The University of Rhode Island is known regionally and worldwide for its innovative, big ideas, adaptive intelligence and breakthrough solutions to today's puzzling problems. URI's pioneering research extends the University's influence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,637 undergraduate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment. The University of Rhode Island - a small, beautiful place with some of the biggest thinkers in the world.
(see more)The University of Rhode Island is known regionally and worldwide for its innovative, big ideas, adaptive intelligence and breakthrough solutions to today's puzzling problems. URI's pioneering research extends the University's influence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,637 undergraduate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment. The University of Rhode Island - a small, beautiful place with some of the biggest thinkers in the world.
URI names 2016 Orientation Team members
The goal of URI's orientation program is to welcome new students and their families to the URI community and to start them along a path to success. The Orientation Team represents URI's diverse and enthusiastic community of learners.
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2016 Jun 22
More than 4,986 University of Rhode Island students are named to the Spring 2016 Dean's List
The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that more than 4,986 undergraduates have qualified for the Spring 2016 Dean's List.
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2016 Jun 10
URI students inducted into Phi Alpha Theta History national honor society
The University of Rhode Island chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History national honor society recently inducted 12 new members into the society. Phi Alpha Theta (???) is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.
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2016 Jun 8
URI honors student leadership excellence at Rainville Awards
The University of Rhode Island honored four undergraduate student leaders at the 28th annual A. Robert Rainville Leadership Awards ceremony recently held on the Kingston Campus.
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2016 May 11
URI History Department honors students for outstanding academic achievement
The History Department in the University of Rhode Island's College of Arts and Sciences recently held an award ceremony to honor students who have demonstrated excellence in the discipline.
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2016 May 11
URI public relations students honored for outstanding achievement
The University of Rhode Island's Public Relations Department, a part of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, presented awards to eight students during recent ceremonies on the Kingston campus. The awards are given presented to students who "capture the essence of achievement.''
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2016 Apr 28
URI Theatre students featured in production of "Legally Blonde"
The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department announces the opening of "Legally Blonde," a musical production by Heather Hach. Based on the MGM motion picture and novel by Amanda Brown, "Legally Blonde" is perfectly pink and infused with fun and frivolity.
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2016 Apr 26
University of Rhode Island names 2015 Science and Engineering Fellows
Many URI undergraduates who excel in their studies in the STEM fields were named as URI's 2015 Science and Engineering Fellows. Through this competitive 14-week fellowship, which began in May 2015, students had the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge to real-world problems in a range of disciplines.
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2016 Mar 11
URI students organize and host second annual D.I.V.E. RI conference focused on diversity
The second annual student-created and led conference took place at the University of Rhode Island's Kingston Campus March 4-5, 2016. Called "Diversifying Individuals Via Education" (D.I.V.E. RI), this event is focused on enhancing student leadership and social change on college campuses.
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2016 Mar 11
University of Rhode Island names 2016 Energy Fellows
The Energy Fellows Program provides University of Rhode Island undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to gain invaluable experience addressing real-world energy issues working in interdisciplinary teams with staff, faculty or outside organizations on one or more projects.
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2016 Mar 11
URI Theatre students featured in production of "columbinus"
The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department continues its 2015-2016 season with "columbinus" by the United States Theatre Project. Written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli, with dramaturgy by Patricia Hersch, "columbinus" examines the realities of adolescent culture by exploring the events surrounding the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.
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2016 Feb 24
University of Rhode Island students complete fall internships
In an internship, URI students have the opportunity to apply theory to practice in the field, and then return to the classroom ready to apply practice to theory. URI's experiential learning coordinators partner with faculty to design internships with structured learning outcomes that will provide students with a competitive advantage when they graduate.
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2016 Jan 29
URI College of Pharmacy welcomes newest class of biomedical science majors
For decades, the College of Pharmacy has held a "white coat" ceremony to recognize six-year doctor of pharmacy students entering their third year - their first professional year in the major. This semester it was also time to welcome juniors into the new biomedical science program.
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2015 Dec 3
More than 4,900 University of Rhode Island students are named to the Dean's List
The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that 4,986 undergraduates have qualified for the Fall 2015 Dean's List. The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island's cities and towns, all six New England states, New York and New Jersey, other states and 18 countries.
