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University of Rhode Island
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CALENDAR
Contents Fall Semester 1994 December 16, Friday
Final date for January candidates to submit
August 29-September 2 completed master's and doctoral theses in a
4 The University
Registration week. Deadline for form acceptable for examination purposes
15 Degree Requirements international students to arrive along with the request for oral defense of
18 Admission and Registration on campus. thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL BE
GRANTED.T heses must be submitted at least
21 Fees and Financial Aid September 5, Monday 20 calendard ays prior to the date requestedf or
Holiday, Labor Day. oral defense.S electiono f date should allow suf
27 Graduate Programs
ficient time for necessaryr evisionsa nd retyping
September 8, Thursday
112 Personnel befores ubmission in final form. See deadline
Classes begin, Kingston Campus and
below and note at the end of this calendarr e
120 Index College of Continuing Education (CCE).
gardings chedulinge xaminations during the
University Faculty meeting, 3:30 p.m.
winter intercession.
September 21, Wednesday
December 16, 19-23
Final date to add courses, and for P-F
option or audit requests. Fees will not be Final examinations, Kingston Campus.
adjusted downwardf or coursesd roppeda fter
December 17, Saturday
this date.
CCE classes and examinations end.
October 7, Friday December 26, Monday
Final date for nominations for January Offices closed.
graduation.
December 27, Tuesday
October 10, Monday Final grades due in the Office of the Regis
Holiday, Columbus Day. Classes will not trar by 4 p.m.
meet.
October 11-14
Spring Semester 1995
Currently enrolled matriculating graduate
students may pick up advance registration
January 9-13
materials for spring 1995 from the Office of
Registration week.
the Registrar.
January 12, Thursday
October 17-November 23
Final date for January degree candidates to
Currently enrolled matriculating graduate
submit, in final form, master's and doctoral
students may register for spring 1995 by
theses which have been successfully de
telephone anytime after their earliest time
fended. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL
to register.
BE GRANTED.
October 25, Tuesday
January 16, Monday
Midsemester. Final date to drop courses and
Holiday, Martin Luther King.
to change.from P-F option to grade.
January 18, Wednesday
November 15, Tuesday
Classes begin, Kingston Campus and CCE.
Deadline for applications for spring 1995,
except for programs with earlier deadlines. January 31, Tuesday
Final date to add courses, and for P-F
November 24, Thursday
option or audit requests. Feesw ill not be
Thanksgiving recess begins,
adjusted downwardf or coursesd roppedf lfter
8a.m.
this date.
November 28, Monday
Volume 90, Number 4 February 1, Wednesday
Classes resume, 8 a.m.
October 1994 Final date for completion of admissions
December 14, Wednesday applications from individuals seeking
Bulletin of the University of Rhode Island Programs of study due for students admit financial aid for 1995. Applications for
ted for fall 1994. Classes end, Kingston financial aid received subsequent to this
(USPS0 77-740). Published four times a year
Campus. date cannot be assured of full consider
in April, August, September, and October by
ation.
the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, December 15, 17-18
RI 02881. Second-class postage paid at Reading days, Kingston Campus.
Wakefield, RI 02880.
9/94/20M
Produced by the URI Publications Office,
Division of University Advancement.
Printed in Canada.
CALENDAR 3
February 15, Wednesday May 15, Monday' August 31, Thursday
Final date for nominations from depart Final grades due in the Office of the Regis Deadline for international students to
ments and applications for fellowships and trar by 4 p.m. arrive on campus.
scholarships.
May 20, Saturday
IMPORTANTN OTE: Requests for schedul
February 17, Wednesday Graduate Commencement.
ing examinations must be submitted to the
Final date for nominations for May gradua
Graduate School Office at least 20 calendar
tion and for submission of annual review of
days prior to the date(s) requested. Theses
doctoral candidates. Summer Session 1995
and dissertations must be distributed to
February 20, Monday members of the examining committee at
Classes will not meet. NOTE: All courses taken by graduate stu least 15 days prior to the date of the de
dents during summer sessions are subject to fense. Oral and written examinations,
February 22, Wednesday the same regulations regarding inclusion in including qualifying and comprehensive
Monday classes meet. programs of study and calculation of over examinations and defense of theses, will be
all academic average, etc., as courses taken scheduled only at the convenience of the
March 7, Tuesday
during the regular academic year. Students faculty members involved and depending
Midsemester. Final date to drop courses and
wishing to take directed studies or special on the availability of the candidate's pro
change from P-F option to grade.
