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URI Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives NIH R01 Award - Associate professor and biomedical engineering acting chair at the University of Rhode Island Yalda Shahriari has received a $1.015 million R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative multimodal neurotechnology framework aimed at better understanding and enhancing the brain’s motor networks.
URI-led consortium awarded $4.6 million NSF grant to expand STEM education and workforce opportunities - KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug 31, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island will lead a $4.6 million National Science Foundation S-STEM consortium with the Community College of Rhode Island, and New England Institute of Technology that will expand engineering and engineering technology pathways for academically talented students with financial need. The project will strengthen transfer […]
2025 Hollings Scholar completes summer internship - KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 17, 2026 – Eleni Mouyos, of Windham, New Hampshire, has just completed a summer internship at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The internship was possible through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship program, a prestigious, nationally competitive award for students interested in the […]
URI engineering professors’ startup team joined semiconductor giant AMD - KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug 12, 2026 – A guiding principle of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering is tracing a line directly from academia to real-world application. Last month that connection was made even stronger.
