Katharine Hazard Flynn, executive director of the University of Rhode Island Business Engagement Center (BEC), announced today the appointment of George Nickolopoulos as relationship manager at the BEC. This new position, partially funded through the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, was created to focus and increase efforts of the BEC specifically in Rhode Island’s significant defense […]

The Rhode Island Small Business Development Center (RISBDC) at the University of Rhode Island has begun offering regularly scheduled office hours at the Newport County Chamber of Commerce every Wednesday from 9 a.m. – noon.

The Rhode Island Small Business Development Center (RISDC) at the University of Rhode Island will begin offering regularly scheduled office hours at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce (GPCC), beginning on Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

The University of Rhode Island has named Barbara E. Wolfe, associate dean for research and professor at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, its new dean of the College of Nursing.

University of Rhode Island Associate Professor Bethany Jenkins studies microscopic ocean organisms in their natural environment, and one of her Narragansett Bay research projects produced half a billion DNA sequences.

“Rhode Island Innovates: A competitive strategy for the Ocean State” reveals unique opportunities for the growth of the state’s economy.

Lorne A. Adrain ’76, chairman of the University of Rhode Island Foundation, announced today that Elizabeth “Lil” Breul O’Rourke has been named president of the Foundation. O’Rourke, a seasoned university advancement professional with over three decades of fundraising, campaign, alumni and trustee relations experience at Syracuse University, will officially start at URI on March 28th.