problems courses during summer sessions gram committee and additional qualified
March 13, Monday must obtain individual approval for these examiners. Such examinations will not be
Spring recess begins, 8 a.m. courses from the Summer Session Office scheduled during periods when the Univer
unless the specific offering is listed in the sity is in recess. Students wishing to take
March 20, Monday Summer Session Bulletin for that year. Stu any examinations should first check as to •
Classes resume, 8 a.m.
dents wishing to enroll for thesis or disser the availability and convenience of the fac
April 7, Friday tation research during summer sessions ulty members. Each faculty member must
Final date for May degree candidates to sub must first determine that their major pro initial the request for scheduling the exami
mit completed master's and doctoral theses fessors and/or members of their thesis or nation to indicate willingness to serve. The
in a. form acceptable for examination pur dissertation committees will be available faculty should be consulted well in advance
poses, along with the request for oral de and are willing to provide the necessary for examinations being scheduled during
fense of thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME supervision. See also the important note at the winter intercession and summer ses
WILL BE GRANTED.T hesesm ust be submit the end of this calendar regarding schedul sion. If they are not registered for course
ted at least 20 calendard ays prior to the date ing of examinations, including defense of work or research during the summer ses
requestedf or the oral defense.S electiono f date theses, during summer session. See the sions, students should register for one
should allow sufficient time for necessaryr evi Summer Session Bulletin available at the credit of research to defend theses and for
sions and retypingb efores ubmission in final Summer Session Office. continuous registration to take the other
form. See deadlineb elow. examinations. Please note that persons on
June 2, Friday
continuous registration do not have the
Final date for nominations for August
April 15, Friday privilege of consulting regularly with pro
Application deadline for summer 1995 ad graduation. fessors on research or thesis preparation,
missions, except for programs with earlier July 14, Friday nor of using the University's laboratory,
deadlines. Final date for all August degree candidates computer, or other educational facilities
to submit completed master's and doctoral (except for the libraries).
May 3, Wednesday
theses in a form acceptable for examination
Classes end, Kingston Campus. Programs of
purposes, along with the request for oral
study due for students admitted in January
defense of the thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F
1995.
TIME WILL BE GRANTED.T heses must be
May 4, 6-7 submitted at least 20 calendard ays prior to the
Reading days, Kingston Campus. date requestedf or the oral defense.S elec,tiono f
date should allow sufficient time for necessary
May 5, 8-12
revisionsa nd retypingb efores ubmission in
Final examinations, Kingston Campus.
final form. See deadlineb elow.
May 8, Monday
July 15, Saturday
Final date for all May degree candidates to
Deadline for fall 1995 applications, except
submit, in final form, master's and doctoral
for programs with earlier deadlines. ·
theses which have been successfully de
fended. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL August 11, Friday
BE GRANTED. Final date for all August degree candidates
to submit, in final form, master's and doc
May 10, Wednesday
toral theses which have been successfully
CCE classes and examinations end.
defended. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL
BE GRANTED.
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THE UNIVERSITY
T
he University of Rhode Island Continuing Education, Engineering, needs of the people of Rhode Island by
is a medium-sized state univer Human Science and Services, Nursing, making knowledge and information
sity located in the southern Pharmacy, Resource Development, readily available to individual citizens,
part of Rhode Island in the and University College; the Graduate to community groups, to school and
village of Kingston. It was (ounded as a School, the Graduate School of Library educational agencies, and to business,
land-grant college in 1892. As the insti and Information Studies, and the industry, labor, and government.
tution expanded, a wide range of edu Graduate School of Oceanography. At the heart of this university, like its
cational and scholarly programs were counterparts across the nation, there is
Mission Statement. The University of
developed. In part because of its loca a strong core of traditional academic
Rhode Island is rooted firmly in the tra
tion near the ocean, the University has disciplines, such as history, physics, and
dition of America's unique land-grant
developed strong marine programs and economics. These are not only principal
institutions-universities that exist to
has been designated one of the national subjects of teaching and research, but
expand and transmit knowledge and to
Sea Grant colleges. they also provide the foundation for all
foster its application in the daily life of
The University enrolls about 12,200 specialized, professional, and applied
the nation.
students on its Kingston Campus, areas of study.
