Dr. Donna Schwartz-Barcott and Dr. Hesook Suzie Kim Nursing Fellowship aims to boost ranks of nursing faculty A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing fellowship has topped more than $1.7 million, after $600,000 in recent contributions triggered a $500,000 match from an anonymous donor. The Dr. Donna Schwartz-Barcott and Dr. Hesook Suzie Kim Nursing […]

Parkinson’s disease is a devastating and progressive neurologic disease that affects upwards of 1 million people in the United States. Current treatments are unable to stop disease progression, partly due to an inability to monitor Parkinson’s symptoms precisely enough to tell if early treatments are working.  A study conducted by researchers at the University of […]

More than 100 students crossed the stage in Edwards Auditorium Saturday to receive their degrees at the annual College of Nursing December Commencement Saturday, Dec. 17. Associate Dean Susan Desanto-Madeya and members of the College faculty distributed 103 bachelor of science degrees, 44 of which were earned by working registered nurses who returned to URI […]

Nursing Professor Betty Rambur, the Routhier Endowed Chair for Practice, has been named interim dean of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing. Betty will assume this new role on Jan. 1 as Barbara Wolfe, current dean of the college, begins her tenure as URI’s next provost and executive vice president. Throughout her distinguished […]

Wolfe, who has served as College of Nursing dean for six years, was selected after an international search and will start on Jan. 1

The many significant accomplishments of the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the URI College of Nursing are chronicled in the 2022 Annual Report.

Two Nursing PhD students win national award for study analysis on risky behavior Studies suggest that parents continue to exert significant influence over their children’s behavior even into the college years, and that extends into the choices they make regarding substance use and other risky behaviors. When parents encourage, or at least don’t discourage, underage […]

The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing welcomes Assistant Professor Kate Healy to the college for the start of the fall 2022 semester. Learn about one of the College’s newest professors: Education: DNP, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions; MSN, University of Pennsylvania; BSN, University of Pennsylvania. Recent experience: Associate Director of Nursing, […]

URI College of Nursing professors continue to make significant impacts on health and health research, exemplified by the books, textbook chapters, scientific journal articles and more they have produced. Faculty members have been published dozens of times over the past year in a variety of publications. Check out a list of faculty publications over the […]

The B.S. in Nursing program makes impressive rise in ranks, slotting in at 67 The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing undergraduate program is now ranked among the top 10 percent of nursing colleges in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The College’s B.S. in Nursing program is […]