The URI Coastal Resources Center and Meadowbrook Waldorf School is excited to host Baba the Storyteller!This free, all-ages event will be at Edwards Hall at URI. Bring your family and friends and enjoy Baba’s engaging stories, music, and wisdom! Enjoy a night of wonder and enchantment. See you there!Baba the Storyteller is one of the few recognized U.S born practitioners of the ancient West African storytelling craft known as Jaliyaa and has received numerous awards for his work as a folklorist, musician, storyteller, and community leader. We have invited Baba to Meadowbrook to visit with our students and faculty and are also hosting an evening event open to all.Please join us and share with interested friends!

The Student Senate General Assembly meets every Wednesday starting at 6:30pm. Any undergraduate student is welcome to attend to watch the meeting but may not participate. If you plan on attending and you are not a Student Senator, please RSVP.If you have any questions about the meeting, the General Assembly, or the Student Senate, feel free to reach out to info@rhodysenate.org.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Join us as we paint flower pots and even plant flowers. The event is free while supplies last. Meet us outside the Union or, if it's too cold, in Rm 360 in the Union.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

WEEK of April 7-10, 2025The URI Academic Health Collaborative joins forces to provide students from CHS, COP, CON with a week full of career events!CLICK HERE FOR FULL SCHEDULE OF HEALTH INDUSTRIES WEEK WITH LINKS TO CONNECT TO ZOOM PANELS AND INDIVIDUAL FLYERS FEATURING PANELISTS!Major to Career Series for CHS, Pre-Health, Nursing, PharmacyIndividual panel flyers are linked within the above schedule of events, but are also included below for your convenience!April 7 from 9-9:50am: Neuroscience Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 7 from 10-10:50am: Nutrition & Dietetics Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 7 from 1-2pm: Nursing Event at the Providence, RI Nursing Education Center | (REGISTER HERE)April 7 from 4-5pm: Human Development & Family Science Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 8 from 9:30-10:30am: Public Health Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 8 from 4-5pm: Kinesiology Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 9 from 9-9:50am: Communicative Disorders Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 9 from 4-5pm: Psychology Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 9 from 7-8pm: Pharm D Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)April 10 from 11am-12pm: Pre-Health Alumni Zoom PanelApril 10 from 7-8pm: Pharmaceutical Science Alumni Zoom Panel | (REGISTER HERE)

Join us for lunch as we create space to share your experiences on campus, discuss current events, and connect with other students. Lunch will be provided. Feel free to bring your own lunch as well.Fostering an inclusive and welcoming community is at the heart of the Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) ‘s work. All events hosted by or in collaboration with the MSSC are open to the entire URI community. We are committed to making URI a place where everyone feels valued, included, and has a true sense of belonging. We look forward to welcoming you!Thursdays 12:30pm- 1:30pmDates:1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 3/27, 4/10,4/24Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Isolating the Yield Stress in Tunable Thixotropic EmulsionsElnaz NikoumaneshAbstract:Soft materials are characterized by an intricate interplay of structure, dynamics, and rheological properties, which makes it challenging to accurately predict their response to shear stress. Here, we investigate how the nature of colloidal bonds – electrostatic attractions, physical entanglement, physical repulsive attraction, and covalent attractions –modify the yield stressand thixotropy. We investigate the critical role played by these structural bonds and their effect on linear and nonlinear deformations. Specifically, we apply our novel rheological approach – serial creep divergence (SCD) – to accurately determine the yield transition and critical stress and to reveal the physical mechanisms that underlie yielding. This comprehensive approachprovides a detailed comparison of how these materials respond to shear stress, ultimately advancing our understanding of the intricate interplay between