{"id":168,"date":"2013-12-31T19:47:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T19:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2024-07-24T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:46:16","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><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=\"116\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/Nov_5-plan-comparison_-Legacy_Basic_PRO_ORG_ENT-v10.5.0-1-pdf-116x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 \u2013 Rhody Today<\/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:\/\/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\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2026-03-12_09-42-49-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/uri-professor-elected-trustee-of-american-college-of-sports-medicine\/\">URI professor elected trustee of American College of Sports Medicine \u2013 Rhody Today<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kinesiology professor Christie Ward-Ritacco named regional chapter trustee<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2026\/03\/04\/paid-summer-internships-for-chs-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/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\/paid-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\u2019s students.\u00a0<\/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\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2026-01-08_10-14-44-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2026-01-08_10-14-44-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2026-01-08_10-14-44-300x300.jpg 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 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\/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\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_5742-1280x1305-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_5742-1280x1305-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_5742-1280x1305-1-300x300.jpg 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\/\">Students and faculty from URI Department of Kinesiology earn awards at reginal conference.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI well-represented at American College of Sports Medicine conference KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 29, 2025 \u2013 The\u00a0Department of Kinesiology\u00a0in the University of Rhode Island\u2019s\u00a0College of Health Sciences\u00a0had a major presence at&#8230;<\/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\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-10-08_11-27-34-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-10-08_11-27-34-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-10-08_11-27-34-300x300.jpg 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\/\">URI professor examines use of technology to monitor patients after joint replacement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Technology has advanced, but barriers to implement technology remain<\/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\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-09-05_08-46-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-09-05_08-46-13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-09-05_08-46-13-300x300.jpg 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 \u2013 Rhody Today<\/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:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/2025\/04\/23\/uri-day-of-giving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/dog-logo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/dog-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/dog-logo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/2025\/04\/23\/uri-day-of-giving\/\">URI Day of Giving<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Please consider donating now to the Thomas \u201cDoc\u201d 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\u2019s program. As a professor, Doc was a tireless champion for student&nbsp;research and served as the major [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/high-school-students-from-around-rhode-island-get-hands-on-stem-lessons-at-uri-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-04-15_08-54-34-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-04-15_08-54-34-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/2025-04-15_08-54-34-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/high-school-students-from-around-rhode-island-get-hands-on-stem-lessons-at-uri-biomechanics-day\/\">High school students from around Rhode Island get hands-on STEM lessons at URI Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">More than 500 students visited Mackal Field House as URI Department of Kinesiology hosts annual event<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/record-number-of-high-school-students-expected-to-attend-uri-biomechanics-day\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_7166-2000x13331-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_7166-2000x13331-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1273\/IMG_7166-2000x13331-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/record-number-of-high-school-students-expected-to-attend-uri-biomechanics-day\/\">Record number of high school students expected to attend URI Biomechanics Day<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Close to 500 students from 10 Rhode Island high schools will attend the Sixth Annual Biomechanics Day at the University of Rhode Island\u00a0Wednesday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/news\/archives\/\" title=\"\">View Archive<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6184,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/6184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}