KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 22, 2025 – A new book on the famed African American abolitionist / writer Harriet Jacobs and the weaponization of Black feminism in academia are just two of the topics on the roster at the University of Rhode Island’s sixth annual Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory. The three-day conference, led […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 21, 2025 – Community colleges are often celebrated as engines of access and mobility. But behind the institutional curtains lie a more complicated story. In his talk at the University of Rhode Island’s 2025 Honors Colloquium, Eric Felix will share insights from a three-year research-practice partnership with equity leaders across 20 […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Oct. 21, 2025 — Kristen Swanson, dean and professor emerita at the Seattle University College of Nursing, will discuss “Caring—The Difference that Makes a Difference: From Discovery to Randomized Trials and Clinical Translation,” as part of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished Lecture series. The lecture, scheduled for Thursday, […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 21, 2025 – While gardeners across the region are closing up shop and putting away their gardening tools, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners say fall is a great time of year to get some plants into the ground and plan for next year. Cooperative Extension’s Kate Hardesty, of […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Teachers by nature are used to being on the move. But this fall, the office for one of the state’s premiere teacher professional learning programs has relocated from the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus to its Kingston Campus. After building a strong foundation at the University’s […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Last month, a Rhode Island team of experts traveled to Indonesia to collaborate with representatives from Southeast Asian countries on sustainable fishery management. University of Rhode Island professor Michael A. Rice; Jason McNamee, Ph.D. ’18, deputy director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM); and Maria […]