top poster prize for her study on opioid misuse and overdose. The poster session [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/07\/uri-child-development-center-hosts-high-school-students-who-work-with-kids\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Warwick-Career-and-Tech-Observation-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Warwick-Career-and-Tech-Observation-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Warwick-Career-and-Tech-Observation-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/07\/uri-child-development-center-hosts-high-school-students-who-work-with-kids\/\">URI Child Development Center hosts high school students who work with kids<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Child Development Center hosted 14 high school students from the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center for a visit Thursday to observe and learn from the educators in the URI center.\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/07\/kinesiology-students-studies-assist-in-record-breaking-run\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lotte-Black-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/03\/07\/kinesiology-students-studies-assist-in-record-breaking-run\/\">Kinesiology student\u2019s studies assist in record-breaking run<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Ross Balding Does being a Kinesiology major enable you to become a better athlete? Junior Lotte Black, a member of the University of Rhode Island track and field team, who recently broke the 36-year-old timed mile record, would say yes. At Boston University\u2019s David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Friday, Feb. 8, Black broke a [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/02\/20\/nutrition-students-dif-ability-subject-of-upcoming-tedx-talk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1611-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1611-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1611-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/02\/20\/nutrition-students-dif-ability-subject-of-upcoming-tedx-talk\/\">Health Studies student\u2019s \u2018dif-ability\u2019 subject of TEDx talk<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Rachel Ferreira doesn\u2019t let her cerebral palsy silence her.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/02\/12\/healing-body-and-mind-college-of-health-sciences-clinics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mind-and-body-1600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mind-and-body-1600-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mind-and-body-1600-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/02\/12\/healing-body-and-mind-college-of-health-sciences-clinics\/\">Healing Body and Mind: College of Health Sciences clinics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences aims to improve the overall health of the campus community and beyond. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/01\/03\/uri-study-brings-nutrition-advocacy-directly-into-the-home\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/nutrition-advocacy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/nutrition-advocacy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/nutrition-advocacy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2019\/01\/03\/uri-study-brings-nutrition-advocacy-directly-into-the-home\/\">URI study brings nutrition advocacy directly into the home<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Project aims to improve diet quality of preschool children<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/04\/students-across-multiple-health-disciplines-screen-senior-citizen-volunteers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1099-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Volunteers Helping the Elderly\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1099-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_1099-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/04\/students-across-multiple-health-disciplines-screen-senior-citizen-volunteers\/\">Students across multiple health disciplines screen senior citizen volunteers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students from all three colleges in the Academic Health Collaborative got some hands-on training while senior citizens from the community gained some valuable health information during the Senior Health and Wellness Program at Independence Square Tuesday.\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/01\/bedtime-story-study-finds-sleep-deprived-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SleepDeprivationStory-650x350-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sleep Deprivation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SleepDeprivationStory-650x350-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/SleepDeprivationStory-650x350-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/01\/bedtime-story-study-finds-sleep-deprived-students\/\">Bedtime story: Study finds sleep-deprived students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Here\u2019s an easy math problem with a challenging solution: The average young adult needs nearly nine hours of sleep per night to ensure physical, mental and emotional well-being. The average college student gets just six-and-a-half hours of sleep per night. In case you\u2019re too tired to do the math, that adds up to 17.5 hours [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/01\/uri-designated-an-age-friendly-university\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/older-adults-650x350-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Older Adults Discussion\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/older-adults-650x350-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/older-adults-650x350-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/10\/01\/uri-designated-an-age-friendly-university\/\">URI designated an Age-Friendly University<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">One of just 14 in the U.S., URI joins the international Age-Friendly University Global Network With substantial investments in the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and intergenerational programs like Cyber-Seniors, the University of Rhode Island has made a concerted effort to be welcoming to people of all ages, including older [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/07\/20\/study-adhd-drugs-do-not-improve-cognition-in-healthy-college-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-364x363.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/07\/20\/study-adhd-drugs-do-not-improve-cognition-in-healthy-college-students\/\">Study: ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to improve cognition in healthy students and actually can impair functioning, according to a study by researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Brown University.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/world-cup-coach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/coach.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/world-cup-coach\/\">URI graduate coaching in World Cup<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The graduate of the Health and Physical Education Program, part of the College of Health Sciences, is leading the Iran National Team in the international tournament.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-xtreme-inclusion-raises-the-bar-on-adapted-exercise-programs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Xtreme2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Valerie Cookson-Botto of Festival Ballet Providence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Xtreme2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Xtreme2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-xtreme-inclusion-raises-the-bar-on-adapted-exercise-programs\/\">URI Xtreme Inclusion raises the bar on adapted exercise programs<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Adapted exercise sessions for people with disabilities or exceptionalities are not new, but the University of Rhode Island Xtreme Inclusion program has raised the bar across several measures.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-wellness-conference-to-feature-james-prochaska-behavior-change-pioneer-and-international-population-health-experts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Prochaska\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Prochaska-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-wellness-conference-to-feature-james-prochaska-behavior-change-pioneer-and-international-population-health-experts\/\">URI Wellness Conference to feature James Prochaska, behavior change pioneer, and international population health experts<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I., May 24, 2018 \u2014The University of Rhode Island will mark important milestones in the institution\u2019s contributions to physical and mental health with a two-day event in September featuring world-renowned Professor of Psychology James Prochaska as well as other leading experts in population health and behavior change.