KINGSTON, R.I. – July 7, 2025 – Bryan Plankenhorn is a doctoral student in the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Plankenhorn is also a proud member of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in Washington state. These two facets of Plankenhorn’s life might seem separate, but they are very much intertwined. “My journey […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — July 7, 2025 — A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time was part of a mission led by the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), based at the University of Rhode Island’s […]

Political science and Chinese major Derek Murphy ’20 was interested in a global career, which he found in the U.S. foreign service. Today he serves as vice consul in the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China.

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 2, 2025 – For the second year in a row, the University of Rhode Island is proud to host a timely professional development workshop July 14-16 focused on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 education. The event will bring together over 150 teachers and administrators from more than 30 […]

Surviving Your Timeline: From Cambodian Refugee to Growing Up Italian Chutekma Am ’91 (2024)

Eleanor Bittersweet Anna Misurelli ’10 (2025)