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URI Forgiveness is Freedom Academy inspires future generations to pursue peace - The Academy was held on URI Kingston campus for the first two weeks of August. The program is an important reminder to celebrate The International Day of Peace on September 21, 2024. KINGSTON, R.I – Sept. 20 – “Would you forgive him?” That was the first question asked to the Rhode Island-native, all Black high […]
2024-25 URI Theater Department season has a show for everyone - Season will feature ‘Machinal,’ ‘Peter and the Starcatcher,’ ‘Bakkhai,’ and ‘Guys and Dolls.’ 
‘Democracy in Peril’ is URI’s Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium topic - Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium examining ‘Democracy in Peril’ to launch Sept. 17
Denise Andres ’75 - Denise Andres has been nominated for an Emmy Award as HBO Max's The Gilded Age costume supervisor. 
Faith Simonini ’24 - Faith Simonini ’24, of Cumberland, to spend a year teaching English in Athens.
Faculty Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Spotlight
‘Migration’, by URI art professor Ben Anderson, takes flight in Italy - Ben Anderson, professor of three-dimensional art and sculpture, premiered his installation this past July in Italy.
URI faculty receives EPSCoR Award for Collaborative Research Projects to Study Climate Change & Enhance Resilience - URI will partner with other research universities on ambitious, multidisciplinary four-year projects to develop strategies to enhance community resilience to climate change.
Anna Vaccaro Gray ’12 - Anna Vaccaro Gray '12 has called URI home for most of her life having grown up across the street, attended the university as a student, and is now a faculty member in the gender and women's studies department who values interdisciplinary education. 
Afua Ansong ’22 - Afua Ansong '22 is a Ghanaian American writer, dancer, and photographer. Her work interrogates the challenges of the African immigrant in the United States, exploring themes of transition, citizenship, and identity. 
Award-winning book explores environmental work of Afro-Puerto Rican women - In her award-winning book, anthropologist Hilda Lloréns chronicles the lives of women in Puerto Rico who draw on deep cultural knowledge to navigate myriad environmental challenges from industrial pollution to disasters like hurricanes Irma and Maria.