As the state's flagship institution of
and another 3,000 in credit courses One component of the University's
higher learning, the University has
throughout the state. There are about approach to higher learning is the close
three major responsibilities: to provide
11,500 undergraduate students, about student-teacher relationship and the
traditional as well as innovative oppor
3,600 graduate students, and a full-time consequent concern for the individual
tunities for education at the under
teaching faculty of about 720. person. A low student-to-faculty ratio
graduate and graduate levels; to pursue
The University has nine colleges and enhances the success of this vital com
research and other scholarly and cre
three schools: the Colleges of Arts and ponent of the University's mission.
ative activities; and to serve the unique
Sciences, Business Administration,
THE UNIVERSITY 5
Because of its commitment to pro when the degree of Master of Public Ad The University's Research Office
vide access for academically qualified ministration was first awarded. Today, provides assistance to the University
and motivated students of all ages, the the master's degree is offered in 56 areas research community in all aspects of
University maintains a variety of both of study and the doctorate in 3 7 areas. research and in the preparation of pro
traditional and nontraditional learning To date, over 15,000 master's degrees posals.
environments. Students who are part and 1,700 doctoral degrees have been
time, disabled, or somewhat older than conferred.
traditional students, who are members The Dean of the Graduate School Research Resources
of a minority group or are working has primary responsibility for adminis
while pursuing an education are served tering policies and procedures relating University Libraries. The library collec
through a wide range of facilities in to advanced study at the University of tion of 1,040,000 bound volumes and
Kingston as well as through extensive Rhode Island. Graduate School policy is 1,360,000 microforms is housed in the
academic and student services at the formulated by graduate faculty mem University Library in Kingston, at the
University's College of Continuing Edu bers, acting through their delegate College of Continuing Education in
cation in Providence. body, and the Graduate Council, which Providence, and in the Pell Marine Sci
includes student members. Only the ence Library on the Narragansett Bay
Campuses. The University has a spa
Dean or the Graduate Council can Campus. The latter was designated the
cious rural campus in Kingston, 30
grant exceptions to the regulations for National Sea Grant Depository in 1971.
miles south of Providence, in the north
graduate study, which are explained in The University Library, which holds
eastern metropolitan corridor between
detail in the GraduateS tudentM anual. the bulk of the collection, has open
New York and Boston. The center of the
The University graduate programs of stacks with direct access to books, peri
campus is a quadrangle of handsome
study are listed on page 6. Work in a odicals, documents, maps, microforms,
old granite buildings surrounded by
combination of special areas is often and audiovisual materials. The Special
newer academic buildings, student resi
possible. Graduate-level course work ap Collections Department collects and
dence halls, and fraternity and sorority
plicable to a number of these programs maintains rare books, manuscripts, the
houses. On the plain below Kingston
is offered in several locations through University archives, and a variety of spe
Hill are gymnasiums, athletic fields,
out the state by the College of Continu cial interest materials. Service hours at
tennis courts, and agricultural fields.
ing Education. In most cases, however, the other libraries vary, but the Univer
In addition to the Kingston Campus,
a portion of the courses must be taken sity Library provides full reference, bib
the University has three other cam
on the Kingston Campus. liographic, and circulation services dur
puses. The Narragansett Bay Campus,
ing most of the 90 hours per week it is
six miles east of Kingston, overlooking
open. Terminals linked to the Academic
the West Passage of the bay, is the site
Computer Center are available in the
Research
of the Graduate School of Oceanogra
library during the hours both facilities
phy. On its 165 acres are located aca
Within Rhode Island's system of are open. A computer-based biblio
demic and research buildings, a pier for
higher education, the University has graphic system makes most books avail
research vessels, the Rhode Island
the major responsibility for graduate able to users one week after their re
Nuclear Science Center, and several fed
study, which is closely associated with a ceipt. Arrangements can be made to
eral laboratories devoted to the marine
strong program of research. Specialized borrow out-of-print material from other
sciences. The College of Continuing
research, education, and public service libraries through the Interlibrary Loan
Education, with main offices at 199
projects are conducted in all depart Office in the University Library.
