Commencement 2025
The University of Rhode Island will honor graduates over three days, May 16-18, 2025, in formal ceremonies at the Ryan Center, and will host other celebratory events throughout the weekend.
The University of Rhode Island will honor graduates over three days, May 16-18, 2025, in formal ceremonies at the Ryan Center, and will host other celebratory events throughout the weekend.
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- URI to confer degrees on more than 3,300 undergraduate and graduate students May 16-18. All ceremonies to be held at Ryan CenterKINGSTON, R.I. – May 14, 2024 – Up to 40,000 people will converge on the Kingston Campus from Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18, for three days of Commencement ceremonies at the University of Rhode Island. Family and friends will mark the achievements of more than 3,300 undergraduate and graduate degree candidates. The University […]
- Wellness vending machines make access to health products convenient and discreet at URIKINGSTON, R.I. – May 13, 2025 – In an alcove just around the corner from the vending machines filled with snacks and beverages in the 24-hour study room on the first floor of URI’s Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons sits a vending machine with a much different inventory. URI’s wellness vending machine, which […]
- URI capstone class designs coastal resiliency solutions for Jamestown’s Mackerel CoveKINGSTON, R.I. – May 13, 2025 – Starting this past winter, 19 aspiring landscape architects from the University of Rhode Island spent their senior capstone class researching and brain-storming to come up with landscape solutions to protect Mackerel Cove Beach and the surrounding area in Jamestown from sea-level rise and storm flooding. Mackerel Cove Beach […]
- Commencement 2025: Your guide to URI’s 2025 Commencement weekendKINGSTON, R.I. – May 13, 2025 – Up to 40,000 people will converge on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus from Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18, for three days of Commencement ceremonies. Family and friends will mark the achievements of more than 3,300 undergraduate and graduate students. URI will honor graduates during […]
- URI psychology professor looks to change behavior around driving under the influence of marijuanaKINGSTON, R.I. – May 12, 2025 – Concerns about marijuana-impaired driving have increased in recent years in the United States. With about half of the nation’s states having legalized recreational use of marijuana – including Rhode Island in 2022 – groups such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have sounded the alarm about driving […]
- URI names Jean VanderGheynst dean of the College of the Environment and Life SciencesKINGSTON, R.I. — May 12, 2025 — The University of Rhode Island has named Jean VanderGheynst as dean of its College of the Environment and Life Sciences. VanderGheynst, a respected educator, researcher, and higher education leader, currently is a tenured professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where she previously served as dean of the […]
