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Armistice Day celebration Nov. 6 will honor sacrifice of all veterans

Algal bloom

Toxic algal blooms may be key to slowing neurodegenerative disease

first place team

URI students develop innovative solutions to sleep deprivation at HealthHacksRI

Luke Miller and Alex Farley presenting their project

URI Undergraduate Research Showcase project introduced youth to artificial intelligence, Coding

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R/V Laurence M. Gould passes a colony of penguins

Public, schools are invited to join live, interactive broadcasts from the Southern Ocean and Antarctic peninsula

Starting Monday, Oct. 28, the public and classrooms around the country are invited to interact in real time with polar scientists conducting critical research in the region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, which has warmed four times more than anywhere else on Earth. More...

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URI mechanical engineering students win regional poster competition

Dr. Carmen-Rosa Alvarado Benitez

Guatemalan scholar to visit URI Nov. 6 to discuss colonialism’s impact on health care disparities and sustainable solutions

URI to hold 11th Be 5K for Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Prevention

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Erick Betancourt, at Trinity Repertory

URI Theatre alumnus making his mark on stage and television

Erick Betancourt was again in the spotlight on the J Studio stage, where about 10 years earlier he had performed in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

It was his first time on the University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus since earning his bachelor of fine arts degree in 2012. More...

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R/V Laurence M. Gould passes a colony of penguins

Public, schools are invited to join live, interactive broadcasts from the Southern Ocean and Antarctic peninsula

URI to co-host forum on building state workforce through energy efficiency, Oct.29

Erick Betancourt, at Trinity Repertory

URI Theatre alumnus making his mark on stage and television

President’s Award Recipients

14th Annual Distinguished Achievement Awards

Judith Weisenfeld

Noted author, religious historian Judith Weisenfeld to discuss ‘Race and Religion’ as part of URI Diversity Week, Honors Colloquium

Catalina Martinez (left) and Sheekela Baker-Yeboah

Two URI Graduate School of Oceanography alumnae receive Women of Color STEM awards

Rabbi Dan Judson

Dean of Hebrew College Rabbinical School to discuss Judaism in America at URI’s Honors Colloquium, Oct. 29

Lt. Paul Ricci,Maj. Michael Jagoda anc Community Policing Specialist Paul Hanrahan

URI Police to distribute school supplies to South Kingstown, North Kingstown, East Greenwich elementary schools

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Kat Gillies

First-year rower goes from walk-on to invitee to Olympic development camp

To look back on Kat Gillies’ novice season with the University of Rhode Island rowing team, it would be easy to miss the rough patches.

In one year, Gillies ’22 has gone from an unrecruited walk-on with no rowing experience to one of 15 young rowers in the nation to be invited to the 2019 USRowing Under 23 Women’s Olympic Development Program Camp… More...

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Monica Garnes

Kroger executive Monica Garnes ’94 to address 14th Annual Career Day

Ram Band

URI’s Alumni, Family Weekend set for Oct. 25-27

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Catherine Nowakowski (Photo provided by Nowakowski.)

URI Graduate School of Oceanography student selected for international research program

URI Graduate School of Oceanography doctoral student Catherine Nowakowski was one of 21 students in the United States selected by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) to participate in its international research program. The Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange… More...

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Experts at URI Fall Forensic Science Series to discuss opioid epidemic and response, Friday Oct. 18

Kat Gillies

First-year rower goes from walk-on to invitee to Olympic development camp

Mary Landry

Expert on marine safety, coastal protection to share perspective on the evolution of crisis response in the U.S.

Charles “Chuck” Watson

URI’s Charles Watson named regional chair of multicultural engineering program

Brett Azar, ‘09 (photo courtesy of Brett Azar)

Barrington’s Azar is back in Terminator: Dark Fate

Catherine Nowakowski (Photo provided by Nowakowski.)

URI Graduate School of Oceanography student selected for international research program

URI economist says state economy may be at an inflection point

URI to host panel discussion about women in energy, environmental careers, Oct.16

URI to hold 11th Be 5K for Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Prevention

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