Promenade Street in Providence, offers
ments and programs offering graduate The University is a member of the
courses throughout the state. The W.
degrees. Sponsored research throughout Higher Education Library Information
Alton Jones Campus, in the western
the University is supported by a total of Network (HELIN),w hich extends bor
section of the state, 20 miles from
approximately $45 million per year. rowing privileges to the faculty, staff,
Kingston, has 2,300 acres of woods,
Support comes from foundations, com and students of the Community College
fields, streams, and ponds devoted to
mercial firms, federal and state agen of Rhode Island, Providence College,
environmental education and research.
cies, and the University. The University Rhode Island College, Roger Williams
Conference facilities are also located on
ranks among the top five percent of the University, and the University of Rhode
the campus.
country's colleges and universities in Island. Holdings of all these libraries are
the amount of research funding re included in the on-line public access
ceived. catalog.
Graduate Study The vice provost for research, on be
Academic Computer Center. The Aca
half of the University, approves applica
Graduate study at the University was demic Computer Center (ACC) provides
tions for research grants, maintains files
inaugurated in 1907 with Master of Sci computational resources needed by the
of funding agencies, keeps a current fa
ence degrees in chemistry and engineer University community for instruction
c.ilitiesi nventory, and is the liaison for
ing. The Master of Arts degree was first and research. Located in Tyler Hall on
the president, the provost, the business
awarded in 1951, and in 1960 the Uni the Kingston Campus, the ACC main
manager, the academic deans, the Re
versity awarded its first Doctor of Phi tains central computing facilities, stu
search Committee, and the faculty in
losophy degree. Graduate work for pro dent microcomputing resources, and
matters pertaining to general research
fessional degrees was initiated in 1962, the campus high-speed network. The
policy.
6 THE UNIVERSITY
ACC provides a variety of services to
support these facilities and assists the
Graduate Degree Programs
campus community in their use. The
Master of Arts Resource Economics computer network and related services
Speech-Language Pathology have been expanding steadily since the
Audiology
Statistics center opened in 1959, and now a ma
Comparative Literature
Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and jority of the students, faculty, and staff
Education
• Adult Education Design use these resources. All students are en
• Education Research Zoology titled to a computer account which ~n
• Elementary Education ables them to use ACC facilities, includ
Doctor of Philosophy
• Reading Education ing access to worldwide electronic mail
• Science Education Applied Mathematical Sciences services.
• Secondary Education • Applied Mathematics The center has an IBM ES/9000
English • Applied Probability Model 210 VF mainframe computer
French • Computer Science running the VM/CMS operating system
History • Operations Research
to provide computing support for inter
Marine Affairs • Statistics
active, batch, and client-server process
Philosophy Biological Sciences
or modes. A full complement of pro
Political Science • Biochemistry
gramming languages and packages is
Spanish • Botany
available. In addition, an IBM RISC
Speech-Language Pathology • Fisheries, Animal and
Veterinary Science System/6000 Power Server 560 running
Master of Science • Food Science and Nutrition AIX 3.2.5 is available for Geographic
• Microbiology Information System and computer-·
Accounting
• Natural Resources intensive applications. Extensive facili
Audiology
Biochemistry • Plant Pathology ties for computer graphics are also of
Botany • Plant Science fered using both video display facilities
Chemical Engineering • Zoology and a CalComp 58436 color electro
Chemistry Business Administration static plotter for visualization. Several
Civil and Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering hundred personal computers, work
Chemistry
Clinical Laboratory Science stations, and terminals are located in
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computer Science public work areas and private offices.
Economics-Marine Resources
Electrical Engineering These devices are connected to the Uni
Entomology Education versity Ethernet network, which pro
Electrical Engineering
Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary
vides access to the ACC systems and
Science English
remote independent computers. Also
Food Science and Nutrition Industrial and Manufacturing
Engineering available are extensive dial-up facilities
Geology
Human Development and Family Mathematics as well as external network access to the
Mechanical Engineering and Applied INTERNET,B ITNET, and the Rhode
Studies
• Human Development and Family Mechanics Island State Network. URI is also a
Studies Nursing Smart Node member of the Cornell
• Marriage and Family Therapy Ocean Engineering National Supercomputer Facility, with
• College Student Personnel Oceanography both research and educational access to
Labor and Industrial Relations Pharmaceutical Sciences supercomputer facilities.
