The doors to Cuba will open to URI students next spring with a new study abroad program at the Institute of Philosophy in Havana, thanks to two professors from the College of Arts and Sciences.

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For the third year in a row, the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival included a performance by the University of Rhode Island’s 17-member Big Band.

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Two URI sophomores in the Honors Program gained early contingent admission to the Warren Alpert Medical School through the URI-Brown University Early Identification Program, which targets sophomores from Rhode Island.

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At the annual History Awards ceremony, 17 new members were initiated into Phi Alpha Theta, The National History Honor Society, and nine history majors were then presented with excellence awards.

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Robert G. Weisbord, professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island, explores racial issues involving the Olympics through the years in his latest book, “Racism and the Olympics.’’

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English professor Mary Cappello is the first ever recipient from URI of the highly competitive Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin, Germany.

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Thomas Zorabedian, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Producer’s Circle award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival during a red-carpet gala in Providence.

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