Dr. Sabik recently published a cross-sectional study (n=225) in the Journal of Adult Development. As women grow older, physical changes accompanying the aging process may impact self-perceptions of body image and age. Data were collected from 115 European American and 100 African American aging 65+ and results demonstrated that for African American aging women, perceptions […]
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Dr. Greaney and colleagues from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Massachusetts, and the University of Guelph conducted a study examining the role of social support in changing multiple risk behaviors. For more information about the study, see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683577
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Two Health Studies majors and members of the URI baseball team, Chris Hess and Martin Figueroa, were signed in the MLB draft! Chris was signed by the New York Yankees and Martin Figueroa by the Houston Astro! Congratulations, Chris and Martin! Go Rhody! 2017 MLB Draft: Rhody’s Chris Hess Taken in 17th Round by New […]
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Jamie Lavoie and Shade Olowookere are part of the first group of graduates to earn certificates of completion for the URI Peace Corps Prep program. Congratulations, Jamie and Sade! We are proud of you! Peace Corps Prep allows undergraduate students to combine targeted coursework with hands-on experience and equips students with the tools needed to […]
Continue reading "Two majors earn certificates of completion for the URI Peace Corps Prep program"On May 20th, 2017, 105 Health Studies majors were awarded their Bachelor of Science in Health Studies degrees! The celebration took place at the Ryan Center and was followed by the graduation ceremony on Mat 22. Congratulations to all our new graduates. We are so proud of your accomplishments! Keep in touch!
Continue reading "Congratulations, 2017 Graduates!"Aleia Gardner, the recipient of the Health Studies Excellence Award, is a dedicated scholar with an outstanding academic record. She has excelled in all her class and graduated with a near perfect GPA. Aleia is committed to a career to reduce health disparities and improve health care access, especially among individual with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. Aleia will be attending […]
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Three Health Studies majors who are in the Honors College recently presented the results of their honors projects to the URI community on May 3.
Continue reading "Majors present their Honors Projects"Meredith Lemek, a Health Studies major from Richmond, RI, was one of several seniors awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Psychology – Senior Award from the Department of Psychology.
Continue reading "Major receives award from Psychology"They conducted a cross-sectional study and calculated frequencies and descriptives to describe the study sample and then ran Pearson’s correlations and built hierarchical multiple regressions models to examine associations among mental illness, alcohol use, and sleep quality
Continue reading "Examining sleep impairment among college students"The URI volunteers partnered with Habitat for Humanity and other local organizations to build houses destroyed by flooding, work in a food bank, plant trees, and more. This trip was Maya’s third year of being part of an alternative spring break trip with the URI Service Corps, She has previously traveled to New Mexico and South Carolina.
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