The work of physics faculty Rob Coyne, Michael Pürrer, Deborah Ferguson, and Derek Davis aims to increase student participation and engagement.
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URI professor part of a select group of French educators to visit Côte d’Ivoire thanks to a Fulbright-Hays grant
Lars Erickson, the director of the French International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, participated in the research over the summer.
Continue reading "URI professor part of a select group of French educators to visit Côte d’Ivoire thanks to a Fulbright-Hays grant"“The Unremembered” art installation by URI’s Annu Matthew displayed in Tagliacozzo, Italy along with national and international talks
Current exhibition: Aug 3 – September 21, 2025 Contemporanea ’25
Archives of Suspended Memory, Palazzo Ducale, Abruzzo, Italy
Beloved URI community member’s legacy lives on
Inaugural Earl N. Smith III Cabo Verde Study Abroad Program combines scholarship and social awareness.
Continue reading "Beloved URI community member’s legacy lives on"Associate Professor Karen Sweeting Receives National Social Justice Curriculum Award by Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
The Social Justice Curriculum Award recognizes innovative curricula in public service education that promote social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Continue reading "Associate Professor Karen Sweeting Receives National Social Justice Curriculum Award by Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)"URI faculty Brittany Martin secures a Russell Sage Foundation Award
The grant will support Martin’s research on reducing financial penalties for indigent people in the Rhode Island criminal court systems.
Continue reading "URI faculty Brittany Martin secures a Russell Sage Foundation Award "URI political science professor explores growth of digital repression around the globe
“Harm in the Water” by Kendall Moore wins best documentary at the Essence Film Festival
The festival was held in New Orleans, Louisiana from July 4th – 6th.
Continue reading "“Harm in the Water” by Kendall Moore wins best documentary at the Essence Film Festival"URI physics professor receives NSF CAREER award for research in quantum information processing
Head of URI’s Chinese language program new president of national teachers’ association
Professor Yu Wu hopes to bring CLTA’s 2026 national conference to URI
Continue reading "Head of URI’s Chinese language program new president of national teachers’ association"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.
Continue reading "Film Professor Ashish Avikunthak wins the The Ground Glass Award at Prismatic Ground"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.
Continue reading "Hilda Lloréns is named Cornille Distinguished Scholar at Wellesley College"URI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark ‘History of the Papacy’
Three volume history published by prestigious Cambridge University Press
Continue reading "URI medieval scholar leads international team to produce landmark ‘History of the Papacy’"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.
Continue reading "URI Alumni and Faculty Present at the American History Association"Justin Wyatt publishes eighth book, 3 Women, in BFI Film Classics Series
URI Professor discusses the defining characteristics of Robert Altman’s 1977 drama.
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