University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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Dr. Joseph Turcotte is one of the spe- cial professors who along with teaching here at the University is doing research that is connected with URI as well as many other colleges and institutions that will hopefully benefit the rest of the world. URI is one of twenty eight organiza- tions that are based throughout the U.S. in conjunction with the National Coop- erative Discovery Groups. All of these twenty eight groups are working on finding a cure to AIDS. Dr. Turcotte ' s laboratory is primarily concerned with the design and development aspects of drugs. The properties of these drugs are catagorized and sent to the National Cancer Institute where they are tested in culture against the virus. This particular aspect of AIDS research is a cooperative effort of five institutions. The Princess of Thailand who herself is an organic chemist found out about the research efforts that were taking place at URI and other institutions, and she now would like to link up with one or more institutions to help train indi- viduals in Thailand to deal with AIDS patients. The future collaboration be- tween URI and Thailand looks quite promising. Along with the AIDS research. Dr. Turcotte ' s lab is working on products that can be derived from fish oils which have recently come to light that it might surpress the incidence of cardiovascular disease. His lab is also working on the cause of respiratory distress syndrome. His lab is specifically working on agents that can be introduced into the lung so that the patients might be able to get by the critical stages of the disease. Professor Joseph Stein at Brown Uni- versity has helped Dr. Turcotte in many of his research efforts. His main focus is to study the physical characteristics of the kinds of agents that they both are using. Professor Stein ' s help along with many others in conjunction with Dr. Turcotte ' s research all helps contribute to larger research institutions cone J with the AIDS virus as well as

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ROTC The ROTC program at the Uni- versity of Rhode Island focuses on education beyond the classroom. The military science program falls under the college of Arts and Sci- ences. The classes highlight leader- ship skills which are developed further in leadership labs held once Cadets participate in various events such as climbing Mt. Wash- ington, Mini-Camp where man- eovers are practiced, military balls and a dining-in, a traditional for- mal dinner to name a few. This past year the cadets traveled to Wash- ington, D.C. When you are commisioned as a graduate of the URI ROTC pro- gram, you have the experience of a The yearbook would like to thank Major Lexvold and Captain Lawson for their information about the ROTC program, [gj