KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 27, 2023 – The University of Rhode Island has named Sean Edmund Rogers dean of its College of Business and Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business following a competitive national search. Rogers, who joined the URI community nearly five years ago, brings proven higher education leadership experience to the deanship, including having served as a member of the executive leadership teams of both the University and the business school.