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2016 Jan 25
URI Theatre students featured in production of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
The University of Rhode Island continues its 2015-2016 season with "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Bertolt Brecht, a version by Frank McGuinness.
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2015 Nov 24
URI students featured in production of "In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play"
The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department brought comedy to stage with its production of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play."
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2015 Nov 24
University of Rhode Island names 2015 URI 101 Mentors
URI 101 Mentors play an influential role helping first-year students in their transition to college. Mentors create effective and comfortable partnerships with instructors and become resourceful team leaders for all students.
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2015 Sep 30
University of Rhode Island students complete summer internships
In an internship, URI students have the opportunity to apply theory to practice in the field, and then return to the classroom ready to apply practice to theory. URI's experiential learning coordinators partner with faculty to design internships with structured learning outcomes that will provide students with a competitive advantage when they graduate.
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2015 Sep 30
URI honors graduating seniors with University Academic Excellence Award
Each year, the University of Rhode Island honors graduating seniors with superior academic achievement in a particular field with a University Academic Excellence Award. Their selection is based on grade point average, as well as other criteria determined by the individual department. For example, criteria might include an honors project, a research presentation, or a student's professional promise.
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2015 Jul 14
More than 4,600 University of Rhode Island students are named to the Dean's List
The University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce that more than 4,600 undergraduate students have qualified for the Spring 2015 Dean's List.
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2015 Jul 13
University of Rhode Island awards about 3,200 undergraduate degrees at commencement
At the University of Rhode Island's 129th Commencement on Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, 2015, about 3,200 undergraduate and 660 graduate students became the University's newest alumni.
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2015 Jun 29
University of Rhode Island awards about 660 graduate degrees at commencement
At the University of Rhode Island's 129th Commencement on Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, 2015, more than 3,200 undergraduate and 660 graduate students became the University's newest alumni.
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2015 Jun 29
URI grad student awarded Fulbright grant to teach English in South Korea
The U.S. Fulbright Student Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by providing high-achieving students with the opportunity to study or teach abroad. The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program places grantees in schools overseas to supplement local English language instruction and to provide a native speaker in the classrooms.
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2015 May 29
URI senior awarded prestigious Boren Scholarship to study Portuguese in Mozambique
Among the most competitive study abroad awards in the country, the Boren Scholarship is designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills. Boren awards provide undergraduate and graduate students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of the nation.
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2015 May 29
URI honors seniors at 18th annual Black Scholar Awards
Ten University of Rhode Island seniors were honored for their academic excellence and achievements at the 18th annual Black Scholar Awards Ceremony this spring. Donald Cunnigen, professor of sociology and anthropology at URI and a member of the URI Black Faculty Association, established the awards program in 1998 to recognize and honor outstanding African-American seniors.
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2015 May 29
URI students inducted into the Rhode Island Onyx Honor Society
The University of Rhode Island's Black Scholar Awards program honored this year's Rhode Island Onyx Senior Honor Society inductees based on their academic excellence, community service, and cultural pride.
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2015 May 29
Students create, organize and host conference at URI focused on diversity
The first student-created and led regional conference took place at the University of Rhode Island in the spring. Called "Diversifying Individuals Via Education" (D.I.V.E. RI), this event focused on enhancing student leadership and social change on college campuses.
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2015 May 29
Students recognized at URI's Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
The URI Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet is an annual event to recognize and celebrate the hard work and devotion of the University's graduating student-athletes.
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2015 May 29
URI names 2015 Orientation Team members
The goal of URI's orientation program is to welcome new students and their families to the URI community and to start them along a path for a success. The Orientation Team represents URI's diverse and enthusiastic community of learners.
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2015 May 29
URI public relations students raise more than $4,800 to help fight childhood malnutrition
Last month, a team of URI public relations students fought global childhood malnutrition, by spreading the word and raising money for Edesia with the #MakeYourGreenCount Plumpy'Nut Challenge. This was a social media campaign encouraging people to "get their green on" and donate by St. Patrick's Day. The students raised more than $4,800 to help children worldwide.
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2015 Apr 23