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/19\/gallery-college-of-health-sciences-graduates-nearly-800-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0604-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Commencement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0604-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/IMG_0604-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/19\/gallery-college-of-health-sciences-graduates-nearly-800-students\/\">GALLERY: College of Health Sciences graduates nearly 800 students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dean Gary Liguori urged graduates to embrace the possibilities that come their way before 790 College of Health Sciences graduates crossed the stage in the Ryan Center Saturday, May 19. &#8220;There are possibilities that many of you don&#8217;t even know about yet, possibilities that are truly endless,&#8221; Liguori said. &#8220;You are ready to do big [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2018-health-sciences-student-finds-reward-vocation-in-community-outreach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tobar-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fatima Tobar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tobar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tobar-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tobar-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tobar.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2018-health-sciences-student-finds-reward-vocation-in-community-outreach\/\">Commencement 2018: Health sciences student finds reward, vocation in community outreach<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Fatima Tobar didn\u2019t wait for opportunity to come knocking; she knocked first. As a freshman, she entered the Providence office of the URI Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (URI SNAP-Ed) and asked if she could volunteer doing community outreach.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/09\/nutrition-kinesiology-major-to-deliver-health-sciences-commencement-address\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annie-Clarkin-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Annie Clarkin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annie-Clarkin-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annie-Clarkin-2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/09\/nutrition-kinesiology-major-to-deliver-health-sciences-commencement-address\/\">Nutrition, Kinesiology major to deliver Health Sciences commencement address<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Annie Clarkin, a Cranston native, will speak at college graduation ceremony May 19 Urging her classmates to \u201cbe the contributors of change,\u201d Kinesiology and Nutrition double-major Annie Clarkin will deliver the College of Health Sciences commencement address during graduation weekend on May 19. Clarkin was chosen partly to honor the selfless dedication she has shown [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/01\/gallery-health-sciences-announces-faculty-award-winners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"CHS award winners\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/CHS-award-winners-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/05\/01\/gallery-health-sciences-announces-faculty-award-winners\/\">GALLERY: Health Sciences announces faculty, staff award winners<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As classes come to an end, the URI College of Health Sciences wrapped up the school year April 30 with the annual College faculty and staff awards during a ceremony at the 95 Club on Upper College Road. Dean Gary Liguori and Associate Deans Deb Riebe and Brian Quilliam joined the college&#8217;s department heads in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/26\/uri-professor-earns-national-award-in-student-affairs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/KatieBranch_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Katie Branch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/KatieBranch_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/KatieBranch_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/KatieBranch_web-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/KatieBranch_web.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/26\/uri-professor-earns-national-award-in-student-affairs\/\">URI professor earns national award in student affairs<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Katie Branch named Diamond Award recipient by American College of Personnel Association By Allie Lewis A URI College of Health Sciences professor\u2019s dedication to engaging students and preparing them for success beyond college has earned her national recognition. The American College Personnel Association has chosen Katie Branch, Ph.D., as a 2018 Diamond Award recipient. Branch, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/16\/student-research-to-help-food-banks-across-the-state\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Samantha B\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/12316155_1352446714772627_4986114002501744523_n.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/16\/student-research-to-help-food-banks-across-the-state\/\">Student research to help food banks across RI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Surveys help to identify gaps in services and needs of patrons By Allie Lewis Psychology students in the College of Health Sciences surveyed hundreds of food bank patrons to learn the challenges they face in accessing proper nutrition to better identify gaps in food bank procedures and improve service. Many of the people accessing local [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/11\/uri-health-sciences-grad-student-wins-national-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"College of Health Sciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/04\/11\/uri-health-sciences-grad-student-wins-national-award\/\">URI Health Sciences grad student wins national award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Irene McIvor-Mason\u2019s paper ties financial independence to well-being among young adults Having three college age children, Irene McIvor-Mason is well acquainted with the struggles of managing college cost and student debt. However, her expertise in this area extends well beyond her family experiences and has led to a national honor. A developmental science graduate student [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/03\/29\/faculty-students-hit-the-slopes-to-research-winter-sport\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Snowboard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Snowboard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Snowboard-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Snowboard-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/03\/29\/faculty-students-hit-the-slopes-to-research-winter-sport\/\">Faculty, students hit the slopes to research winter sport<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Sciences researchers examine metabolic demands of snowboard cross By Allie Lewis Olympic medals are earned during the off-season, and research being conducted by professors and students at the University of Rhode Island could bring athletes that much closer to the podium. \u00a0 In partnership with Carrabassett Ski and Snowboard Academy in Maine, Kinesiology Department [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/03\/22\/make-like-popeye-the-powerful-benefits-of-spinach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/spinach-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spinach\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/spinach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/spinach-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/03\/22\/make-like-popeye-the-powerful-benefits-of-spinach\/\">Make like Popeye: The powerful benefits of spinach<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI health expert Jacqueline Beatty highlights the leafy green vegetable\u2019s benefits for National Spinach Day It turns out Popeye the Sailor may have been on to something. You may not be immediately transformed into a tornado of strength or be magically able to handle whatever comes your way after chowing down a can of spinach, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/help-uri-kick-butts-nicotine-products-march-21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mr_butts_kbd_logo_thumb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kick Butts Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mr_butts_kbd_logo_thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/mr_butts_kbd_logo_thumb-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/help-uri-kick-butts-nicotine-products-march-21\/\">Help URI Kick Butts, nicotine products March 21<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Do you want to quit smoking, break free of the nicotine cravings that accompany e-smoking devices or end a chewing tobacco habit? Then join the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Tobacco-Free Committee for the nationwide Kick Butts Day Wednesday, March 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2018\/03\/19\/uri-brain-fair-offers-family-friendly-exploration-of-brain-science-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brain-Fair-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brain Fair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brain-Fair-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Brain-Fair-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2018\/03\/19\/uri-brain-fair-offers-family-friendly-exploration-of-brain-science-health\/\">URI Brain Fair offers family-friendly exploration of brain science, health<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Colleges of Pharmacy, Health Sciences take part in fair hosted by George &amp; Anne Ryan Institute for Beuroscience<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-physical-therapy-students-to-host-run-your-life-5k\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"College of Health Sciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/URI_CHS_FB.