Month: May 2021
URI announces Class of 2021 Academic Excellence Award winners
Perseverance and pride: URI student finds support when he needed it most
URI International Engineering Program alumnus awarded Fulbright to study energy engineering in Taiwan
Commencement 2021: Ghanaian nursing student achieves her life’s dream at URI after decade-long struggle
Commencement 2021: Pharmacy graduate motivated by heartbreaking family experience, desire to care for others
SMART Scholarship leads to early job opportunity for URI student
URI program helps increase tech access, decrease isolationism among older adults
URI Commencement 2021: Contact URI’s communications office to cover 135th Commencement
33rd annual Rainville Awards honor URI student leaders
URI scientist awarded NSF grant to study effects of coastal stressors on oysters
URI professor plays prominent role in development of PBS Kids’ show Elinor Wonders Why™
Lessons learned from ‘The Cat in the Hat,’ URI students, Rhode Island’s teachers
A teacher, a mentor, a treasure
Venture capitalist David Martirano ’91 makes multi-purpose $500,000 gift to URI
Rhode Island economy continues to move forward says URI economist
Intern collaborates on URI engineering project from Puerto Rico
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Professor develops sensors more sensitive than a dog’s nose
KINGSTON, R.I. – May 13, 2021 – We are frequently reminded of how vulnerable our health and safety are to threats from nature or those who wish to harm us.
New sensors developed by Professor Otto Gregory, of the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, and chemical engineering doctoral student Peter Ricci, are so powerful that they can detect threats at the molecular level, whether it’s explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus or illegal drugs entering the country. More...
Harrington School filmmakers to debut short films at Misquamicut Drive-In on May 20
Sensors developed at URI can identify explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus and illegal drugs at the part-per-quadrillion level
URI’s 135th Commencement: By the numbers
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URI marine explorer Ballard publishes memoir, reveals dyslexia
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – May 11, 2021 – He found the resting place of the Titanic, John F. Kennedy’s PT-109, the aircraft carrier Yorktown and numerous other modern and ancient shipwrecks, as well as hydrothermal vents and their exotic ecosystem that lives off the energy of the Earth instead of the sun. More...
URI Academic Health Collaborative director brings interdisciplinary approach to boost health care in state
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Harrington School filmmakers to debut short films at Misquamicut Drive-In on May 20
KINGSTON, R.I. – May 13, 2021 – Debuting a movie on the big screen is the dream of every young filmmaker. And on Thursday, May 20, about 40 students in two University of Rhode Island film production classes will realize that dream when their short films are screened at the Misquamicut Drive-In in Westerly…. More...
East Greenwich resident, URI student awarded Department of Defense Project GO Scholarship
URI honors Professor Vanessa Quainoo, students, faculty, staff for extraordinary efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity
URI marine explorer Ballard publishes memoir, reveals dyslexia
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URI Academic Health Collaborative director brings interdisciplinary approach to boost health care in state
KINGSTON, R.I. — May 12, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, perhaps more than any other period in recent history, the critical importance of the healthcare system, and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to health care and public health…. More...
Commencement 2021: From Cuba to Washington, D.C. to Florida, California, and now Kingston, R.I., Frank Martinez is set to address classmates