Manufacturing Engineering • Medicinal Chemistry The ACC provides facilities.manage
Mathematics • Pharmaceutics ment services for campus microcom
Mechanical Engineering and Applied • Pharmacognosy puter laboratories featuring IBM PS/2s,
Mechanics • Pharmacology and Toxicology Apple Macintoshes, and UNIX work
Medicinal Chemistry Physics
stations. Numerous software applica
Microbiology Psychology
tions are available. The microcomputer
Natural Resources • Clinical
Nursing • Experimental laboratories are available for faculty re
Ocean Engineering • School search, teaching, and general student
use. Eight computer classrooms are
Oceanography
Pharmaceutics Professional Degrees available.
Pharmacognosy Master of Business Administration Other Research Facilities. The Depart
Pharmacology and Toxicology · (M.B.A.)
ment of Computer Science and Statis
Pharmacy Administration Master of Community Planning (M.C.P.)
tics operates both research activities
Physical Education Master of Library and Information
and instruction within the department.
Physical Therapy Studies (M.L.I.S.)
At present, this facility includes a class
Physics Master of Marine Affairs (M.M.A.)
room equipped with 36 Macintosh
Plant Science Master of Music (M.M.)
Psychology (School) Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) computers, another classroom with 12
SUN workstations, and a VAX mini
computer. Additional SUN workstations
THE UNIVERSITY 7
and Macintoshes are located in faculty NETZSCHt hermal analyzer, a field scanning transmission, and diffraction
and graduate student offices. All of the station for radiopropagation research, capabilities. Ultramicrotomes, carbon
equipment is interconnected by a local and reverberant and anechoic rooms for evaporators, darkroom facilities, and
area network. The Narragansett Bay airborne acoustics work. other equipment for specimen prepara
Campus has a Prime 750 and a Micro Equipment available for marine tion are also available. The facility is
vax II for timesharing use, an educa research includes chambers for leak available for use by graduate students
tional computer laboratory with nine testing equipment prior to deep-sea use, and other University personnel, and for
Macintosh computers, two DOS ma marine geotechnical laboratory facilities research projects and instruction. The
chines, two SUN workstations, and a for sediment testing, a wave and towing facility is staffed by a director and a
high-speed data link to the Academic tank, underwater acoustics test facili technical specialist who maintains the
Computer Center. The College of Engi ties, a marine experimental aquarium, a facility and assists and trains users.
neering has a VAX 4000/200 VMS mini marine ecosystem laboratory, and an Advice in project design is also pro
computer; a DECsystem 5000/200 RISC oceanographic remote-sensing labora vided, and assistance with biological
Ultrix server; 20 VA Xstation 3100 graph tory that processes sea surface data. preparation is available by special
ics workstations; 75 IBM-compatible PCs The University also operates the Ocean arrangement. The facility welcomes
(286i and 486i); and terminals in all Mapping Development Center for map projects of all sorts, in both the biologi
engineering buildings. These and all ping the sea floor. cal and physical sciences.
other departmental computers are The University's research vessel, The Physical Therapy Program in the
linked together by an internal college Endeavor,o perated by the Graduate Keaney-Tootell complex has established
Ethernet network. Ethernet connects to School of Oceanography, is a 185-foot a clinical research unit that includes a
the campus network, which includes the ship capable of working in all parts of computerized BIODEX muscle perfor
Academic Computer Center and the the world's oceans. It can carry a scien mance testing dynamometry system, a
international INTERNETT. he Depart tific party of 16. Also part of the fleet METRECOMp ostural analysis system,
ment of Electrical Engineering has a are a 59-foot, high-speed ocean research and an ARIELb iomechanical analysis
SUN 4/490 SPARCs erver, 42 SUN and vessel, the LaurieL ee, and a 65-foot system for human motor performance
DEC UNIX workstations, and a variety ocean engineering vessel, the RV West assessment. Functional electrical stimu
of PCs and Macintoshes. The Depart Passage,w ith equipment for imaging lation for the spinal-cord injured and
ment of Civil Engineering has a VMS and sampling the sea bed. The Univer other neurologically impaired patients
cluster of four VA Xstation 3100 graphics sity fisheries school operates a 52-foot is made possible through a cooperative
workstations and a Novell network of long training vessel, the Cap'n Bert.A arrangement with the nonprofit organi
eight IBM PCs. The Department of number of smaller vessels are also avail zation, Shake-A-Leg, Inc. Clinical evalu
Chemistry has a VAX 4000/200 VMS able. The Graduate School of Oceanog ation, treatment, and collaborative
minicomputer, one HP and three DEC raphy also has a fully equipped research studies are possible in exercise science
UNIX workstations, 20 IBM-compatible diving facility. through cooperation with researchers
PCs, and six Macintoshes. A research reactor and associated in the Department of Physical Educa
Four other computer facilities are facilities are available to University tion and Health.
