The College of Nursing would like to congratulate senior nursing student Victoria Szlashta on her homecoming win this past week! Thank you to all of the nursing students, faculty, and staff that donated their pennies on Victoria’s behalf. With your help, the homecoming court raised over $1000 for Shriners Children’s Hospitals. Take a look at Victoria’s […]

URI Providence campus to host public seminar on Ebola, today, Oct. 16 Media Contact: Dave Lavallee, 401-874-5862 October 16, 2014 WHAT: The University of Rhode Island will host a public seminar about the Ebola virus and its Rhode Island connection, including discussions of the West African epidemic and its implications for Rhode Island; prevention, diagnosis […]

Two URI College of Nursing students, Stephanie O’Neil and Bintou Marong, have completed a 10-week fellowship at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital. Bintou Maroug said of this experience: The Carol Ghiloni Oncology Fellowship located at Massachusetts General Hospital, aids students who have an interest in oncology to delve first hand into this specialty and gain […]

In cooperation with the State of Rhode Island and City of Providence, Brown University, and Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island will negotiate long-term leases with a private developer that would transform the South Street Power Station into a shared nursing education center, upper-level student housing, and University administrative offices, with restaurants, retails space, and new parking facilities.

The first in her family to graduate from college, Trystan Del Tufo has found inspiration and learning opportunities in what could only be described as an exhausting number of jobs, internships and community service commitments. It’s a safe bet that she will be well prepared for the demands, commitments and stresses at one of the nation’s leading cancer centers.