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Jul 13, 2026: Brightspace Changes Q & A at https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/92891171925?pwd=lqaJPMzC2aSiclfF2ui9JrBPfJnwbm.1
We have a number of Brightspace/Engage big improvements going on to improve the digital learning environment with a more contemporary experience for all users. Q & A session related to 1- Brightspace Course Purge and Data Management (Archive) 2- Brightspace ADA and LMS 3- Brightspace Architecture and Setting Changes 4-New Content Experience Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 928 9117 1925 Passcode: 089283 View on site | Email this event
Jul 15, 2026: Graphic Design, Visual Communication, and Scientific Posters - 2026 SURF at Rhode Island School of Design
*Primarily for RI-based summer undergraduate researchers* Georgia Rhodes, Visualization + Imaging Research Manager at RISD's Nature Lab, guides students through artistic approaches that effectively convey research to viewers of scientific posters. View on site | Email this event
Jul 15, 2026: Archive Your Course and Student Data
Brightspace courses are purged after four years, but this training will show you how to back up your course content and export key student information step by step for your records. You’ll leave with the knowledge and skills to store and reference your data long after your course is gone from the system. Register View on site | Email this event
Jul 15, 2026: TLS-Ed Tech Faculty Drop-in Support at https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/93699881336?pwd=uVf6CxlFCE1h7ELsHdfYU79XwF5qce.1
it-tls@uri.edu is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/93699881336?pwd=uVf6CxlFCE1h7ELsHdfYU79XwF5qce.1 Meeting ID: 936 9988 1336 Passcode: 753145 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,93699881336#,,,,*753145# US +19292056099,,93699881336#,,,,*753145# US (New York) --- Join by SIP • 93699881336@zoomcrc.com Join instructions https://uri-edu.zoom.us/meetings/93699881336/invitations?signature=rJaFoEVb2za3b5_f3qi9SLDbD3JWSwpt013eMFGcjXo View on site | Email this event
Jul 15, 2026: Bingo and Trivia Night with URI Health Promotion at Multicultural Student Services Center-Hardge Forum
Let's meet and connect and have some fun with bingo and trivia and win some prizes at the Multicultural Student Services Center, (MSSC). Snacks will be provided. Please RSVP here on URInvolved. This event is part of Summer Wellness Wednesday. Please contact urihealthpromotion@uri.edu with any questions. Visit URInvolved for complete event details. View on site | Email this event

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URI entomologist suggests novel removal technique to help tackle invasive pest
KINGSTON, R.I. – July 8, 2026 – Most of the student researchers in Lisa Tewksbury’s Biocontrol Lab at the University of Rhode Island were born after the film “Ghostbusters” came out in theaters, but they’re experimenting with an iconic technique from the popular 1984 movie as part of efforts to stop a local invasive pest […]
Former URI soccer player back on world stage with Ghana
KINGSTON, R.I. – July 2, 2026 – As stoppage time expired in Ghana’s World Cup group stage match against England on June 23, Mick McDermott turned his back to the pitch and stared into section 129 of Boston Stadium. Raising his arms above his head with both fists in the air, McDermott looked for his […]
The fox everyone thought was gone
KINGSTON, R.I. – July 2, 2026 – For more than 20 years, no one had confirmed seeing the tiny gray fox that once roamed the forests of Cozumel, a Mexican island known for its turquoise waters and coral reefs. Many assumed the animal had disappeared forever. Then, in 2023, a University of Rhode Island doctoral […]
URI gardens, and gardeners, offer sweet scents, too
KINGSTON, R.I. – July 2, 2026 – While the public loved Morticia, the University of Rhode Island’s recently-bloomed corpse flower, its 1,200-acre Kingston Campus offers the public a wide variety of sweet-smelling specimens to experience and enjoy. Plant sciences major Daniel Meservey, who works in URI’s Horridge Conservatory, says the conservatory has a number of […]
URI to host 27th annual summer nonviolence institute this month
KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island will welcome prospective peacemakers from around the world in an effort to cease violence in their home communities through nonviolent conflict resolution. The 27th annual International Nonviolence Summer Institute will be held Monday, July 13, through Friday, July 24, at URI’s Multicultural Student […]