available in the College of Business Ad students at the Rhode Island Nuclear The Speech and Hearing Center has
ministration. The Dennis W. Callaghan Science Center, located on the Narra one-way vision and listening facilities
Microcomputer Laboratory, housed in gansett Bay Campus. Constructed and and diagnostic equipment for speech
the College of Business Administration, operated by the state of Rhode Island, and language testing. Sound-treated
has 35 networked IBM-compatible 2861 this critical reactor is extensively used testing rooms meeting ANSI standards
PCs and 12 Textronics 4307 terminals for research by many departments of and audiometric equipment provide for
with access to the Novell file server the University. The reactor, designed audiologic evaluation and research.
and the campus-wide computer system for 5MW, is now operating at 2MW.
Writing Center. The Writing Center
network. The Champlin Room facility Hot laboratories, counting equipment,
provides assistance to anyone in the
offers higher processing power with an neutron spectrometers (including a
University community who needs help
IBM PS/2 model 70/386. This extensive unique polarized-beam, small-angle
with any phase of writing a paper. The
computer capability is duplicated at the instrument), and multichannel ana
Writing Center is staffed by Depart
College of Continuing Education in lyzers are also available.
ment of English College Writing Pro
Providence, on a somewhat smaller The College of Nursing has practice
gram faculty and Department of En
scale, so that both day and evening stu laboratories equipped with a heart
glish graduate students. Tutoring is
dents can avail themselves of the latest sound simulator used by students in
provided by appointment on an indi
in computer technology. primary health care. The media center
vidual basis, but walk-in appointments
Other equipment includes major lab at White Hall contains various types of
are sometimes available.
oratories for digital pattern recognition learning modules and microcomput.ers
The center helps students become
and digital image processing, computer for research and instruction.
better writers and provides an environ
automation ("robotics"), optical proper Housed in the Morrill Science Build
ment in which writers can write with
ties of materials and microelectronics, ing, the URI Central Electron Micro
paper and pencil or on one of the
and materials research, a mechanical scope Facility has a JEOL 1200 EX scan
center's Macintosh computers. Students
properties testing facility, including an ning-transmission electron microscope
can use an array of software, including
Instron 1125, several MTS SERVO (STEM).T his is a high-resolution micro
word-processing software, to produce
HYDRAULICt esting machines and a scope with transmission, scanning,
8 THE UNIVERSITY
their work with support from center ences and their supporting basic science and mosquito-borne encephalitis. On
staff. The computers and software in disciplines. It provides a structure to en going projects include disease preven
the Writing Center are compatible with courage interaction among the aca tion programs, surveillance and risk
those in other labs campus-wide. demic, governmental, and industrial assessment strategies, vector control,
The center is open approximately 40 sectors of the state economy. The cen and the development of appropriate
hours per week, including daytime and ter identifies new research opportuni community-based interventions. Work
evening hours. Appointments for tutor ties and organizes seminars and work ing closely with local, state, and federal
ing can be made by calling 401-792- shops on topics in biotechnology. agencies as well as industry partners,
4690, or by visiting the center in Room While the center is not an academic faculty from such diverse disciplines as
313, Independence Hall. unit of the University, it identifies animal sciences, entomology, micro
potential study areas in biotechnology biology, statistics, mammalogy, orni
for the various departments of the thology, plant sciences, behavior modi
Research Units University at the graduate and under fication, and nursing are involved in
graduate levels. It is administered in the the center's programs. Several of the
In addition to the research in various College of Resource Development by a projects include tracking new or emerg
departments, the following special steering committee with a chairman ing infections and advising citizens on
research agencies have been established. selected from the college. measures for protection.
