- Seattle nursing dean, patient care expert to deliver URI College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished LectureKINGSTON, R.I. — Oct. 21, 2025 — Kristen Swanson, dean and professor emerita at the Seattle University College of Nursing, will discuss “Caring—The Difference that Makes a Difference: From Discovery to Randomized Trials and Clinical Translation,” as part of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished Lecture series. The lecture, scheduled for Thursday, […]
- Spooky suggestion: Get your garlic in the ground for Halloween!KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 21, 2025 – While gardeners across the region are closing up shop and putting away their gardening tools, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners say fall is a great time of year to get some plants into the ground and plan for next year. Cooperative Extension’s Kate Hardesty, of […]
- All NewsSeattle nursing dean, patient care expert to deliver URI College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished LectureKINGSTON, R.I. — Oct. 21, 2025 — Kristen Swanson, dean and professor emerita at the Seattle University College of Nursing, will discuss “Caring—The Difference that Makes a Difference: From Discovery to Randomized Trials and Clinical Translation,” as part of the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing’s Fall Distinguished Lecture series. The lecture, scheduled for Thursday, […]
- All NewsSpooky suggestion: Get your garlic in the ground for Halloween!KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 21, 2025 – While gardeners across the region are closing up shop and putting away their gardening tools, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners say fall is a great time of year to get some plants into the ground and plan for next year. Cooperative Extension’s Kate Hardesty, of […]
- All NewsScience teacher education program celebrating 30 years and new campus location with open house Oct. 29KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Teachers by nature are used to being on the move. But this fall, the office for one of the state’s premiere teacher professional learning programs has relocated from the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus to its Kingston Campus. After building a strong foundation at the University’s […]
- All NewsA Rhode Island fisheries model for Asia-Pacific nationsKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Last month, a Rhode Island team of experts traveled to Indonesia to collaborate with representatives from Southeast Asian countries on sustainable fishery management. University of Rhode Island professor Michael A. Rice; Jason McNamee, Ph.D. ’18, deputy director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM); and Maria […]
- All NewsFrom Track to Classroom: How one URI professor found his way from F1 to Engineering EducationKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – This summer Apple’s blockbuster F1 movie defied expectation, earning more than $600 million at the box office against a $240 million budget and becoming Brad Pitt’s highest grossing film. Billed as a movie about an F1 legend who is coaxed out of retirement to mentor a young hotshot […]
- All NewsMexican visual artist Xalli Zúñiga to speak as part of URI’s Fall 2025 Carlson Lecture SeriesKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Building on Mexican cosmologies of nanácatl, or “flesh” from sacred mushrooms, Mexican visual artist, educator and researcher Xalli Zúñiga felt that fungal feminisms propose that flesh itself—fleshy, earthy and spiritual—can become a connective, generative ground for ecological and social regeneration. Zúñiga, while earning their dual doctorate degrees in […]
- All NewsURI Launches Kent and Diane Fannon Institute for Student SuccessKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 17, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has officially launched the Kent and Diane Fannon Institute for Student Success, a revitalized and modernized version of University College, designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s students. Named in honor of alumni and longtime supporters Diane ’74 and Kent ’74 Fannon, […]
- All NewsURI part of finalist team selected by National Science Foundation in Regional Innovation Engines competitionKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 17, 2025 – Aquaculture/Fisheries Professor Marta Gomez-Chiarri is leading efforts at the University of Rhode Island to help position New England as a national leader in the seafood industry, hoping to secure final funding through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines program. URI joins a consortium of regional partners, […]
- All NewsURI takes big stride forward with groundbreaking of new track and field facilityKINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 16, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has a winning tradition in track and field and will soon have facilities befitting that tradition. By the summer of 2026, URI will have one of the best outdoor track and field facilities in the Northeast and one that is reflective of the […]
- All NewsURI College of Engineering earns full ABET accreditation for all undergraduate programsKINGSTON, RI —Oct. 15, 2025—The University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering has announced that all eight of its undergraduate programs have been accredited by ABET, the recognized global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural sciences, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. In the most recent review cycle, the programs received accreditation […]
- All NewsCrumbl x Grubhub Cookie Pop-upStop in the Rams’ Den for your FREE Crumbl Cookie in Halloween flavors! You will asked to place your FREE cookie order through the Grubhub app. 1 cookie per order, per person. Download the Gruhub app and affiliate with URI. We always run out so be sure to come early!
- All NewsURI FOOD SHOWCome to Mainfare on October 15th for dinner and Vote for Your Favorite dishes! Check out some new options from our vendors. Astros Fusion Deli Homestyle
- All News‘Pride and Prejudice’URI Theatre Department premieres the season with a playful adaption of ‘Pride and Prejudice,' a bold, fresh retelling of the classic Austen tale. The production opens an eight-show run Oct. 17 in J Studio.
- All NewsCaptain Chris AdventuresCaptain Chris Adventures Brianna Sullivan ’10 (2025)
- All NewsThe Shadow GameThe Shadow Game Kenneth Capuano ’77 (2025)
- All NewsColors In Our WorldColors In Our World Alyson Drobnis ’12 (2024)
- All NewsWe Lived in the Woods: A Memoir From a Bygone EraWe Lived in the Woods: A Memoir From a Bygone Era Alexander B. Blunt, M.A. ’11 (2025)
- All NewsWhat If? An 85 Year Journey of the Confederate States of AmericaWhat If? An 85 Year Journey of the Confederate States of America Arthur S. Bobrow ’64 (2025)
- All NewsThe Devil Lives in HaitiThe Devil Lives in Haiti: How the World's Richest Colony Became the Poorest Nation in the Americas Alexander B. Blunt, M.A. ’11 (2025)
- All NewsStill Number OneThe Wall Street Journal named the University of Rhode Island the best public university in New England in the WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. URI was also ranked #1 in the 2025 ranking.
