State of the University
University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange will deliver his annual State of the University Address on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Edwards Hall on the Kingston Campus.
University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange will deliver his annual State of the University Address on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Edwards Hall on the Kingston Campus.
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- URI President Marc Parlange will give State of the University Address Sept. 19KINGSTON, R.I.— Sept. 17, 2025— University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange will celebrate the University’s progress and the achievements of its faculty, staff, students, and graduates during his annual State of the University address Friday, Sept. 19. The event will kick off the University’s Homecoming Weekend celebration. During his address, Parlange will highlight important […]
- URI filmmaker puts spotlight on vulnerable Saltmarsh SparrowKINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 17, 2025 – Rising tidal waters are posing increasing threats to one of our most inconspicuous shore dwellers: the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudicuta), found only in healthy salt marshes along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Weighing less than an ounce (the equivalent of three nickels), the sparrows nest in tidal salt marshes […]
- ‘Education Wars’ authors coming to URI to discuss ‘What’s “Public” about Public Education?’KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 17, 2025 – With debate about curriculum, changes to the federal Department of Education, and nearly half of states now enacting private school voucher plans, public education is at a critical moment. Podcasters Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider will examine the debate around public education, as they continue the 2025 University […]
- URI professor part of a select group of French educators to visit Côte d’Ivoire thanks to a Fulbright-Hays grantKINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 17, 2025 – Being a college professor is a 12-month job. Summers — far from being idle — are instead filled with continuing research, professional conferences, and the occasional well-earned vacation. As the summer winds down, many professors find themselves immersed in the quiet labor of preparing syllabi and refining lesson […]
- URI senior punches ticket to third straight U.S. women’s singlehanded collegiate sailing championshipKINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 17, 2025 — Okyanus Arikan, a senior kinesiology major on the University of Rhode Island club sailing team, won the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s Singlehanded Championship September 12 at Brown University to qualify for the Women’s Singlehanded National Championship for the third year in a row. A member of […]
- R.I. economic status improves in July, but question of being in a recession remains, says URI economistSept. 15, 2025 WHAT: Rhode Island’s economic performance for July saw some improvement, however the Current Conditions Index once again failed to move into its expansion range, according to University of Rhode Island economist Len Lardaro. July’s CCI value matched April’s outcome of 50, returning to its neutral value after a two-month slide. Lardaro says […]
