URI Theatre alumnus Diego Guevara lands role in Netflix’s ‘Dash & Lily’

KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 6, 2020 – Like many actors in New York City, Diego Guevara is hunkered down, waiting for the pandemic to lift and for auditions and work to resume…. More...

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Student Veterans Organization and Office of Veteran Affairs and Military Programs at URI work to keep veterans connected

KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 5, 2020 –The transition from life in the military to life on a university campus can be challenging even in the best of times. A regimented schedule may give way to one that is a bit more flexible – but for many student veterans, balancing coursework, classes and tests with a homelife that may include a spouse, children, a job and other priorities can be complicated. More...

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URI College of Nursing study aims to increase intimate, sexual violence screening on college campuses

KINGSTON, R.I. — November 4, 2020 — Intimate partner violence and sexual violence are significant public health issues for women, with more than 20 percent of women sexually assaulted in their lifetime and 1.3 to 5 million women experiencing intimate partner violence each year. More...

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URI scientists assess saltwater intrusion into well water

KINGSTON, R.I. – November 2, 2020 – Many drinking water wells at homes along the Rhode Island coastline are being contaminated by an intrusion of saltwater, and as sea levels rise and storm surge increases as a result of the changing climate, many more wells are likely to be at risk. More...

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Leadership, workplace expert to discuss career journey in virtual Vangermeersch Lecture on Nov. 5

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 28, 2020 – Through 30 years with Fortune 150 companies, Debra Boelkes soaked up a swimming pool’s worth of knowledge about what makes leaders so successful that their inspired workers will gladly follow them. Actually, she was taking mental notes even before then…. More...

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Atlantic reporter Ed Yong discusses covering the pandemic, warns of desire for return to ‘normal’

KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 2, 2020 – In the last eight months, science journalist Ed Yong has written 19 consecutive stories for The Atlantic about the COVID-19 pandemic – stories that range between 2,000 and 8,000 words chronicling the nation’s failed response to the crisis, the science behind the virus, and the work of scientists to combat it…. More...

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URI’s 2020 Virtual Be5K Walk/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention to run Oct. 25 through 31

KINGSTON, R.I. — Oct. 22, 2020 — As Americans deal with the continuing spread of COVID-19 and university students contend with social distancing, remote learning and isolation and quarantine, mental health awareness and suicide prevention are more important than ever.

That’s why organizers of the University of Rhode Island’s 12th annual Be5K Walk/Run for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention have decided to offer the event again this year, albeit virtually, from Sunday, Oct. More...

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Suffrage and Sashes: URI’s ‘Long Rhode to the Vote’ series discusses the complicated relationship between pageantry and feminism

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 22, 2020 – Founded in 1921 and featuring contestants wearing sashes inspired by the suffrage movement, the Miss America pageant has a complicated history. In fact, America’s first beauty contest began just a year after the ratification of the 19^th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote… More...

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Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth’s surface

KINGSTON, R.I., — October 20, 2020 — For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth’s largest global biomes. Although marine sediment covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, little was known about its global patterns of microbial diversity…. More...

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Business professor honored for groundbreaking research on LGBTQ issues

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 21, 2020 – In the early 1990s, Apple Computer extended domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples, locking the tech company in a fight with a Texas county that threatened to withdraw a tax break for a proposed Apple facility. More...

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