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Raul Douglas
Raul Douglas, who was recently promoted URI Police sergeant, stands next to a cruiser outside the police station. URI photo by Nora Lewis.

New sergeant brings diverse background, perspectives to URI Police Department

KINGSTON, R.I. — April 2,  2021– If you were thinking about a great candidate for the police force at a university with students, faculty and staff from all of the world, you couldn’t do much better than Raul Douglas.

Douglas, who has been with the URI Police Department for six years, was born in Guyana, and is African American, East Indian, Irish and Scottish….

John King (Photo courtesy of CNN)
John King (Photo courtesy of CNN)

CNN’s John King to open inaugural Taricani Lecture Series

An artist’s rendering of the future look of the front of Ballentine Hall.
An artist’s rendering of the future look of the front of Ballentine Hall.

URI College of Business raises $1.4M for initial phase of Ballentine Hall expansion, renovations

Biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering students, from left, Joseph Saporita, Vanessa Kamara and Saba Bijari, discuss their smart glove project with Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya. The 3D-printed hand is used to test the glove, which monitors hand movements of patients with Parkinson's disease.

‘Hands-on’ engineering continues at URI during pandemic

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