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-physical-therapy-students-to-host-run-your-life-5k\/\">URI Physical Therapy students to host Run Your Life 5K<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Physical Therapy Program and undergraduate Pre-PT club will hold the Run Your Life 5K fun run and walk Sunday, April 15 at 9:30 a.m. on the Kingston Campus Quadrangle. The #ChooseYou Healthy Lifestyle Exposition will also be held that day from 9 a.m. to noon.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-educator-named-pillar-of-the-profession-by-national-student-affairs-organization\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Annemarie Vaccaro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-educator-named-pillar-of-the-profession-by-national-student-affairs-organization\/\">URI educator named Pillar of the Profession by national student affairs organization<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A University of Rhode Island faculty member has been named a 2018 Pillar of the Profession by the leading national association for student affairs professionals.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2018\/03\/02\/uri-webinar-series-to-promote-health-system-transformation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Health-transformation-video-pic-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Health Transformation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Health-transformation-video-pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Health-transformation-video-pic-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ahc\/2018\/03\/02\/uri-webinar-series-to-promote-health-system-transformation\/\">URI webinar series to promote health system transformation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">To increase awareness of the issue and help spur the change, URI Nursing Professor Betty Rambur is spearheading a series of webinars to enhance health care professionals\u2019 knowledge of health system science and promote understanding of health system transformation concepts. The 50- to 90-minute programs \u2014 funded by a $119,000 grant from the state Executive [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/02\/23\/63-percent-of-survey-respondents-want-uri-to-be-tobacco-free\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NO-smoking-sign-BLue-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"No Smoking Sign\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NO-smoking-sign-BLue-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NO-smoking-sign-BLue-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NO-smoking-sign-BLue-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/NO-smoking-sign-BLue.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/02\/23\/63-percent-of-survey-respondents-want-uri-to-be-tobacco-free\/\">63 percent of survey respondents want URI to be tobacco-free<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s Tobacco-Free Committee, co-chaired by Health Sciences Associate Dean Deb Riebe, seeks healthier, cleaner community There is strong support among students, faculty and staff for a University of Rhode Island free of tobacco and electronic nicotine product use, according to a survey conducted last semester. Distributed and analyzed by URI\u2019s Tobacco-Free Committee, the survey generated [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/02\/15\/healthier-communities-by-design\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/markfenton-walking-190-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mark Fenton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/markfenton-walking-190-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/markfenton-walking-190-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2018\/02\/15\/healthier-communities-by-design\/\">Healthier communities, by design<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health advocate, former racewalker Mark Fenton to bring exercise message to URI Feb. 22&nbsp; One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who\u2019s not aware of the benefits of physical activity. From weight loss, to cardiovascular health, to prevention of diseases including cancer, diabetes, depression and more, the benefits of even moderate exercise can lead to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researchers-awarded-300000-grant-to-examine-healthy-food-choices\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vadiveloo-NL-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maya Vadiveloo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vadiveloo-NL-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vadiveloo-NL-3-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vadiveloo-NL-3-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vadiveloo-NL-3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researchers-awarded-300000-grant-to-examine-healthy-food-choices\/\">URI researchers awarded $300,000 grant to examine healthy food choices<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Changing behavior around food is never easy. A faculty member in the University of Rhode Island\u2019s College of Health Sciences, part of the University\u2019s Academic Health Collaborative, and colleagues in two other colleges are working to address that challenge, thanks to a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nursing\/2018\/02\/01\/uri-students-across-health-disciplines-get-immersed-in-learning-during-trip-to-indonesia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indo-10-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Indo 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indo-10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Indo-10-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nursing\/2018\/02\/01\/uri-students-across-health-disciplines-get-immersed-in-learning-during-trip-to-indonesia\/\">URI students across health disciplines get immersed in learning during trip to Indonesia<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI students from across all three colleges in the Academic Health Collaborative got a firsthand look at health care overseas, helped educate residents on preventive health measures and experienced some of the local culture during a J-Term trip to Indonesia.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/exceed-your-expectations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phothisane-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phothisane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phothisane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phothisane-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/exceed-your-expectations\/\">&#8216;Non-traditional&#8217; Health Sciences student headed to med school<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">At age 33, Christopher Phothisane\u00a0is not your typical college student. For a long time he saw that as a liability. Now, as he prepares to graduate in May with a double major in biology and psychology\u2014and an acceptance letter to Brown University\u2019s medical school in hand\u2014Phothisane\u00a0understands that his non-traditional journey is actually a strength.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/we-have-the-technology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LENA-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"LENA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LENA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LENA-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/we-have-the-technology\/\">Educational Tech: LENA gives URI speech pathology students an advantage<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Speech pathology students are required to analyze a half-hour recorded conversation by listening to the recording and transcribing\u2014by hand\u2014every word, phrase, and turn in the conversation. That process can devour the bulk of a semester. Thanks to LENA, students at URI now have an advantage.