Agricultural Experiment Station. This Cancer Prevention Research Center. Child Development Center (CDC).
station within the College of Resource The center, which includes the Self The CDC is part of the Department of
Development is the designated Rhode Change Laboratory, is a multidisci Human Development and Family Stud
Island/USDA partnership organization plinary research facility supported by ies. It serves as a research site, with the
for research in the agricultural sciences. the National Cancer Institute, the children, their families, and staff par
Basic and applied investigations in American Cancer Society, the Centers ticipating in studies conducted by Uni
natural and human resources are car for Disease Control and Prevention, versity faculty and students. Investiga
ried out by 54 senior scientists assigned and the Johnson & Johnson Corpora tions focus on a range of topics related
to college departments. Their research tion. The center is dedicated to research to the social, emotional, physical, and
promotes conservation and manage that will enhance the quality and quan cognitive development of young chil
ment of resources, improvement of the tity of life through health promotion dren; the creation and management of
quality of environment, enhancement and disease prevention. Basic research early-education environments; and rela
of home life, and support of resource has generated a leading model of how tionships between teachers and chil
using business and industry. A strong people change chronic problem behav dren, teachers and parents, and parents
orientation toward estuarine and ma iors, such as addictions, unhealthy di and children.
rine issues and an interdisciplinary ap ets, sedentary lifestyles, high-risk sexual
Coastal Resources Center (CRC).
proach to resource research are charac behavior, sun exposure, and depression.
In 1971, the governor of Rhode Island
teristics of the station. The progress of Applied research has generated innova
requested that the URI Graduate School
research and complete results of indi tive interventions, including computer
of Oceanography establish the Coastal
vidual projects are published in station driven expert systems and proactive
Resources Center to assist the state in
bulletins, which are available to Rhode counseling protocols that reach high
formulating strategies for managing its
Island residents upon request. percentages of people at risk for cancer
coastline. By the mid-seventies, CRC
and other chronic diseases.
Aquaculture Center, East Farm. The was drafting the state's coastal manage
Department of Fisheries, Animal and Center for Atmospheric Chemistry ment program, assisting the New
Veterinary Science maintains a facility Studies (CACS). The center, part of the England Regional Commission in the
for the study of fish biochemistry, Graduate School of Oceanography, is a resolution of issues posed by offshore
physiology, and pathology at East focal point for the development of a oil development, and preparing special
Farm, near the main campus. The broad-scale research effort in the trans area management plans for critical geo
4,000-square-foot building houses circu port, reactions, and impact of sub graphic areas of Rhode Island. In 1984,
lar fiberglass rearing units, bioassay stances carried through the atmo numerous projects with a national
tanks, and smaller tanks for individual sphere. It provides a resource in the scope, including an interdisciplinary
studies. Although the research empha research of atmospheric chemistry and study of the management of U.S. estu
sis is on Atlantic salmon-the center air pollution for the state of Rhode aries since 1950, were undertaken. A
rears 40,000 salmon in its tanks-there Island, and participates in several multi major international program was
are also rearing tanks for lake, brook, institutional, multinational research started in 1985 to assist developing
and rainbow trout. In addition, the programs investigating global-scale nations in the management of their
center maintains a net pen with 3,000 problems in atmospheric chemistry. coasts. As part of its central activity of
Atlantic salmon at Casey Point in formulating management strategies,
Center for Vector-Borne Disease. The
Saunderstown, about nine miles from CRC designs research projects to im
mission of the center is to promote in
the main campus. prove the understanding of specific re
terdisciplinary research and student
Biotechnology Center. This center was training in all areas related to human source issues, provides technical assis
established to coordinate and foster in disease from arthropods and wildlife. tance and training, and develops
terdisciplinary research in the agricul Studies focus on important regional dis programs that involve the public in
tural, medical, marine, and food sci- eases such as Lyme disease, babesiosis, coastal management initiatives.
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Cooperative Extension. This nation the laboratory are currently engaged in ates research opportunities for both
wide outreach education system was es research projects with the Rhode Island graduate students and faculty members
tablished by federal legislation and is a Department of Environmental Manage in family interaction and family sys
partnership of the U.S. Department of ment, the Environmental Protection tems. Various assessment tools are used
Agriculture, state land-grant universi Agency, the National Park Service, the to give feedback to families served and
ties, and local governments. District Soil Conservation Service, and the to graduate student therapists, and to
offices are located in East Greenwich National Oceanic and Atmospheric produce a database for ongoing re
(serving Kent and Washington Coun Administration. Computing is done on search. The clinic promotes the use of
ties), Greenville (Providence County), Data General AViiON workstations, its facilities by local families and accepts
and Newport (Newport and Bristol microcomputers, and the University's referrals from the Rhode Island Family
Counties). The mission of Cooperative IBM mainframe. The EDC maintains a Court, school systems, clergy, and
Extension at URI, which is housed in Global Positioning System base station health personnel.
the College of Resource Development, and has hardware and software for pro
Family Violence Research Program.
is to teach people how to improve their cessing remotely sensed data.
