Suboptimal diet is the leading risk factor for death and disability in the US, and low-income, racial/ethnic minority children are particularly at risk. University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences Associate Professor Alison Tovar is working to improve diet quality in children, even if it means directly visiting homes.
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Oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island have found that even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have big consequences for tiny marine organisms called zooplankton.
Continue reading "URI researchers: Small changes in oxygen levels have big implications for ocean life"A fisheries researcher at the University of Rhode Island has found that oyster aquaculture operations can limit the spread of disease among wild populations of oysters. The findings are contrary to long-held beliefs that diseases are often spread from farmed populations to wild populations.
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A number of patients who suffer from asthma are bringing their condition under control, increasing their lung function and decreasing the frequency of asthma attacks — all without going to the doctor’s office. The patients involved in a URI College of Nursing professor’s study are benefitting from an emerging trend among nurses to increase patient […]
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University of Rhode Island College of Engineering Professor Yan (Lindsay) Sun has been elevated to the rank of Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Michael Rice, a professor of fisheries and aquaculture at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a lifetime achievement award from the government of the Philippines for his many years of work supporting the country’s aquaculture industry. He is just the second foreign national to receive the honor.
Continue reading "URI professor receives prestigious fisheries award from Philippine government"The Sea Education Association has announced that University of Rhode Island senior marine biology major Sharil Deleon is on an ocean research voyage this fall to study human impact on Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Through SEA Semester: Caribbean Reef Expedition, which is offered by Sea Education Association, the Central Fallsnative, together with other students with a variety of academic […]
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Eric Kaldor, assistant director for faculty development, and Holly Swanson, a doctoral student, at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded the Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development.
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There has been considerable buzz around the Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy lately. That’s partly because researchers there have a new ally in their quest to find a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease — the fruit fly.
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Really, archeology isn’t a lot like “Indiana Jones.” Just ask Ann Terry. Terry, a University of Rhode Island lecturer of art history, spent three weeks last spring studying fragments of 1,500-year-old Byzantine mosaics on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean. The work – sorting trays of artifacts and cleaning, classifying and documenting thousands of […]
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