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/ryaninstitute.uri.edu\/loneliness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/solo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"man walking on the horizon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/solo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/solo-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ryaninstitute.uri.edu\/loneliness\/\">Protecting Against Loneliness and Cognitive Decline<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A RECENT ESSAY in The New York Times, \u201cThe Surprising Effects of Loneliness on Health,\u201d highlights the connection between loneliness and cognitive decline\u2014with an important distinction: Loneliness and social isolation aren\u2019t necessarily interchangeable. \u201cEven people living with their families may feel lonely,\u201d says Phillip Clark, director of the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center and Program [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/18\/uri-nutrition-expert-tells-channel-10-viewers-how-to-eat-healthy-on-a-budget\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/katie-mulligan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"katie mulligan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/katie-mulligan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/katie-mulligan-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/18\/uri-nutrition-expert-tells-channel-10-viewers-how-to-eat-healthy-on-a-budget\/\">URI nutrition expert tells Channel 10 viewers how to eat healthy on a budget<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Food and Nutrition Education Program Director Katie Mulligan appears on &#8216;Plant Pro&#8217; segment Eating right doesn&#8217;t have to break the bank. There are plenty of affordable fruits and vegetables that will keep you on budget while packing in the nutrition. URI Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Director Katie Mulligan recently appeared on NBC 10 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/07\/student-spotlight-daniel-delaney\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Daniel-delaney-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel delaney\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Daniel-delaney-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Daniel-delaney-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/07\/student-spotlight-daniel-delaney\/\">Student Spotlight: Daniel Delaney<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI doctoral candidate helps those with substance abuse issues \u2018find other ways to cope\u2019 \u00a0 For Daniel Delaney, research at the University of Rhode Island is personal. His work on substance and alcohol abuse is driven by having in the past witnessed first-hand the damage it can cause. Delaney is doing all he can to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/07\/alumni-spotlight-christopher-yun-88\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chris-Yun-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chris Yun\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chris-Yun-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Chris-Yun-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/07\/alumni-spotlight-christopher-yun-88\/\">Alumni spotlight: Christopher Yun, \u201888<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI grad helps develop medication to treat debilitating disease in children Chris Yun worked for years developing a cardiovascular medication that could reduce the chance of a recurrent cardiac event. After years of research, trials and development, the URI graduate and his colleagues at an Atlanta biotech firm were able to show a reduction in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/05\/uri-loses-a-giant-in-his-field-in-the-classroom-in-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wayne_Velicer_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wayne Velicer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wayne_Velicer_web.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wayne_Velicer_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Wayne_Velicer_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/12\/05\/uri-loses-a-giant-in-his-field-in-the-classroom-in-life\/\">URI loses a \u2018giant\u2019 in his field, in the classroom, in life<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Wayne Velicer passes away after 44 years at URI During the final weeks of his life, the last thing Dr. Wayne Velicer wanted to do was talk about his condition. He didn\u2019t want his URI colleagues to know the extent of the cancer ravaging his body. He didn\u2019t want to distract from the work [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/30\/psychology-student-earns-research-award-at-national-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bush-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bush\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bush-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Bush-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/30\/psychology-student-earns-research-award-at-national-conference\/\">Psychology student earns research award at national conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nick Bush was recognized for his study on the minority experience in higher education A College of Health Sciences student studying \u201csocial belonging\u201d among minority students in higher education was recognized recently for his work at a national conference. Nick Bush, a third-year psychology major, won an \u201coutstanding poster presentation\u201d award at the annual Biomedical [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/neuroscientist-author-anil-seth-to-speak-dec-5-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/seth-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"seth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/seth-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/seth-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/neuroscientist-author-anil-seth-to-speak-dec-5-at-uri\/\">Neuroscientist, author Anil Seth to speak Dec. 5 at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, will present \u201cThe Nature of Human Consciousness\u201d as the 10th and final lecture of the University of Rhode Island\u2019s 54th Honors Colloquium. The talk will take place Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/22\/nutrition-club-students-brighten-thanksgiving-for-140-families\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tgiving-baskets-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tgiving baskets\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tgiving-baskets-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tgiving-baskets-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/22\/nutrition-club-students-brighten-thanksgiving-for-140-families\/\">Nutrition Club students brighten Thanksgiving for 140 families<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Thanksgiving will be a bit happier \u2014 and healthier \u2014 for more than 100 families this year, thanks to the efforts of a group of College of Health Sciences students. Members of the Nutrition Club assembled 140 Thanksgiving baskets and delivered them in a truck borrowed from URI Dining Services to Maplewood Terrace, a low-income [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/20\/uri-student-takes-aim-at-body-shaming-for-senior-capstone-project\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paola-Moreno-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paola Moreno\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paola-Moreno-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paola-Moreno-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/11\/20\/uri-student-takes-aim-at-body-shaming-for-senior-capstone-project\/\">URI student takes aim at body shaming for senior capstone project<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">For her senior capstone project, psychology major is telling a story that represents many The teasing started in middle school: whale; fat girl; jelly rolls; Mrs. Puff. Paola Moreno got so depressed she stopped eating breakfast and lunch. \u201cI didn\u2019t want people at school to see me eating,\u201d says Moreno. \u201cI didn\u2019t want people to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/neuroscientist-educator-tv-host-heather-berlin-to-speak-nov-14-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Berlin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-149x150.jpg 149w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/squBerlin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/neuroscientist-educator-tv-host-heather-berlin-to-speak-nov-14-at-uri\/\">Neuroscientist, educator, TV host Heather Berlin to speak Nov. 14 at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I.- November 3, 2017- Known most notably for her work in science communication and outreach, neuroscientist Heather Berlin will present a lecture titled \u201cThe Dynamic Unconscious Mind\u201d as part of this year\u2019s Honors Colloquium at the University of Rhode Island. The lecture will be held Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Edwards Hall, 64 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/30\/uri-doctoral-candidate-elected-vp-of-national-physical-therapy-association\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/dien-e1509388617541-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dien\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/dien-e1509388617541-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/dien-e1509388617541-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/30\/uri-doctoral-candidate-elected-vp-of-national-physical-therapy-association\/\">URI Doctoral candidate elected VP of national physical therapy association<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alexander Dien to represent students on the American Physical Therapy Association\u2019s Student Assembly A third-year doctoral candidate in Physical Therapy at URI will represent the university in a national trade organization after being elected vice president of the American Physical Therapy Association\u2019s Student Assembly. Alexander Dien officially became a member of the association\u2019s board of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/25\/uri-professor-honored-by-alma-mater\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lisa Weyandt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Weyandt-v1-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/25\/uri-professor-honored-by-alma-mater\/\">URI