Posts Tagged ‘University of Rhode Island’
Special Deliveries: Certified Nurse-Midwifery Programs Lacking in New England
by Alyssa Franzosa
July 2, 2012
With Boston serving as a hub of both educational and medical excellence, it’s no wonder that New England has a high reputation to uphold in both of these areas. However, Boston and the rest of the region lack a specific degree program that is putting New England below the radars of potential midwives.
Certified nurse-midwifery is ...
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Science (Non)-Fiction … The Latest from NE Campuses
by Carolyn Morwick
November 29, 2011
A look at recent developments in New England higher education shows a region struggling to hold onto its historical research prowess and adding new health programs, but also facing rising costs and declining funds.
Holding onto research power
University of Connecticut Vice President for Research Suman Singha reported to university trustees that ...
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URI Fall 2011 Honors Colloquium to Feature Talks by Inventor Kurzweil, other Futurists on Technologies
by John O. Harney
September 2, 2011
The University of Rhode Island's honors colloquium will address technological advances expected over the next 20 to 30 years and their impact on humankind.
Talks will take place Tuesday evenings, at 7:30 p.m. from September through December 2011, at Edwards Auditorium on URI's Kingston campus. The complete season line-up follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 13Inventor and futurist ...
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URI Hooks $11.5 Million to Boost Sustainable Fishing in Senegal
by John O. Harney
April 28, 2011
The Coastal Resources Center and the Fisheries Center at the University of Rhode Island were awarded a five-year, $11.5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help the sub-Saharan African country of Senegal promote sustainable fishing.
Fishing has been an economic safety net in Senegal, which has created competing interests familiar ...
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Comings and Goings: They’d Rather Be in Philadelphia?
by Shoshana Akins
February 11, 2011
Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies associate director Paul E. Harrington moved to Philadelphia-based Drexel University. Harrington has been a frequent contributor to NEJHE and to NEBHE events
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Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., will also leave leave Boston for Philly, departing as dean of Boston College's Lynch School of Education to become ...
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URI and Rhode Island Hospital to Launch Five-Year Degree in Medical Physics
by John O. Harney
December 30, 2010
The University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with Rhode Island Hospital, will offer a five-year dual degree program to teach graduates to apply physics to treating cancer and other human diseases.
Set to launch in September 2011, the 162-credit program combining a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's in medical physics, will be ...
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URI Gets $212k Shot in Arm for Vaccine Studies
by Christine Cassis
July 15, 2010
A University of Rhode Island biotechnology professor was awarded a $212,000 grant to hire summer research fellows for vaccine studies. The grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allows 14 students and recent graduates from URI, Brown University, Bates College and the University of Connecticut to conduct research on vaccines against diseases ranging ...
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Brandeis, UConn Among NE Campuses Making Prez Moves
by Shoshana Akins
July 9, 2010
Brandeis University trustees named George Washington University Law School dean Frederick M. Lawrence to succeed Jehuda Reinharz as Brandeis president, beginning after Jan. 1, 2011. Lawrence became dean of the GWU Law School in 2005, after nearly two decades teaching at the Boston University School of Law.
University of Connecticut trustees appointed Philip E. ...
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Former NEBHE Prez Bob Weygand to Leave URI Position
by John O. Harney
October 19, 2012
Former NEBHE President and U.S. Congressman Robert A. Weygand will leave his position as the University of Rhode Island's vice president for administration and finance at the end of the fiscal year in June 2013.
"I will have served in this role for more than nine years, a long time by national standards," he said. "I ...
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