Established in 1973, the program is de
lives and their communities using sci
Exercise Science Laboratories. These signed as a research, teaching, and
entific information produced by the
laboratories consist of the Human Per training program in the area of f~mily
University's research centers. It ad
formance Laboratory, the Kinesiology violence. lt is supported by grants from
dresses the economic, social, and envi
Laboratory, and the Computer Labora the National Institute of Mental Health,
ronmental issues important to Rhode
tory, all housed in the Tootell-Keaney the National Center on Child Abuse
Island citizens and covering these broad
complex. They offer measurement and and Neglect, the National Institute of
areas: home economics and family liv
exercise counseling services to local, Justice, the National Science Founda
ing, 4-H youth development, and
state, and regional agencies, industrial tion, the Harry Frank Guggenheim
agricultural and community resource
corporations, established exercise pro Foundation, and the Robert Wood
development.
grams, athletic teams, and individuals Johnson Foundation. The program of
Design for Manufacture Research with medical referrals. They serve as fers a formal course through the De
Center. The center is based in the teaching and research units for under partment of Sociology and Anthropol
Department of Industrial and Manufac graduate and graduate students focus ogy, as well as training in the field of
turing Engineering. lt involves under ing on exercise science and fitness. In family violence to local, state, national,
graduates, faculty members, and gradu addition, the Independence Square II and international professional groups
ate research assistants, at both master's building houses three exercise science and organizations.
and doctoral levels. Center research is laboratories, a Cardiopulmonary Labo
Food Science and Nutrition (FSN)
concerned with the relationships be ratory, an Energy Metabolism Labora
Research Center. The FSN center has
tween product design decisions and tory, and a Microscopy/Image-Analysis
been designed to house all the graduate
manufacturing efficiency. Topics con Laboratory dedicated to faculty and stu
education and research programs in
sidered include product structure analy dent research. The Cardiopulmonary
food science and nutritional science.
sis, comparison of material and process Laboratory also serves the clinical pro
The center is administered by the Col
selections, and product design for grams in cardiac rehabilitation and
lege of Resource Development and is lo
manufacturing automation. The cen community fitness.
cated in West Kingston. In addition to
ter's goal is to produce database analysis
Faculty Institute on Writing. The its own microcomputer facilities, the
tools that can be used by product devel
goals of the institute are to introduce center has 16 fully equipped research
opment teams. Funding is provided by
and promote good writing in disci laboratories, including those dedicated
the National Science Foundation and
plines across the curriculum, to help all to carotenoid chemistry, vitamin A, nu
various industries in the United States.
faculty and students understand the trient interaction, food bioprocessing,
Environmental Data Center (EDC). role of writing in learning, and to help physical properties of food, industrial
The EDC is a spatial data analysis labo the University make good writing the microbiology, food chemistry, food
ratory in the Department of Natural Re center of a quality education. Faculty biochemistry, and food safety. There is
sources Science. The EDC specializes in members, who are drawn from various a research winery with its own walk-in
using Geographic Information System departments, meet in writing work cold room and incubators, and a low
data-processing tools to solve environ shops during the year and also conduct temperature laboratory for biochemical
mental problems. The lab is one of the research on writing. and microbiological studies. The Ani
custodians of the Rhode Island Geo mal Laboratory conforms to all federal
Family Therapy Clinic. This is an inte
graphic Information System database, codes for animal research, with separate
gral part of the graduate training pro
which consists of accurate and up-to rooms available for toxicological, radio
gram in marriage and family therapy in
date cartographic data on Rhode active, and growth studies. The center
the Department of Human Develop- ·
Island's soils, wetlands, land use, geol also has both food processing and sea
ment and Family Studies. Established in
ogy, hydrography, and numerous other food processing pilot plants. It has the
1982, it is located at the Transition
categories of information. These data facilities and equipment to provide in
Center on Lower College Road. The
are available to the URI academic com struction, research, and service in the
Family Therapy Clinic provides coun
munity for teaching and research appli fields of food science and nutrition.
seling services to families and clinical
cations. Students and research staff of
supervision to graduate students. It ere-
