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Commencement 2025: Former carpenter has built a bright future based on the past - English major Kyle Gunning is headed to Cornell to pursue his Ph.D.
Summer camp on URI’s Kingston Campus available to grade school through high school students - The Quantum and AI and Computer Science summer camps for children will take place from June through July. 
In memoriam Walter Von Reinhart - KINGSTON, R.I. – May 21 – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a beloved colleague, friend, and member of the URI community, Walter Von Reinhard, on May 12, 2025. Walter came to URI in 1990 as a key hire for the International Engineering and International Business Programs at URI. He […]
Navigating culture: URI honors 2025 Asian Cultural Ambassadors - Arts & Sciences student, Sudishma Acharya, was recognized with an award at this year's program, held in the Memorial Union. Acharya is a finance and data science major from Nepal, currently residing in East Greenwich. She is president of URI’s South Asian Student Association.
Erin Malinn ’28 - Erin Malinn, journalism, reflects on her first year at URI and looks forward to what lies ahead.
Faculty Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Spotlight
Film Professor Ashish Avikunthak wins the The Ground Glass Award at Prismatic Ground - Avikunthak won the award for outstanding contribution to the field of experimental film and media. 
Hilda Lloréns is named Cornille Distinguished Scholar at Wellesley College - Lloréns will begin her residency in the fall of 2025 at the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities and will continue through the academic year to complete her latest book.
URI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark ‘History of the Papacy’ - Three volume history published by prestigious Cambridge University Press
URI Alumni and Faculty Present at the American History Association - Bridget Clossick ‘24 and Dennis Haggerty ‘23 presented their white papers at the prestigious conference after wowing a panel at the New England Historical Association earlier this year.
Justin Wyatt publishes eighth book, 3 Women, in BFI Film Classics Series - URI Professor discusses the defining characteristics of Robert Altman’s 1977 drama.