University of Rhode Island News

It's hard to imagine a tangle of identities more marginalized than that of the black gay man in Rhode Island.

Since its premier in 1983, Wheel of Fortune has become one of television's most widely known games shows.

What do you want to be when you grow up? While some high school students can answer that question easily, many others head off to college or jobs without a clue as to what career path they really want to pursue.

State tax collections plunged over the last four months, yet another sign that Rhode Island's economy is going nowhere fast.

The Pawtucket police have identified a woman who was found unconscious Tuesday night on West Avenue and later died as Patricia Tremblay, 30, of 8 George St.

Philosopher is named head of Mount Holyoke SOUTH HADLEY - Lynn Pasquerella, a philosopher and medical ethicist and the current provost at the University of Hartford, was named the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College.

Lynn Pasquerella , a former member of the faculty of the University of Rhode Island with a doctorate from Brown University, has been appointed as the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College .

Kathleen Melanson, URI associate professor of nutrition and food sciences, compared gum chewing to non-gum chewing in healthy adult volunteers who came to her lab for two standardized tests in random order.

Author: M.E. Reilly-McGreen Source: South County Independent Title: BEWITCHED IN RHODE ISLAND: OCEAN STATE IS STEEPED IN SUPERNATURAL LORE You won't hear so much as a whisper of a witch-hunt in Rhode Island history.

WHAT: New research from University of Rhode Island presented at The Obesity Society's 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting shows the role of chewing sugar-free gum, such as Wrigley's Extra , in helping to reduce calorie intake at lunchi and increase energy expenditure among individuals in a laboratory setting.ii Primary outcomes include: After subjects ...

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.

The URI couple has attracted more than $6 million in grants in four years. In addition, a number of health care and pharmaceutical companies have expressed interest in their work.

Indoor prostitution would become a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to a year in prison under legislation heading for a floor vote, a proposal that would close a loophole making Rhode Island the only state besides parts of Nevada that allows paid sex in private.

October 27, 2009 -- A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.

Governor Carcieri was joined Monday by Sen. Jack Reed and other state and federal officials to break ground on the new headquarters for staff and scientists from the Okeanos Explorer, a one-of-a-kind federal research vessel that will make Davisville its home port.

Nextec Applications Inc. wants to put a wall of water between the American soldier and the next roadside bomb he or she encounters.

There is no pretending here. The women gathered at this Providence community center are prostitutes.

Lawmakers started the year promising to fix Rhode Island's collapsing economy, which has driven unemployment to 13 percent, shuttered businesses, crushed the housing market and caused a budget deficit that grows worse daily.

The police have identified the man who died after a car crash Wednesday night on Knotty Oak Road at the intersection with Washington Street as 82-year-old Joseph Palin, of Scituate.

A look at India, from its split with Pakistan in 1947, to today's Bollywood musicals will be on screen during the University of Rhode Island's India Film Festival Friday and Saturday as well as Nov.