URI Department of Art and Art History presentsREVELATIONS! Education: Behind The Curtain – In Words and Images Exhibition September 15- December 11Join us for a reception and art conversations on September 17 4:30-7 in Lippitt Hall 401What is it like being in the classroom? What challenges do educator’s face? What restrictions are there preventing education from occurring? Are the requirements, expectations and limitations changing the way Educators function? What are the successes - giving students the opportunity to find their expressive voice?This exhibit will include the artwork and voices of a group of area educators from public, private and independent educational settings on all levels. The artist/educators will share their creative voices in various forms of expression as they also reflect on the challenges and celebrations they experience in and out of the classroom.Among the more than twenty artists are: Mary Jane Andreozzi, Deanna Camputaro, Ruth Clegg, Raff Diaz, Raphael Diaz, Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Adam Ferbert, Susan Garland, Melissa Guillet, Catherine Davis-Hayes, Chris Kelley, Susan Kolenda, Jason Robert LaClair, Don Mays, Kerry Murphy, Sam Peck, Lisa Marie Ricci-Russo, Monique Rolle-Johnson, Jade Sisti, Janice Lee Strain, John Tedeschi, Katie Walck.On exhibit in URI Lippitt Hall (3rd & 4th floor), Green Hall and The Higgins Welcome CenterOpen To Monday – Friday 7:30-4:30, closed weekends and holidaysFor information: (401)286-4620/ spennell@uri.eduVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

The BES Colloquium Series is the research seminar series for the College of Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. BES students nominate speakers from across several disciplines including: Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), Ecology and Ecosystem Science (EES), Environmental and Earth Sciences (EVES), Evolution and Marine Biology (EMB), and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS). Invited speakers spend the day at URI visiting with faculty and graduate students.The full and complete schedule can be found here: https://marineevoecolab.github.io/BES-Colloquium/

Orit Shaer, Professor and co-Chair of Computer Science at Wellesley College, will present novel tangible embedded and embodied interaction (TEI) systems developed at the Wellesley College Human-Computer Interaction (WHCI) Lab that address real-world challenges related to the future of work and learning. Shaer will also discuss human-AI co-creation, where generative AI is integrated into the tangible and embodied interaction design process to support ideation, reflection, and decision-making.Shaer founded and directs the WHCI Lab; her research focuses on novel human-computer interaction for the future of work and learning. Shaer is a Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and a recipient of several NSF and industry awards including the NSF CAREER Award. She is a co-director of an NSF funded International Research Experiences for Students in Germany on Human-AI Interaction for the Future of Work, and is a co-founder and steering committee co-chair of the CHIWork conference. Shaer also serves as the steering committee co-chair for the ACM conference on TEI.

URI's Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is one of the more unique lecture series in Rhode Island. The Oct. 24 topic is “DNA,” with Cara Lupino M.S.’04, Rhode Island Department of Health. Lupino is the chief forensic scientist for the Center of Forensic Sciences at the Rhode Island Department of Health. She has testified numerous times as an expert witness in forensic biology and forensic DNA. All lectures are open to the public at no cost and are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences (Room 100), 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston. Schedule subject to change; join email list for updates. Those who cannot attend in person may view the lectures live online. Details: https://www.uri.edu/news/2025/09/crime-fridays-return-to-uri/

Hello! Thank you for your interest in the URI Badminton Club.We will be having weekly practices every Tuesday and Friday (with some exceptions). They will be held in the Mackal Field House on courts 1 & 2. It will be a fun time to meet new people and learn more about badminton.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

This event introduces new members to the rich history of our sisterhood, followed by their official swearing in to our chapter!