{"id":57506,"date":"2015-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/patch-adams-activist-doctor-clown-to-talk-at-uri-for-annual-honors-colloquium\/"},"modified":"2015-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"patch-adams-activist-doctor-clown-to-talk-at-uri-for-annual-honors-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/patch-adams-activist-doctor-clown-to-talk-at-uri-for-annual-honors-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch Adams \u2013 activist, doctor, clown \u2013 to talk at 溏心vlog免费B站 for annual Honors Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSept. 22 lecture: connection between laughter and good health<\/b><\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I., Sept. 1, 2015 \u2013 A joyful clown is coming to the 溏心vlog免费B站, but his topic is dead serious: how laughter is an antidote to our ills.<\/p>\n


\nPatch Adams, a medical doctor and social activist with a fondness for a red bulbous nose and colorful bloomers, will give a talk Sept. 22 for the annual Honors Colloquium, whose topic this year is \u201cThe Power of Humor.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAdams\u2019 talk, free and open to the public, will start at 7 p.m. in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road on the Kingston campus.<\/p>\n


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\nThe United States spends almost 20 percent of its gross national product on health care \u2013 seven times more than other industrialized countries \u2013 yet is far from being the healthiest nation in the world. <\/p>\n

Patch and his colleagues attribute that gap to an outdated health care model based on diagnosis and treatment \u2013 not prevention. Their message: People need to take more interest in their health, and one simple and free way to do that is through humor.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe most revolutionary act one can commit in our world,\u201d Adams has said, \u201cis to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBorn in Washington, Adams grew up on military bases throughout the world and stateside with his soldier father and mother, a schoolteacher and loving parent. A self-proclaimed nerdy kid, he was hospitalized several times as a teen.<\/p>\n


\nAfter he got out, he says he decided to \u201cnever have another bad day.\u201d He became a doctor (and clown), and in 1971 founded the Gesundheit Institute to improve medical care. (Gesundheit means \u201cgood health\u201d in German.) Thanks to the program\u2019s success, he is now working on building a free hospital and other buildings on 310 acres in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.<\/p>\n


\nMore than five years ago, Adams stopped seeing patients so he could raise money to build the hospital, which he describes as a \u201cmodel health care community.\u201d The site will also have a theater and arts and crafts shops, as well as horticulture and vocational therapy.<\/p>\n


\nAdams, who lives in Arlington, Va., has become something of a household name following the release in 1998 of \u201cPatch Adams,\u201d a film based on his life starring the late Robin Williams. Adams also travels the world, giving clown seminars and making speeches to raise money for his hospital.<\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsor of this year\u2019s Honors Colloquium is the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program.<\/p>\n


\nOther 溏心vlog免费B站 sponsors are Office of the President; Office of the Provost; The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment; The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Pharmacy; The Harrington School of Communication and Media; John Hazen White, Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service; Gender and Women Studies Program; Theatre Department; Talent Development Program; College of Engineering; College of the Environment and Life Sciences; College of Human Science and Services; College of Business Administration; College of Nursing; Division of Student Affairs; Department of Marketing and Communications; Department of Publications and Creative Service; Instructional Technology and Media Services; ASF College of Continuing Education, 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence; and 溏心vlog免费B站 Family Weekend 2015.<\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online at 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a>

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\nThis year\u2019s organizers of the colloquium are Rachel DiCiccio, professor of communication studies, and Brian Quilliam, associate dean and professor of pharmacy. <\/p>\n

For more information on colloquium events contact Deborah Gardiner at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.<\/p>\n


\nFor information about ways to support the Honors Colloquium, contact Lynne Derbyshire, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of communication studies and Honors Program director, at 401-874-4732. If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401-874-2303 at least three business days in advance.<\/p>\n


\nFor TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 800-745-5555.<\/p>\n


\nFor more details about the events, visit Honors Colloquium<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Patch Adams, who will speak at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Sept. 22 for the annual Honors Colloquium. The topic this year is \u201cThe Power of Humor.\u201d Photo courtesy of Patch Adams<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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