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Year: 2019

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Stuff-a-Cruiser effort collects more than 3,000 toys for R.I. based charities

URI police officers didn’t mind being out in the cold during a recent weekend at the Walmart in North Kingstown as part of their annual Stuff-a-Cruiser toy drive.

That’s because the generosity and smiles of strangers put them in a great holiday mood. More...

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The first-place iSee team

Engineering entrepreneurship course culminates in pitch competition

Stuff-a-Cruiser effort collects more than 3,000 toys for R.I. based charities

Cahil McGovern instructs an Amgen Inc. employee on proper cGMP

URI Pharmaceutical Development Institute hosts Amgen employees for training in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

URI student examines Devie Coletta

Nurse practitioner students gain experience with young patients

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Officer Michael Intrieri (left),and Maj. Michael Jagoda (right)

URI police officer recognized by R.I. MADD for diligence in preventing drunken driving, educating the community

Those who are driving under the influence on and in the vicinity of the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus better not encounter Officer Michael Intrieri.

A member of the URI Police Department, Intrieri’s efforts have been recognized by the Rhode Island chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). More...

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Officer Michael Intrieri (left),and Maj. Michael Jagoda (right)

URI police officer recognized by R.I. MADD for diligence in preventing drunken driving, educating the community

URI Cooperative Extension offers free plant seeds throughout Northeast

URI economist says that state appears to be gaining momentum as fourth quarter begins

Associate Professor of Chemistry Jason Dwyer

URI chemistry professor wins innovation award for ‘game-changing’ work on single-molecule sensing

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Hollie Putnam

URI scientist awarded $1.7 million grant to study how corals grow and function

University of Rhode Island coral biologist Hollie Putnam is teaming with experts in computer science, nanotoxicology, structural engineering and systems biology to study the intricacies of how corals grow and function in an effort to find new ways to help coral reef systems survive the damage being caused to them by the changing climate and other environmental stressors… More...

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Hollie Putnam

URI scientist awarded $1.7 million grant to study how corals grow and function

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Associate Professor of Chemistry Jason Dwyer

URI chemistry professor wins innovation award for ‘game-changing’ work on single-molecule sensing

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Alfred J. Verrecchia

$15 million gift from former Hasbro CEO will advance College of Business in artificial intelligence, technology, and student access

Alfred J. ’67, M.B.A. ’72, Hon. ’04 and Geraldine Verrecchia have made a $15 million gift to elevate the prominence of the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island.

The comprehensive gift creates a scholarship for high-achieving students, a fund for students pursuing competitive internships, a faculty chair as well as a professorship in artificial intelligence and business analytics, and an emerging technology fund… More...

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Alyssa Botelho ’20 talks with URI alumnus Sean Campbell

Harrington School filmmakers debut short films in Dec. 11 screenings

‘Drugs, Poisons and DNA’ to be discussed Friday, Dec. 6, as URI Forensic Science Seminar Series wraps up for fall

Alfred J. Verrecchia

$15 million gift from former Hasbro CEO will advance College of Business in artificial intelligence, technology, and student access

Police dog Figaro guards the toys

‘Stuff-a-Cruiser’ toy drive to support Rhode Island’s needy youth, spread holiday cheer

Russell Shomberg assists Brennan Phillips and colleagues

URI is designing the future of deep-sea exploration

Hexagon's Angus Taylor, center, with URI President David M. Dooley, left, and Dean of Engineering Ray Wright, at URI.

Hexagon supports advanced manufacturing at the University of Rhode Island

: A gentoo penguin leaps off an ice flow into Mikkelsen Harbor

Researchers find the future belongs to penguins that can adapt their diet

Assistant Professor Matthew Ramsey and graduate student Thais Harder De Palma

URI scientist awarded $2.2 million grant to investigate mouth bacteria

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Russell Shomberg assists Brennan Phillips and colleagues

URI is designing the future of deep-sea exploration

Despite great technological advances in ocean exploration over the last 30 years, the world’s most delicate deep-sea species largely remain a mystery.

There has been little development in instruments that can be used to identify and safely collect fragile undersea species. More...

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Tundi Agardy

URI alumna, renowned marine conservationist to lecture as part of Marine Affairs 50th anniversary

Internationally renowned marine conservationist and URI alumna Tundi Agardy will discuss the importance of conservation in relation to the “blue economy” next week as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the University of Rhode Island Department of Marine Affairs. More...

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URI Cooperative Extension to host energy lecture series, Dec. 5, 9

URI Theatre sets auditions for ‘Richard III’

Tundi Agardy

URI alumna, renowned marine conservationist to lecture as part of Marine Affairs 50th anniversary

URI team’s paper on American Indian adolescent opioid misuse to be published nationally

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Molly Worthen

Journalist, professor of history to lecture on complicated relationship between religion, politics

Molly Worthen, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has extensively researched North American religious and intellectual history.

She will bring her extensive knowledge to the University of Rhode Island as part of her lecture, “Evangelicals and Trump: An Alliance with a Long History,” Tuesday, Dec. More...

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URI Fall Forensic Science Series examines ‘Digital Forensics & Cyber Security,’ Friday Nov. 22

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