KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 19, 2025 – Rhode Island’s coastline is eroding by nearly two feet annually, with some areas more than double that, according to the Coastal Resources Management Council. Rhode Island’s shoreline loss is especially profound in high-energy wave areas along the state’s more-exposed southern coast. University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Che-Wei […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 19, 2025 – Fall semester classes begin at the University of Rhode Island on Sept. 3, and this academic year the state’s flagship public research university is offering several new programs. Among new undergraduate options, the University will offer a B.A. in Business Studies, an online RN to BSN degree, and […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 18, 2025 – Trait differences between males and females are widespread across the animal kingdom. Because these traits often lead to trade-offs that affect their reproductive success and survival, understanding them is a fundamental question in biology. The leopard seal, a large predator in the Southern Ocean, offers an extreme example […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 18, 2025 – One of Skip Mark’s “favorite” examples among the growing list of policies on the use of technology that could be used to suppress people’s rights is robot dogs. In November 2022, the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco voted in support of allowing police to deploy robot dogs […]

KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island alumna and former New England Patriots cheerleader Kayla Jensen has been named as the new URI Ramettes head coach.

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 18, 2025 – How did freshened water end up beneath the New England Shelf miles offshore, how long has it been there, and how much of it exists? Rebecca Robinson, a professor in the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, is attempting to answer those questions by studying samples […]