Hilda Lloréns is named Cornille Distinguished Scholar at Wellesley College - 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.
Sociology Program offers unique opportunities inside the classroom - 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.
University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center Receives $2 Million Gift - Howard ’62 and Mary Frank expand their philanthropic commitment to the arts at URI
URI Harrington School to screen documentary on dark history of Ladd School on Oct. 23 - ‘Best Judgment: Ladd School Lessons’ started as a URI class project
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.
Arts and Sciences Fellows educate faculty, students, and staff on summer projects - Students cover topics ranging from language and neurodiversity, gravitational waves in the universe, local criminal justice systems, quality of life domestically and internationally, to Race Hollow - a location on the URI Kingston campus that holds a dark, unknown history.
With music and monologue, URI community gathers to celebrate Fine Arts Center project - Renovated arts center to be completed next fall.
Humanities center’s yearlong lecture series looks at sustaining democracy - Series complements Honor Colloquium fall lectures on ‘Democracy in Peril’
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.
‘Democracy in Peril’ is URI’s Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium topic - Fall 2024 Honors Colloquium examining ‘Democracy in Peril’ to launch Sept. 17
URI Inclusion Workshops - The Department of Writing & Rhetoric hosted an inclusion workshop for their faculty and staff. The workshop is designed to assist faculty in creating more inclusive and equitable learning environments.
Mitigating sensitive explosives - As part of a fellowship, Thomas Lenehan '20 studied the sensitivities of energetic peroxides, exploring how to contain and safely dispose of energetic materials.
3,000 Years of History Revisited - Cameron Garvey '20 researched the history of URI's campus prior to the establishment of the University, informing Walking Through Time: The 3000-Year History of the URI Campus.
Letters as Art - The 2nd annual Arabic Calligraphy and Letter Art Contest invited students to submit calligraphy, photography, paintings, drawings, and other creative works highlighting the beauty of Arabic writing.
Heads or Tails? - Dogs wag their tails. Does that behavior separate them from wolves? Kate Fish spent her summer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City gathering data to test her theory that it might.