professor honored by alma mater<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Psychology Professor Lisa Weyandt will travel to Pennsylvania to receive the award URI Psychology Professor Lisa Weyandt will be honored by her alma mater for her distinguished accomplishments throughout her career. Weyandt will travel to Pennsylvania State University Oct. 27 to receive the award given annually to select graduates of Penn State\u2019s College of Health [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/18\/student-spotlight-dara-lobuono-m-s-14-ph-d-candidate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LoBuono-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lo Buono\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LoBuono-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/LoBuono-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/18\/student-spotlight-dara-lobuono-m-s-14-ph-d-candidate\/\">Student Spotlight: Dara LoBuono, M.S. \u201914, Ph.D. candidate<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nutrition scientist aims to increase access, impact of nutrition therapy While a high school track athlete in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Dara LoBuono was looking for any opportunity to improve her time and cross the finish line ahead of her competitors. A visit with a sports nutritionist gave her the edge she needed on the track, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/ryaninstitute.uri.edu\/critical-steps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carlo-and-Kim-516-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Carlo-and-Kim\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carlo-and-Kim-516-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Carlo-and-Kim-516-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ryaninstitute.uri.edu\/critical-steps\/\">Research in Action: Critical Steps<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Can gait be used as a tool to diagnose, prevent, or treat cognitive decline? URI kinesiologists are taking steps to find out what gait can tell us about dementia.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/12\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-professor-wins-national-award-in-gerontology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phil Clark\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phil_Clark.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/12\/uri-college-of-health-sciences-professor-wins-national-award-in-gerontology\/\">URI College of Health Sciences professor  wins national award in gerontology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Phillip Clark honored for mentorship in, promotion of geriatric education A local expert on gerontology at the University of Rhode Island has been named the recipient of a prestigious award from a national association on aging. Phillip Clark, professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and director of both the gerontology program and the Rhode [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/11\/uri-psychology-professor-to-receive-institute-of-coaching-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jprochaska-e1507732459205-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jim Prochaska\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jprochaska-e1507732459205-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jprochaska-e1507732459205-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/10\/11\/uri-psychology-professor-to-receive-institute-of-coaching-excellence-award\/\">URI Psychology professor to receive Institute of Coaching excellence award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">James Prochaska developed Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change; Janice Prochaska disseminated the model A University of Rhode Island psychology professor internationally renowned for his pioneering work in behavior change, along with his wife and research partner, will receive the Institute of Coaching Vision of Scientific Excellence in Coaching award. The Institute presents the award annually\u00a0to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-provides-training-workshops-to-chinese-olympic-delegation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/olympic-training-300x300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Olympic Training\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/olympic-training-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/olympic-training-300x300-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/olympic-training-300x300-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/olympic-training-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-provides-training-workshops-to-chinese-olympic-delegation\/\">University of Rhode Island provides training workshops to Chinese Olympic delegation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">With the summer sun high in the sky, Chinese Olympic Committee delegates, NHL coaches, college trainers and exercise scientists had snow and ice on their minds as they convened at the University of Rhode Island earlier this month.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/children-from-military-families-explore-health-and-science-professions-at-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/4h-career-fair-sq-300x300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"4H Career Fair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/4h-career-fair-sq-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/4h-career-fair-sq-300x300-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/4h-career-fair-sq-300x300-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/4h-career-fair-sq-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/children-from-military-families-explore-health-and-science-professions-at-uri\/\">Children from military families explore health and science professions at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than two dozen children from military-connected families around the state tested their range of motion, race each other on turf and discover the capabilities of wearable technology during the 4-H Career and College Major Exploration Day held earlier this month at the University of Rhode Island.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/08\/10\/cameroon-royalty-dean-liguori-meet-to-discuss-african-nations-health-needs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wocotomadi-sq-e1502410898703-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"His Majesty Vincent Tchoua Kemajou and Gary Liguori\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wocotomadi-sq-e1502410898703-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wocotomadi-sq-e1502410898703-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wocotomadi-sq-e1502410898703-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/wocotomadi-sq-e1502410898703.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/08\/10\/cameroon-royalty-dean-liguori-meet-to-discuss-african-nations-health-needs\/\">Cameroon royalty, Dean Liguori meet to discuss African nation\u2019s health needs<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences Dean Gary Liguori and other representatives of the URI community welcomed members of Cameroon royalty to campus last week. The King of Bazou, His Majesty Vincent Tchoua Kemajou, and Queen Martha Tchoua Nassali of the African nation\u2019s western region were at URI with representatives of the Boston-based nonprofit World Coming Together to Make a Difference (WOCOTOMADI), whose mission is helping people with limited access to health care improve their lives.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researcher-leads-international-team-in-revising-neck-pain-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Blanpied-279x300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pete Blanpied\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Blanpied-279x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Blanpied-279x300-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researcher-leads-international-team-in-revising-neck-pain-guidelines\/\">URI researcher leads international team in revising neck pain guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A professor at the University of Rhode Island led an international team of experts who spent several years revising and expanding clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of neck pain. The Journal of Orthopaedic &amp; Sports Physical Therapy published \u201cNeck Pain Guidelines: Revision 2017, Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice\u201d in its July issue.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/08\/03\/student-spotlight-cassidy-cabral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cassidy Cabral\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/cassidy-cabral-sq.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/08\/03\/student-spotlight-cassidy-cabral\/\">Student Spotlight: Cassidy Cabral, B.S. \u201917 and M.S. \u201919<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cassidy Cabral of Bristol knew what major she wanted to pursue before she arrived at URI. She had shadowed professionals in different careers while a student at Mount Hope High School and discovered an affinity for speech-language pathology.