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URI offers you choices that give you a competitive edge in the global marketplace. You can double major, add minors, choose an international focus, and acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge and experiences. Our programs include disciplines in the arts and design, communications and media, humanities, natural sciences and math, and social sciences. Whatever you choose, we’ll prepare you to succeed in a way that is as unique as you are. Our goal is to prepare you to become a well-informed global citizen with the knowledge, flexibility, and skills required to flourish in a rapidly evolving world.
News & Spotlights
Matthew Rice ’26 heads to Shizuoka, Japan as an assistant language teacher - The recent alum graduated this past spring and will embark on his first experience with the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. 
Chemistry professor secures American Chemical Society and National Science Foundation Career Awards - KINGSTON, R.I. – July 10 – Fang Wang, assistant professor of chemistry, is the recipient of two prominent awards in his field of organic chemistry and chemical biology. The first from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF), and a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. The ACS PRF award will further Wang’s […]
Hashi Duo Performs at Kingston Chamber of Music Festival - Two musicians from opposite sides of the world found common ground at the University of Rhode Island. The pair of alumni will appear at the festival’s 38th season, July 22 – August 2, 2026.
Justin M. Pratt awarded $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant - Pratt and colleagues will enhance inquiry-based learning in chemistry teaching laboratories across the country.
URI to host 27th annual summer nonviolence institute this month - Registration open for International Nonviolence Summer Institute, scheduled for July 13-24.
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