When talking to Aran Valente for even a brief amount of time, it becomes exorbitantly clear that he is a man of two things: action and change. In this article, he discusses how his time at URI was the springboard for travels and social justice work in Romania and Uganda.

Students in URI Professor Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz’s fall 2018 class recently presented each of the 99 second-graders at Asa Messer Elementary School with four books to read over the summer. In the program’s five years, students in the Education Policy and Public Service Internship class have donated more than 2,000 books to students at Asa Messer.

This month the College of Arts and Sciences welcomes a new associate dean, Dr. Brian Krueger. He brings over eighteen years of institutional experience to the role, including six years spent as chair of the department of political science at URI. “It is a great time to be involved in a College of Arts and Sciences,” […]

Deciding what’s next for the 76-year-old, city-owned McCoy Stadium may take many months, but a public policy report written by two University of Rhode Island students could provide the necessary research to start the conversation.