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-researchers-examine-health-disparities-in-older-adults-as-part-of-federal-project\/\">URI researchers examine health disparities in older adults as part of federal project<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Faculty at the University of Rhode Island and colleagues from across the nation will present research age-related muscle loss in older women as part of a symposium at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics next week in San Francisco.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/communicative-disorders-professor-named-director-of-uris-interdisciplinary-neuroscience-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/leslie-mahler-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leslie Mahler\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/leslie-mahler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/leslie-mahler-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/leslie-mahler-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/leslie-mahler.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/communicative-disorders-professor-named-director-of-uris-interdisciplinary-neuroscience-program\/\">Communicative disorders professor named director of URI\u2019s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Leslie Mahler, associate professor of communicative disorders in the University of Rhode Island\u2019s College of Health Sciences, is the new director of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, where she serves as a faculty member.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/coremechanics-engages-uri-to-research-viability-of-musculoskeletal-wellness-device\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/partnership-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI Partnership\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/partnership-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/partnership-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/partnership-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/partnership.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/coremechanics-engages-uri-to-research-viability-of-musculoskeletal-wellness-device\/\">CoreMechanics engages URI to research viability of musculoskeletal wellness device<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Imagine donning a vest every day that could strengthen your core, improve your posture and align your joints \u2014 allowing you to maintain your health or recover from an injury. CoreMechanics LLC of Narragansett envisions just such a device and has called on experts from three colleges at the University of Rhode Island to help make it a reality.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/toy-cars-modified-by-uri-students-deliver-fun-physical-benefit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EidDunnMitchell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alaa Eid, Celia Dunn and Mia Mitchell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EidDunnMitchell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EidDunnMitchell-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EidDunnMitchell-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/EidDunnMitchell.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/toy-cars-modified-by-uri-students-deliver-fun-physical-benefit\/\">Toy cars modified by URI students deliver fun, physical benefit<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Who doesn\u2019t remember the simple joy of zipping around the yard in a toy car? Every kid should have that experience, and thanks to Lil\u2019 Rhody Riders \u2014 an ongoing student leadership project at the University of Rhode Island \u2014 they can.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-w-kingston-elementary-school-pioneer-research-into-the-effects-of-movement-on-learning\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinesthetic-class-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kinesthetic Class\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinesthetic-class-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinesthetic-class-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinesthetic-class-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinesthetic-class.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/university-of-rhode-island-w-kingston-elementary-school-pioneer-research-into-the-effects-of-movement-on-learning\/\">University of Rhode Island, W. Kingston Elementary School pioneer research into the effects of movement on learning<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The second-graders at West Kingston Elementary School are models of scholarly focus, reading silently and intently. At the same time, they wobble in their seats, pedal their legs under their desks or sway on balance boards.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-professor-serves-as-senior-editor-for-exercise-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/deborah-riebe-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deborah Riebe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/deborah-riebe-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/deborah-riebe-1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/deborah-riebe-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/deborah-riebe-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-professor-serves-as-senior-editor-for-exercise-guidelines\/\">URI professor serves as senior editor for exercise guidelines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Since 1975, exercise physiologists, doctors, nurses, physical therapists and health\/fitness professionals around the world have turned to the American College of Sports Medicine\u2019s (ACSM) \u201cGuidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription\u201d as a trusted and comprehensive source of information.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-offering-voice-clinic-to-help-transgender-women-speak-with-ease-confidence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jessica Brand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jessica-brand.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-offering-voice-clinic-to-help-transgender-women-speak-with-ease-confidence\/\">URI offering voice clinic to help transgender women speak with ease, confidence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">From babbling infancy, our voices are uniquely ours \u2014 like oral fingerprints. But for those who are transgender, the voice one is born with may not authentically reflect that person\u2019s identity.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/recent-uri-alumna-co-authors-journal-article\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/fallon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Megan Fallon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/fallon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/fallon-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/fallon-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/fallon.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/recent-uri-alumna-co-authors-journal-article\/\">Recent alumna co-authors journal article<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Megan Fallon\u2019s goal as a registered dietitian is to steer food policy toward better nutrition and health-related outcomes.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/05\/01\/student-spotlight-jeannette-guillen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jeannette-guillen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jeannette Guillen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jeannette-guillen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jeannette-guillen-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jeannette-guillen-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jeannette-guillen.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/05\/01\/student-spotlight-jeannette-guillen\/\">Student Spotlight: Jeannette Guillen<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kingston, Rhode Island, is a long way from Brownsville, Texas. But for Jeannette Guillen, a first-year doctor of physical therapy student, the journey she and her family made from Mexico to Texas when she was in grade school felt like an even bigger leap.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/annual-thewlis-lecture-addresses-aging-creativity-and-neuroscience\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kraus-300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nina Kraus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kraus-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kraus-300-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kraus-300-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kraus-300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/annual-thewlis-lecture-addresses-aging-creativity-and-neuroscience\/\">Annual Thewlis Lecture addresses aging, creativity and neuroscience<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The 2017 Malford Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics at the University of Rhode Island will explore the surprising interconnections among aging, creative expression and brain science. Nina Kraus, professor of communication sciences, neurobiology and otolaryngology at Northwestern University, spoke on April 12 on \u201cThe Fine Art of Aging: Connecting Creativity and Neuroscience.