- URI’s Public Health Symposium features famed homeless health advocate, Harvard Medical School professorKINGSTON, R.I. — March 31, 2025 — A medical professional dedicated to the health of some of the most marginalized members of society will deliver the keynote address at a University of Rhode Island Department of Public Health symposium on April 7. Dr. James O’Connell, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and president […]
- URI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark ‘History of the Papacy’KINGSTON, R.I. – March 31, 2025 – University of Rhode Island medieval scholar Joëlle Rollo-Koster spent January conducting research at the Vatican Apostolic Archives in Rome. As she walked around Rome and Vatican City, she was stunned by the languages spoken by the faithful who visited the city for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. […]
- All NewsURI’s Public Health Symposium features famed homeless health advocate, Harvard Medical School professorKINGSTON, R.I. — March 31, 2025 — A medical professional dedicated to the health of some of the most marginalized members of society will deliver the keynote address at a University of Rhode Island Department of Public Health symposium on April 7. Dr. James O’Connell, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and president […]
- All NewsURI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark ‘History of the Papacy’KINGSTON, R.I. – March 31, 2025 – University of Rhode Island medieval scholar Joëlle Rollo-Koster spent January conducting research at the Vatican Apostolic Archives in Rome. As she walked around Rome and Vatican City, she was stunned by the languages spoken by the faithful who visited the city for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year. […]
- All NewsClimate communicator Genevieve Guenther to speak April 24KINGSTON, R.I. – March 31, 2025 – Genevieve Guenther, the Renaissance literature scholar turned climate activist, will speak at the University of Rhode Island, Thursday, April 24, 5 to 7 p.m., as part of the URI Metcalf Institute’s annual lecture series. Her talk will take place in the Higgins Welcome Center on URI’s Kingston […]
- All NewsThe Not-So-Secret GardenThe Kinney Azalea Gardens are a local treasure, blooming each spring under the care and stewardship of four generations of URI alumni and faculty.
- All NewsIt’s ComplicatedURI nursing professor Betty Rambur and URI alumni who work in the health-care field share expert advice and perspectives about health care in the U.S.
- All NewsURI’s Recycling Guy Is on a MissionJoe Majeika is changing URI’s recycling culture.
- All NewsURI Ascends to Top Tier of U.S. Research UniversitiesURI has earned the prestigious Carnegie R1 designation.
- All NewsFrom Idea to InventionHow Charles E. Johnson Jr. ’98 turned his idea for a onehanded game controller into an invention.
- All NewsIndefatigableThe research vessel of URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences, the Cap’n Bert works hard, supporting the long-standing Fish Trawl Survey, introducing high school students to shark research, and more.
- All NewsMichigan’s Blue Economy ExpertAlan Steinman, M.S. ’83, is a prominent voice for protecting water resources and advancing economic development in the Great Lakes state.
- All NewsMy Husband’s Pain Makes His Doctors UncomfortableEnglish professor Carolyn Betensky on the other victims of the opioid crisis.
- All NewsFrom the Mediterranean to MongoliaJorge Serpa ’83, M.S. ’86, on globetrotting as the spouse of a diplomat.
- All NewsPulitzer Prize winner Jefferson Cowie to discuss ‘Democracy and Populist Rage’KINGSTON, R.I. – March 28, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island will host Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie on Thursday, April 3, to close out the URI Center for the Humanities’ yearlong series, “Sustaining Democracy.” Cowie’s talk, “Democracy and Populist Rage in Recent American History,” will be held at 4 p.m. in the Hope […]
- All NewsCelebrating scholarship: 14th annual Graduate Student Conference at URI March 29KINGSTON, R.I. – March 27, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) will host its 14th annual Graduate Student Conference Saturday, March 29, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in URI’s Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston. For organizers and attendees, it’s a day to celebrate graduate […]
- All NewsEntries of URI’s ‘Ocean View’ youth art competition to be displayed at Pawtucket galleryKINGSTON, R.I. – March 27, 2025 – About 300 Rhode Island students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade entered the third biennial “Ocean View” student art competition, organized by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO). All submissions will be displayed at the Art League RI gallery in Pawtucket, 80 Fountain Street, […]
- All NewsUConn and URI awarded contract with General Dynamics Electric Boat to provide workforce development trainingKINGSTON, R.I.—March 26, 2025—The University of Connecticut and University of Rhode Island were jointly awarded a five-year contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) to provide regional workforce development support to the Maritime Industrial Base. The contract will support ongoing activities and drastically expand the work of the UConn-URI Navy STEM Coalition, which, since 2017, […]
- All NewsURI launches state and municipal finance academy to address public finance workforce shortageKINGSTON, R.I. – March 26, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island Master of Public Administration program, in collaboration with the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, URI’s Office of Strategic Initiatives, and Gov. Dan McKee’s Office, has launched the State and Municipal Finance Academy (SMFA) to tackle the critical shortage of public finance […]
- All NewsUnexpected DiscoveriesThree Rosaforte Scholars in the University of Rhode Island undergraduate Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program find that lab work can lead to a range of personal—as well as scientific—discoveries.
- All NewsURI to host international XV Progress in Motor Control ConferenceKINGSTON, R.I. — March 25, 2025 — Scientists from around the world specializing in motor control and neuroscience will travel to the University of Rhode Island this summer as the university hosts the international XV Progress in Motor Control Conference. The university’s Department of Physical Therapy, its George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, and […]
- All NewsTuition break: URI’s Environmental and Natural Resource Economics program now eligible for regional tuition ratesKINGSTON, R.I. – March 25, 2025 – Students from across New England interested in the environment and economics can now attend the University of Rhode Island for a program that focuses on a sustainable and affordable future at regional tuition rates. Graduates of URI’s Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENRE) program will be well poised […]
