{"id":8430,"date":"2020-02-25T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec-draft\/?page_id=8430"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T14:44:58","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing featured-list\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2024\/07\/01\/biden-harris-administration-invests-over-200-million-help-primary-care-doctors-nurses-other-health-care-providers-improve-care-older-adults.html\">HRSA Awards Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Grants<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced more than $200 million to support 42 programs across the country aimed at improving care for older Americans, including those experiencing Alzheimer\u2019s disease and related dementias.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/uris-geriatric-workforce-education-program-fueling-improvements-in-older-adult-care\/\">URI\u2019s geriatric workforce education program fueling improvements in older adult care<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">RIGEC's Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Grant extended by a new $5 million federal grant award to train the states healthcare workforce!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2024\/03\/13\/uri-college-health-sciences-professors-named-among-stanfords-top-2-of-scientists-worldwide\/\">Dr. Clark named among Stanford&#8217;s top 2% of scientists worldwide!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The list identifies the world\u2019s leading researchers making significant scientific impacts in their fields.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/2023thewlis\/\">Recording Available!  2023 Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Longevity and the New Map of Life Laura L. Carstensen, PhD Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy Professor of Psychology Director, Stanford Center on Longevity Presented April 3, 2023 &nbsp; The 100 year life is here. Are we ready? As life expectancy increases, conversations about aging often raise concerns. Many of the challenges [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1010,"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-8430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8430"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14360,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430\/revisions\/14360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}