URI Couple and Family Therapy program to increase family therapy in addiction treatment, improve patient and family outcomes - The only RI workforce development program that recruits, trains and supervises family therapists takes burden off treatment centers statewide URI is working to help fill the shortage of licensed marriage… 
URI’s Early Intervention program helps kids with disabilities thrive - Certificate program aims to address ‘serious shortage’ in early intervention personnel throughout Rhode Island URI Nursing student Emily Nichols works with four-year-old Asher during a respite care program on campus.… 
Mission accomplished - Alison Taylor Hornung ’23 was just 12 when she began sewing and selling hair bows at her middle school, fundraising for a local family with a child diagnosed with cancer.… 
Professor Nilton Porto featured on WalletHub - Professor Nilton Porto was featured in WalletHub's piece about credit cards for bad credit. You can find his recent contribution here: https://wallethub.com/credit-cards/bad-credit/#expert=Nilton_Porto - URI Child Development Centers host high school students for lesson in early education - State-URI partnership exposes high school students to potential careers in human development and education Students from Chariho and Woonsocket High School Career and Technical Education programs recently visited the URI…
Spotlights
Meet Dr. Sammy Ahmed, PhD - Dr. Sammy AhmedHDF Assistant Professor Dr. Sammy Ahmed is an Assistant Professor for the Human Development and Family Science department. Dr. Ahmed conducts a very active and exciting research agenda… 
Meet Cherilyn DeFreitas - Cherilyn DeFreitas, a senior at the University of Rhode Island, is currently pursuing a degree in Human Development and Family Sciences with a concentration in Counseling and Social Services, along… 
Meet Dr. Casey McGregor, PhD - Dr. Casey M. McGregor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Rhode Island. 
Student Spotlight – Lidia Dias - I became interested in the Leadership Studies minor after so many people around me had talked highly about it. I decided that pursuing the minor with my Human Development and… 
Student Spotlight – Julia Austin - Coming into URI, I was undecided on my major. By sophomore year I declared my HDF major, and in spring of my junior year I took my first Leadership Studies…