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04/22/2026

📢Calling all Rams! URI Day of Giving is happening on April 28th! Join us for 24 hours of helping students and showing your Rhody pride!

Visit: alumni.uri.edu/urigives or scan the QR code to view some of the colleges, programs, varsity, and club sports you can support! ⚠️Please consider donating to the Dr. Thomas G. Manfredi Student Research Fund to directly support the Department of Kinesiology!!💙

04/12/2026

2026 National Biomechanics Day was a HUGE success! 🦾📊
A big thank you to everyone who came out, participated, and helped make the day so special—we couldn’t have done it without you!
An extra HUGE thank you to Dr. D’Andrea, Kylie McPhee, and all those behind the scenes who worked so hard to organize such an incredible event. Your dedication made it all possible!

03/29/2026

In honor of the recent holiday…💚🇮🇪
Meet URI kinesiology student Delaney Sullivan 👣💙
Balancing science and dance, Delaney is making moves both in the lab and on the world stage. A dedicated Irish step dancer, she recently competed at the World Championships—while also leading innovative research comparing ballet dancers and Irish step dancers performing en pointe.
Her work aims to uncover key differences in injury risk and training needs across dance styles, helping keep performers stronger and safer. 🩰
Recognized for her impact, Delaney was awarded the Undergraduate Research Award to support her study—just one more step in an already incredible journey!!
StudentSpotlight

03/27/2026

The University of Rhode Island’s National Biomechanics Day will welcome nearly 500 students from 12 high schools across Rhode Island on Wednesday, April 8, 2026!

Students will explore biomechanics and kinesiology through more than 25 hands-on demonstrations and interactive competitions held in Mackal Field House. Featured stations include motion capture, augmented and virtual reality, wearable technology, and more.

This year’s event has been in planning since early summer of last year, led by Dr. Susan D’Andrea and second-year master’s student Kylie McPhee.

With the support of URI Kinesiology, undergraduate and graduate students in the biomechanics group have worked extensively to create an engaging, innovative, and impactful STEM outreach experience that celebrates biomechanics and related fields.

If you are interested in volunteering, please scan the QR code on the final slide. For additional information, contact kylie_mcphee@uri.edu.

Happy National Biomechanics Day! 🦵⚙️🏃

03/24/2026

We’re proud to share that PhD candidate Melissa Lodge has been selected as a finalist in the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School!

The 3MT® competition challenges graduate students to present their research in just three minutes, using only one static slide—making complex ideas clear, engaging, and accessible to a general audience. It’s a true test of both research impact and communication skills!

Melissa’s presentation, “Red Light, Green Light: Rethinking How We Screen for REDs in Female Athletes,” highlights innovative work happening right here in Kinesiology.

📅 Thursday, March 26 ⏰ 6–8 PM 📍 170 Avedisian Hall
Join us in cheering her on as she represents URI on this exciting stage!

02/09/2026

Internship Highlight! From the classroom to the gym floor 💪✨ So proud of URI Kinesiology students Madison Connors & Lauren Sender for crushing their internship at Mission Mama, where strength, community, and motherhood intersect. Supporting mamas on their fitness journey and learning real-world skills has been such an empowering experience! 🌟

01/15/2026

Interested in making your future coursework as a Kinesiology major more productive and rewarding? Enroll in UCS 160 for the Spring ‘26 semester!

🌟UCS 160 is a 1 credit course that is available for all Kinesiology students. It aims to help students, whether they are just starting their college career or are further along, to improve their academic skills, strategies, and performance.

🎓The class will meet on Tuesday from 2-3:15 in Quinn Hall room 314. If interested in enrolling please email Dr. Delmonico (delmonico@uri.edu) for a permission number!

12/08/2025

🚨🚨🚨BIG NEWS!🚨🚨🚨
URI’s Strength & Conditioning Certificate prepares students to become evidence-based, industry-ready coaches through a blend of scientific coursework, hands-on field experience, and professional development💪🔥
📘 What You’ll Learn: • Physiological foundations of strength, power, and conditioning • Evidence-based program design + periodization • Coaching competency in resistance training, plyometrics, agility, and movement skills • Injury prevention, risk management & ethical professionalism • Preparation for the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam
🎓 Program Requirements: • 12 credits of targeted coursework: KIN243, KIN414, KIN482 & NUT360 • 300 hours of field experience with two supervisors (Dr. Disa Hatfield, Professor Nathan Crawford, or both) through KIN484 or KIN391
URI’s Department of Kinesiology is currently pursuing accreditation through the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education—strengthening the pathway for future professionals.
Ready to apply? Start your journey here ⬇️�https://web.uri.edu/kinesiology/wp-content/uploads/sites/1273/StrengthCert_Application_Fillable_Fall2025.pdf

12/04/2025

Meet Matthew Mitchell! 👋 Matt is a kinesiology intern in outpatient cardiac rehab in East Greenwich. He works alongside nurses and exercise physiologists to support patients recovering from events such as heart attacks, bypass surgery, stent procedures, and more. He is part of the Dean Ornish Intensive Cardiac Rehab Program. His role includes monitoring vital signs, guiding individualized exercise sessions, assisting with patient intakes, and contributing to nutrition education—including a hands-on cooking demo for participants.
He plays a key part in helping design and progress safe, effective exercise prescriptions based on each patient’s initial stress test and ongoing responses. One of the most rewarding aspects of his internship has been watching each 9-week cohort grow closer and support one another, highlighting the powerful mental and emotional side of recovery.

Matthew is supervised by Kayla Mahoney, a fellow URI alum, making this experience even more meaningful as he works toward his goal of becoming a physical therapist.🩵🐏

11/26/2025

Congratulations to Melissa Lodge for successfully defending her dissertation on November 13th! Her dissertation, “The Female Energy Deficiency (FED) Project: Education and Screening Strategies to Prevent Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) in Collegiate Female Athletes,” is the first defense in the Kinesiology department under the Health Sciences PhD. Congratulations to Melissa, and her advisor Dr. Christie Ward-Ritacco!

More information about Melissa’s research can be found by following her instagram:

11/20/2025

Meet Haley Forbes, a second-year Ph.D. student in Kinesiology at URI, mentored by Dr. Nicole Logan. 💙 Alongside her studies, she works as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Heart Center, helping children with congenital heart disease (CHD) safely improve their fitness and quality of life. 🫀
In the Logan Lab, Haley’s research explores how physical activity and fitness support brain health and mental well-being in youth and special populations—including those with ADHD, anxiety, TBI, CHD, and menopausal women. Her goal: to bridge clinical exercise physiology and pediatric research to design exercise programs that strengthen both heart and brain health. 💪🧠

11/06/2025

Our Fall Open House was a huge success! 💙🐏 We loved meeting so many future Rams and sharing everything that the Department of Kinesiology and College of Health Sciences has to offer.
Big shoutout to our amazing student volunteers — Summer Bauer (left), Marina Mancini (middle), Kayla DeSarro (right), Joe Albanese, and Téa Waldt— for representing the department and showing what it means to be part of URI Health Sciences! 💪📚

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