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New Department in URI's College of the Environment and Life Sciences Unites Science, Planning, and Design
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (514+ words) From sea level rise and coastal flooding to water-resource management and sustainable development, today's environmental challenges cannot be solved by a single discipline. At the University of Rhode Island, a new department is built around that reality. The fields of…...
Learning the Systems That Support Animal Health
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (699+ words) The path to veterinary medicine doesn't always begin in a clinic. This summer, Paige Reynolds is finding it at farmers markets, on Rhode Island farms, and in conversations with the women helping shape the state's agricultural community. The University of…...
Engineering student heads to France for international studies this summer
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (252+ words) In high school, Jaymori Leonard joined his school's four-year engineering program, where he discovered his passion for engineering. Through the program, he was exposed to design, electronics, and modern engineering technologies through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on experiences,…...
Erik Loomis appointed as new Director of the Center for the Humanities
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (273+ words) KINGSTON, R. I. " July 1, 2026 " Erik Loomis, professor of history at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed the new director for the University's Center of the Humanities. Loomis' tenure as director began on July 1." Humanities bring together common human experiences across…...
Michael Di Nardi appointed as URI Social Sciences Institute for Research, Education, and Policy's new director
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (202+ words) KINGSTON, R. I. " July 1, 2026 " Michael Di Nardi, associate professor of economics at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed the new director for the University's Social Sciences Institute for Research, Education, and Policy. Di Nardi, who arrived at URI in 2018 as…...
Caroline Mc Cullough "27
1+ day, 24+ min ago (236+ words) What made you choose URI? What made you choose your majors? Doing anthropology and the film major together allows me to have the tools to understand people and have the media experience to give me opportunities to tell people's stories…...
Engineering professor receives 2026 American Society for Engineering Education's Ralph Coats Roe Award
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (301+ words) KINGSTON, R. I. " June 30, 2026 " University of Rhode Island Engineering Professor Musa Jouaneh was named the recipient of the 2026 American Society for Engineering Education's Ralph Coats Roe Award. The award recognizes a mechanical engineering educator who is an outstanding teacher and who has…...
Joey Sawyer "15 " Harrington School of Communication and Media
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (399+ words) A decade after graduating from the Harrington School, Joey Sawyer "15, a film/media major, reunited with the URI "Writer"s Club" to film their first feature film. Why did you choose URI? I knew very little about the program at…...
URI PSC professor Meg Frost quoted in Washington Post story on U. S. aid to Venezuela
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (129+ words) The University of Rhode Island URI Political Science Professor Meg Frost was quoted in a recent article from The Washington Post: "Quakes give U. S. opportunity to transform Venezuela from foe to friend" The story examines how U. S. disaster relief following devastating earthquakes…...
Underwater ribbon cutting ushers in new URI Ocean Robotics Laboratory
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (839+ words) The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on June 25. Students Elliot Roman and Jake Bonney piloted URI's…...