Emmy Nominee
Emmy NomineeURI alumna Denise Andres ‘75, costume supervisor for HBO‘s ‘The Gilded Age,’ has been nominated for her costume work on the popular period drama series.76th Emmy Creative Arts Awards are...
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Naval Research GrantThe Office of Naval Research has awarded a three-year, $418,300 grant to URI mechanical engineering assistant professor Ashutosh Giri for heat transfer research project. Addressing...
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MSSC ProgramsURI Multicultural Student Services Center welcomes students back, launches fall programs, beginning with BIPOC student, alumni, faculty, and staff community gathering.See Fall programs
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Collaborative Climate StudyURI professors Soni Pradhanang, Madison Jones, and Jason Parent join New England partnership for collaborative study of climate change and resilience.$6 million NSF grant
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ESTEEMED ProgramThe Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) program offers underrepresented students opportunities in bioscience, bioengineering...
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URI ranked #1The University of Rhode Island was ranked the No. 1 public university in New England and the 35th-best public university nationally in a ranking of the country's top 500...
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Honors ColloquiumVox journalist, author Zack Beauchamp opens URI's premier lecture series with ‘Democracy: The End of the Beginning,’ connecting U.S. voting and politics to larger global trends.Tues.,...
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Arte to ZamoraURI celebrates 2024 Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, with a full slate of campus events through Oct. 15, kicking off on Sept. 17, with a reception for ¡Celebración Hispana!, an art exhibit...
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Student Challenge 2024 RISE-UP Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge has chosen a democracy focus, inviting students to generate ideas addressing environmental, social, political, and economic...
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Scholarship Gift A $750,000 charitable gift from the Hayden Foundation will create scholarships designed to support Rhode Island students through periods of unexpected financial hardship. Hayden...
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Honors ColloquiumHarvard professor of political science, New York Times best-selling author Daniel Ziblatt to discuss ‘Tyranny of the Minority—and How to Repair our Democracy.’Tues., Sept. 24, 7 p.m.,...
View ArticleRefugees’ Rights
Refugees’ RightsURI’s Global Initiatives Office will host the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island for a public lecture on refugee rights featuring Professor Skip Mark, co-director of CIRIGHTS, the...
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Humanities SeriesCenter for the Humanities presents 'Sustaining Democracy,’ a yearlong speaker series demonstrating the role of arts and humanities in sustaining and inspiring democratic...
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Maritime OpportunitiesSea Services Symposium gives students a chance to explore opportunities, career paths in maritime government service, maritime industries, and blue economy.Fri., Sept. 27, 10...
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Ocean ExplorationNOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), led by URI Graduate School of Oceanography, brings together multiple institutions to further NOAA's mission to expand knowledge of...
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Honors ColloquiumUniversity of Pennsylvania professor Andrew Ifedapo Thompson, who studies the impact of racial demographic changes on American political behavior, will discuss 'Race and Democratic...
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High Performance ComputingURI receives $795,000 federal earmark to boost secure computing and data infrastructure capabilities, capacity, and storage through high-performance computing upgrades that...
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Humanities Series Memoirist, poet Javier Zamora to share stories of his harrowing immigration journey from El Salvador to Arizona as a 9-year-old, the subject of 'Solito,' his award-winning...
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College of PharmacyURI Pharmacy Class of 2028 officially welcomed into the profession, as students donned white coats for the first time, ceremonially beginning as pharmacists and pharmaceutical...
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Coastal ResilienceURI awarded $1.5M EPSCoR grant to work with the town of Warren to address worsening climate hazards that are affecting coastal communities; part of a three-state $6 million NSF...
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