KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 24, 2025 – The classics are a mainstay in the theatre. From the minds of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Checkov, Socrates, and Euripides—to name a few—these stories give us a lens into the past and offer insights into human nature, societal issues, and cultural values that remain relevant today. Artists and audiences across […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 24, 2025 – Sean Carroll, a theoretical physicist, philosopher, science advocate and author who’s been called the “world’s greatest living science explainer,” will deliver the annual University of Rhode Island Cruickshank Lecture on Tuesday, March 4, as a part of a three-day visit to URI. Carroll, the Homewood Professor of Natural […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 21, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island Wind Ensemble and Concert Band open the Music Department’s spring semester concerts this weekend. Here is a look of the late winter and early spring lineup of the department’s main music ensembles. The Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, both under the direction of […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Feb. 21, 2025 — Hispanic-Latino individuals experience some of the highest obesity rates in the U.S. compared to other ethnic groups, yet have far lower rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), the most effective obesity treatment. A University of Rhode Island doctoral student’s study aims to find out why, identify socio-cultural […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 21, 2025 – At the end of South Ferry Road in Narragansett, amid the trees on both sides of the road, sits a small beach and a large pier. The pier is home to the University of Rhode Island’s research vessel, Endeavor. Along with the research vessel, off to the right […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 21, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities will host historian Shannon King on Thursday, Feb. 27, as part of the center’s year-long series “Sustaining Democracy.” King, associate professor of history at Fairfield University, will discuss “The Politics of Safety: The Black Freedom Struggle,” at 5 p.m. […]