Third annual study notes digital oppression by countries, atrocities reaching record levels.
Continue reading "URI-based Global RIghts Project report spotlights continued troubling trends in worldwide inhumane treatment"
URI criminology and criminal justice chair Natalie Pifer, fellow researchers publish study on solitary confinement and its impact.
Continue reading "Refining the solitary confinement reform debate"
The three-year, $464,964 award to Jason Dwyer allows for research into how nanopores can potentially improve ability to detect serious medical conditions.
Continue reading "URI chemistry professor receives National Science Foundation grant for nanotechnology study"
Grants from DOE’s Early Career Research Program, each totaling $875,000, will be spread out over the next five years.
Continue reading "Two URI chemistry professors awarded U.S. Department of Energy grants for separate studies"
Lloréns is to be recognized this December in Hartford for her groundbreaking contributions to scholarship and public engagement.
Continue reading "URI anthropology professor Hilda Lloréns to receive inaugural research award from Hispanic Health Council"
A poster presentation was held in the Memorial Union on Friday, September 26th.
Continue reading "2025 College of Arts and Sciences Fellows share their research "
The work of physics faculty Rob Coyne, Michael Pürrer, Deborah Ferguson, and Derek Davis aims to increase student participation and engagement.
Continue reading "URI Gravity Research group contributes to major black hole discovery, expands astrophysics program"
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 story features Deborah Ferguson, Derek Davis, and Rob Coyne.
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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 "
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"
Experiential learning offers students unique benefits because it pairs hands-on, real-world experience with the broad, interdisciplinary foundation that the College of Arts and Sciences prioritizes.
Continue reading "Sociology Program offers unique opportunities inside the classroom"