• Summer Sessions: Archaeology Field School  - The course offers students an experiential learning experience while working on the URI Kingston Campus for the first time.
• “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. 
• URI physics professor receives NSF CAREER award for research in quantum information processing
• Three URI alumni selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Scholarships will help awardees work in Azores, Portugal and Japan.
• Four URI students headed to Taiwan as recipients of Boren Scholarship - Four University of Rhode Island students—all members of the University’s prestigious Chinese Language Flagship Program—will spend the 2025-26 academic year studying in Taiwan, each as recipients of a David L. Boren Scholarship Award.
• URI Research Cohort Receives Grand Prize at an American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Communications Award - The award was announced at the ceremony in Washington, D.C, on April 10th, 2025.
• ‘Bakkhai’ brings classic Greek tragedy with a sharp, modern edge to URI - Production opens four-show run Feb. 27 in J Studio
• 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.
• URI Italian students and professor win award at the 2024 Italian Language in the World Festival of Creativity - The Festival took place in Boston, MA, which has been designated as the “Capital of Italian Creativity in the World” by the Italian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs .
• Former TIME editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs gives annual Amanpour lecture - Gibbs defined and explored this information emergency and the upcoming presidential election at the 2024 Amanpour Lecture.
• URI Master of Public Administration program first to be accredited in Rhode Island by prestigious NASPAA - The University of Rhode Island’s Master of Public Administration program is the first in the state of Rhode Island to be accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA).

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