URI Day of Giving - Please consider donating now to the Thomas “Doc” Manfredi Research Fund! Doc is an emeritus faculty member in the Kinesiology Department and started as a faculty member in 1982 where he started the Exercise Science program including the master’s program. As a professor, Doc was a tireless champion for student research and served as the major […]
High school students from around Rhode Island get hands-on STEM lessons at URI Biomechanics Day - More than 500 students visited Mackal Field House as URI Department of Kinesiology hosts annual event
Record number of high school students expected to attend URI Biomechanics Day - Close to 500 students from 10 Rhode Island high schools will attend the Sixth Annual Biomechanics Day at the University of Rhode Island Wednesday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
URI alumna’s study on foot biomechanics, involving women’s basketball team, published in international journal - Cairns’ study, “The Relationship between Foot Anthropometrics, Lower-Extremity Kinematics, and Ground Reaction Force in Elite Female Basketball Players,” was recently published in the journal Biomechanics.
Seed funding awarded to boost promising medical research projects - The Rhode Island Foundation is awarding more than $360,000 in seed funding to 15 promising medical research projects.
Increased physical activity can spur cognitive development, help children manage symptoms of ADHD - URI Kinesiology Professor Nicole Logan’s funded study aims to support alternative methods of treating the common childhood condition
Kinesiology department hosts high school students for hands-on Biomechanics Day - Students get hands-on experience with the high-tech equipment in the College of Health Sciences’ labs
Passion for Fitness Fuels Sam Slezak’s Leadership in National Study to Protect Brain Health - Sam Slezak originally set out to become a trainer for professional athletes. Today, he’s a Research Coordinator at the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital. While working with aging seniors doesn’t come with the bright spotlight of training athletic superstars, the impact of his work is undoubtedly much more worthy of one, with the potential […]
Commencement 2022 - Congratulations to Caroline Eastus, Daniel Baez, Kaitlyn Lyons, Jillian Cidras, Shelley Oliveira Barbosa, Kaitlin Millicker, Kendra Graham, and Ray Williamson for receiving their M.S. degrees!
2022 Academic Health Collaborative (AHC) Student Research Award Winners - Daniel Baez (MS ’22, Research Mentor: Dr. Adami) and Caroline Eastus (MS ’22, Research Mentor: Dr. Adami) were honored for their significant contribution to health research with an AHC Student Research Award. Daniel’s research project “COVID-19 restrictions induced higher reduction in physical activity and quality of life in smokers with normal pulmonary function than smokers […]
