Register for Orientation after committing to URI and at least one week before your chosen Orientation date.All new students are strongly encouraged to attend URI Orientation, where you will meet other new students, finalize your course schedule, get your ID, and learn more about campus. Family/Supporter Orientation will also be available during the student time slots. We look forward to meeting you at your Orientation session—Go Rhody! Registration will be available in March 2026.2026 Summer Orientation SessionsSession 1: May 28–29Session 2: June 1–2Session 3: June 4–5Session 4: June 8–9Session 5: June 11–12Session 6: June 15–16Transfer Session: June 17Session 7: June 22–23Session 8: June 25–26In order to have your student ID ready for pick-up at Orientation, you must submit a photo of yourself via our campus card app. Please see these instructions on how to access the Atrium Campus Connect app on iPhone or Android devices, and how to upload your ID photo. Atrium Campus Connect will also serve as a virtual version of the ID card that you will receive at Orientation.Please email the Campus ID Office with any questions about your ID card.

The URI Graduate School of Oceanography is hosting “Air-Sea Interaction: A Symposium in Honor of Isaac Ginis and Tetsu Hara” on June 11–12, 2026, celebrating the careers and scientific contributions of two longtime faculty members ahead of their retirement. The two-day symposium will bring together colleagues, collaborators, students, and alumni to highlight advances in air-sea interaction research and recognize the lasting impact of Ginis and Hara’s work in oceanography and atmospheric science. An agenda is available online.

*Primarily for RI-based summer undergraduate researchers*This workshop will be led by Madison Jones (Writing & Rhetoric and Natural Resources Science, URI). Learn more about Madison's work through the DWELL Lab at URI.