Timothy J. Tyrrell, a professor of environmental and natural resource economics at the University of Rhode Island, after 27 years, is leaving Kingston. Tyrrell will become a professor of tourism development at Arizona State University next month (see interview on Page 4).
Arizona’s gain is Rhode Island’s loss.
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For more than two decades, Tyrrell has been providing economic reports on the tourism industry – reports that have helped shape state policy and raise awareness of what has become a $4.7 billion industry here.
His most recent report, released in May, showed that people visiting from outside of the Ocean State spent $2.78 billion on travel and tourism last year, up $85 million or 3.2 percent over 2003. It also showed that Rhode Island welcomed 16 million visitors from every state in the U.S. and more than 50 foreign countries.
Tyrrell has also done extensive research, providing valuable information to cities, towns and organizations regarding the economics of tourism. He has received widespread recognition for his work – both locally and internationally.
David C. DePetrillo, the state’s director of tourism for the past 22 years, calls Tyrrell’s work “groundbreaking.”
For now, the databases that have fed so much of Tyrrell’s work will remain at URI. We thank Tyrrell for his hard work and wish him well in Arizona. And we hope the university places a high priority on replacing him – and the important work that he has done.
Food bank needs help
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank estimates that it will run 600,000 pounds short of its goal this year. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
During the holidays, the food bank is a busy place, with donations rolling in by the truckloads. But with each summer comes a slowdown in donations and, these days, folks at the food bank are growing especially concerned.
They are in desperate need of nutritional items, like canned vegetables, beans and meat.
Of course, sending a check would be especially helpful, to The Rhode Island Community Food Bank at 200 Niantic Ave., Providence, RI, 02907. Also, through the middle of August, Bank of America, Sovereign Bank and Citizens Bank are accepting food donations at all of their branches.
Lifespan’s national attention
Congratulations to Lifespan, the state’s largest hospital network, for being named one of the 100 “Most Wired” and one of the 25 “Most Wireless” hospitals in the country by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.
The ranking shows how hospitals use IT tools such as computerized physician order entry, automated alerts and electronic patient surveillance to help meet quality and safety goals. All clinical areas in Lifespan’s four hospitals have wireless capabilities and doctors can access test results on a secure computer network.
The national recognition serves as a reminder to a national audience of something we have known for a long while – that Rhode Island is blessed with many top-notch hospitals.