\u201d<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/04\/01\/student-spotlight-kinte-howie-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinte-howie-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kinte Howie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinte-howie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinte-howie-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinte-howie-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/kinte-howie.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/04\/01\/student-spotlight-kinte-howie-19\/\">Student Spotlight: Kinte Howie, \u201919<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The first thing that might surprise you about Kinte Howie, a sophomore human development and family studies major, is that he speaks Japanese, which he began studying in high school in Providence. You might also be surprised to learn that he has abandoned long-held political aspirations to one day become an Episcopal priest.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/book-by-uri-professor-staff-member-outlines-approach-to-creating-empowering-spaces-for-women-of-color\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/centering-women-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Centering Women of Color in Academic Counterspaces Book Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/centering-women-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/centering-women-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/centering-women-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/centering-women.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/book-by-uri-professor-staff-member-outlines-approach-to-creating-empowering-spaces-for-women-of-color\/\">Book by URI professor, staff member outlines approach to creating empowering spaces for women of color<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A book co-authored by a University of Rhode Island professor and a staff member imparts effective methods for creating an empowering learning and teaching environment within higher education for women of color.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/free-yoga-class-at-uri-april-22-open-to-children-with-disabilities-caregivers\/\">Free yoga class at URI April 22 open to children with disabilities, caregivers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kelsey Lotti and Victoria Ramos, physical therapy doctoral students at the University of Rhode Island, have channeled their passion for working with children into a fun and healthy event for local families.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/03\/07\/student-spotlight-jarolyn-fernandez-17\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jarolyn Fernandez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/jarolyn-fernandez.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2017\/03\/07\/student-spotlight-jarolyn-fernandez-17\/\">Student Spotlight: Jarolyn Fernandez, \u201917<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jarolyn Fernandez could not be more prepared for a career as a patient advocate. She graduates in May with a triple major in health studies, communication studies and Spanish. But it was her upbringing in Providence as the child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic that has driven her to help people navigate the health care system.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-professor-receives-national-award-for-research-scholarship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Annemarie Vaccaro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-300-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-300-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Vaccaro-300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-professor-receives-national-award-for-research-scholarship\/\">URI professor receives national award for research, scholarship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education has named Annemarie Vaccaro recipient of the 2017 George D. Kuh Outstanding Contribution to Literature and\/or Research Award.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-receives-more-than-600000-in-grants-from-the-champlin-foundations\/\">URI receives more than $600,000 in grants from The Champlin Foundations<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Champlin Foundations, one of the oldest philanthropic organizations in Rhode Island, has awarded the University of Rhode Island five grants totaling $602,580. These funds support educational tools and technologies in communications, engineering, pharmacy and health sciences, significantly enhancing student engagement and bolstering a broad spectrum of programs at URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/technology-tutoring-program-erodes-generation-gap\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Thomas-Clark-1733-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Linda Thomas of Slocum and Samantha Clark of Coventry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Thomas-Clark-1733-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Thomas-Clark-1733-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/technology-tutoring-program-erodes-generation-gap\/\">Technology-tutoring program erodes generation gap<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The generation gap is shrinking one mouse click at a time, and the University of Rhode Island is helping to close it. In fall 2015 faculty from the Colleges of\u00a0Health Sciences,\u00a0Pharmacy\u00a0and\u00a0Arts and Sciences\u00a0launched the URI Engaging Generations: Cyber-Seniors Program, an offshoot of an initiative started by teenage sisters in Canada in 2009 that has expanded [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/who\/maya-vadiveloo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MayaVadiveloo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maya Vadiveloo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MayaVadiveloo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MayaVadiveloo-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MayaVadiveloo-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/MayaVadiveloo.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/who\/maya-vadiveloo\">URI Big Thinker Maya Vadiveloo on Weight Discrimination<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We all know that carrying extra pounds can be bad for your health. Now a URI professor has found that how society treats overweight people makes matters worse.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/both-older-adults-uri-students-learn-from-health-screenings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/AHC-screening-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Antoinette Gagliard, a physical therapy major from Walpole, Mass., works with Pauline Tudino of Narragansett during the Senior Health and Wellness Program held at URI in October.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/AHC-screening-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/AHC-screening-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/AHC-screening-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/AHC-screening.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/both-older-adults-uri-students-learn-from-health-screenings\/\">Both older adults, URI students learn from health screenings<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">An older man carefully walks a straight line marked on the carpet while students assess his gait. Down the hall, a woman rises from her wheelchair to demonstrate a new prosthesis. In a room nearby, students advise a woman on medication use.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/collaborate-create-compete\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ccc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"CCC\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ccc.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ccc-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/ccc-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/big-stories\/collaborate-create-compete\">Collaborate. Create. Compete.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u201cBrainstorming\u201d is not a strong enough word to describe the intense activity that defined HealthHacks RI 2016, the health and wellness hack-a-thon held at the University of Rhode Island earlier this month. \u201cBrain-typhooning\u201d might be a better description,\u00a0given the energy and creativity in evidence at URI\u2019s Makerspace\u2014a new resource of high-tech tools for collaborative thinking [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/?id=7771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flippin-thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Flippin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flippin-thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flippin-thumb-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Flippin-thumb-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/?id=7771\">URI professor studies role of dads in helping children with autism<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Michelle Flippin, an assistant professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, recently received a $10,000 grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation to examine how fathers care for children with autism spectrum disorder.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/index.php?id=7765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nacci-thumb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nacci\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nacci-thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nacci-thumb-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nacci-thumb-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Nacci-thumb.