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URI astrophysics student earns coveted Association for Computing Machinery’s SIGHPC fellowship - Genevieve Payne one of seven students worldwide to receive 2026 fellowship. 
History Department chair, Evelyn Sterne, wins Timothy Miller Outstanding Book Award - “The House of David,” published in September 2025, examines who joined this Christian Israelite community in early 20th-century Benton Harbor, Michigan, and why. 
URI’s 11th Guitar and Mandolin Festival takes the stage beginning Oct. 18 - Annual festival will welcome premier artists from around the world to University of Rhode Island campus, surrounding communities.
URI to launch new computational social science doctoral program - New Ph.D. program will guide students in societal decision-making through advanced technology. 
URI Metcalf Institute’s fall lecture takes participants outside to experience the North Woods Field Guide with DWELL Lab - Immersive two-part walk and zine-making event on Oct. 14 wraps up Metcalf’s 2026 Annual Public Lecture Series
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Africana Studies and English professor awarded 2026 Career Enhancement Fellowship - Janet Kong-Chow, assistant professor, secures a 12-month Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship.
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URI Gravity Research group contributes to major black hole discovery, expands astrophysics program - The work of physics faculty Rob Coyne, Michael Pürrer, Deborah Ferguson, and Derek Davis aims to increase student participation and engagement.
URI professor part of a select group of French educators to visit Côte d’Ivoire thanks to a Fulbright-Hays grant - Lars Erickson, the director of the French International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, participated in the research over the summer.
“The Unremembered” art installation by URI’s Annu Matthew displayed in Tagliacozzo, Italy along with national and international talks - Current exhibition: Aug 3 - September 21, 2025 Contemporanea ’25
Archives of Suspended Memory, Palazzo Ducale, Abruzzo, Italy