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URI News for November 22, 2009

gum

Sticky Study

The same nutrition researcher who had confirmed that if we eat slower we would consume less, Kathleen Melanson, now has shown that chewing sugar-free gum can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure. This research has received widespread coverage from media worldwide.

cancer

Targeting Cancer

Researchers have discovered a means to detect and treat cancerous tumors without harming the healthy cells nearby. Associate professors, biophysicists Yana Reshetnyak and Oleg Andreev's resesrch has attracted more than $6 million in grants in four years. It is possible that one day their detection method could be used as a universal procedure, similar to mammography or colonoscopies.

campaign

Making a Difference

President David M. Dooley announced on Oct. 17 that the University's Making a Difference capital campaign has achieved its $100 million goal, a full 15 months ahead of schedule. The campaign is scheduled to officially close December 31, 2010. Nearly 34,000 alumni and friends have made donations to the University during this campaign, representing participation from about one-third of URI's alumni base. Almost 10,000 of those donors were first-time contributors. The campaign was launched in July 2004 with the purpose of securing the resources necessary to increase the University's competitiveness.

Moran

Global Warming

Professor of Oceanography S. Bradley Moran will co-lead two studies to better understand several chemical and physical processes that occur in the world's oceans. His work is being funded with $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation and will involve a study in the North Atlantic that will shed light on deep ocean circulation and a project in the Northeast Pacific that will examine changes in the sinking rate of particulate organic carbon. Moran said that large-scale deep ocean circulation is like a global conveyor belt moving warm and cool waters in consistent patterns around the world.

pharmacy

Pharmacy Building

For the University's College of Pharmacy to grow in its role as a center of excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and as a centerpiece of the state's economic recovery efforts a new $75 million complex is now under construction.

Narkiewicz

Pure Water

A Civil and environmental engineering graduate student uses a deceptively simple porous clay pot as a water filter to help South African HIV patients and their families to purify drinking water, improve health.

prosthetics

Stumble Detection

Biomedical Engineering Professor Helen Huang is leading a study to develop a computer-controlled prosthetic leg that seeks to improve their safety with a reliable and responsive stumble detection system. With the number of lower limb amputees growing in this country, the research is playing a vital role in improving the lives of amputees. The study is funded by the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council.

Flu

Preparedness

To prepare for the likelihood of this flu affecting our community, URI's H1N1 Coordinating Committee is monitoring the campus situation, working with the RI Department of Health, and making recommendations regarding changes in campus activities on the basis of any flu outbreak. We'll keep you posted at uri.ed/news/h1n1.

First Night

Facts about Fall

While preparedness for the global H1N1 (swine) flu virus is an important focus this fall, here's a release that provides a few facts about enrollment, some of the activities and events planned and a bit about improvements being made in facilities on the Kingston campus.

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