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/index.php?id=7765\">URI student creates group that helps others find their purpose<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Psychology major Kyle Nacci's interests led him to found a campus group called Big Thinkers, which concentrates on helping students discover their purpose. The group evolved into Thrive Academy, and has now spread to eight other schools.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/index.php?id=7764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Violet-thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Violet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Violet-thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Violet-thumb-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Violet-thumb-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/index.php?id=7764\">URI students team up to build customized toy cars for kids with disabilities<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI physical therapy and engineering students delivered early Christmas presents to children with limited mobility: motorized toy cars altered to fit their needs.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/phillip-clark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Phillip-Clark\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Phillip-Clark.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/phillip-clark\">URI Big Thinker: Phillip Clark<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Phillip Clark has been touting an integrated approach to health care since the 1980s. It seems that now, everyone else is finally getting on board.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/big-stories\/expand-your-world\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tanzania-thumb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tanzania\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tanzania-thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tanzania-thumb-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tanzania-thumb-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Tanzania-thumb.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/big-stories\/expand-your-world\">URI Big Story: Expand your world.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kinesiology lecturer Karie Orendorff leads a summer program where students spend 10 days teaching math, reading, writing, and physical education to children, ages 3 to 12, in Tanzania\u2019s Ekenywa Valley region.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/lisa-weyandt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lisa-Weyandt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lisa-Weyandt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lisa-Weyandt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lisa-Weyandt-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lisa-Weyandt-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Lisa-Weyandt.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/lisa-weyandt\">URI Big Thinker: Lisa Weyandt<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As many as 35 percent of college-age students who don\u2019t have ADHD take stimulants and other ADHD medications, thinking it will improve their academic performance. It\u2019s a dangerous practice that worries psychology professor Lisa Weyandt, author of three books on ADHD and recipient of several research awards.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/leslie-mahler\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leslie-Mahler-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leslie-Mahler\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leslie-Mahler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leslie-Mahler-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leslie-Mahler-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Leslie-Mahler.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/leslie-mahler\">URI Big Thinker: Leslie Mahler<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Every week, about 20 people living with Parkinson\u2019s disease spend an hour with Leslie Mahler, Associate Professor of Communicative Disorders, and her graduate students in a clinical support group aimed at helping the patients overcome the speech disorders that typically result from the disease. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/annemarie-vaccaro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annemarie-Vaccaro2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Annemarie Vaccaro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annemarie-Vaccaro2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annemarie-Vaccaro2-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annemarie-Vaccaro2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Annemarie-Vaccaro2.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/annemarie-vaccaro\">URI Big Thinker: Annemarie Vaccaro<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There\u2019s been an enormous climate change in recent years -- a shift in social climate affecting the lives and well being of all people, especially those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. This changing climate is the backdrop for Professor Annemarie Vaccaro\u2019s work.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/kathleen-melanson\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kathleen-Melanson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Kathleen-Melanson.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/kathleen-melanson\">URI Big Thinker: Kathleen Melanson<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">News media around the world have really bitten into URI Professor Kathleen Melanson\u2019s ideas about the connection between speed and obesity. The speed of eating that is.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/james-prochaska-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/bt-prochaska-201112151-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Prochaska\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/bt-prochaska-201112151-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/bt-prochaska-201112151-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/bt-prochaska-201112151-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/bt-prochaska-201112151.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/james-prochaska-2\">URI Big Thinker: James Prochaska<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When the history of modern psychology is written, James Prochaska\u2018s name will top the list of those who shaped how we think about change itself, especially how we change the unhealthy behaviors of large populations.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/emily-clapham-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Clapham21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Emily-Clapham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Clapham21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Clapham21-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Clapham21-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Emily-Clapham21.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/emily-clapham-2\">URI Big Thinker: Emily Clapham<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Determined to stop the epidemic of childhood obesity, kinesiology professor Emily Clapham is leading a fitness transformation and taking the \u201cnew\u201d physical education to the next generation of PE teachers.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/big-stories\/empower\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/GuatemalaTH.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Guatemala\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/big-stories\/empower\">URI Big Story: Empower.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jennifer Audette, assistant professor of physical therapy, has created a program in Guatemala that helps children and teenagers with physical and cognitive challenges, and exposes her students to a different culture.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/paula-kleniewski-15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paula-Kleniewski-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paula-Kleniewski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paula-Kleniewski-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paula-Kleniewski-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paula-Kleniewski-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/969\/Paula-Kleniewski.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/who\/paula-kleniewski-15\">URI Big Thinker: Paula Kleniewski &#8217;15<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Paula Kleniewski has been passionate about golf since she was seven years old. So when she became a doctor of physical therapy student at URI, she found a creative way to make her favorite sport part of her studies.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2097,"featured_media":0,"parent":2384,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4454","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\/2097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12007,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4454\/revisions\/12007"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}