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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 […]

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Erik Loomis appointed as new Director of the Center for the Humanities 

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2026 – Erik Loomis, professor of history at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed the new director for the University’s Center of the Humanities. Loomis’ tenure as director began on July 1.  Established in 1994, the Center for the Humanities—part of the URI College of Arts and Sciences—has […]

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Michael DiNardi appointed as URI Social Sciences Institute for Research, Education, and Policy’s new director

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2026 – Michael DiNardi, associate professor of economics at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed the new director for the University’s Social Sciences Institute for Research, Education, and Policy . DiNardi, who arrived at URI in 2018 as an economist specializing in health and labor, with an emphasis […]

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