Here to help you build community.
We celebrate and amplify the significant and unique contributions of each and every member of the URI community.
URI is deeply committed to cultivating an academic, working, and living environment that promotes inclusive excellence. We believe that we have much to learn from one another and we are dedicated to providing the means to making that happen through policy-making, programming, critical conversations, thoughtful action, and collaboration between administration, faculty, staff, and students.
The Office of Community, Equity and Diversity (CED) is here to support you and to connect you with the people and resources to be successful at URI.
We’re glad you’re here.
University of Rhode Island Land Acknowledgement
The University of Rhode Island occupies the traditional stomping ground of the Narragansett Nation and the Niantic People. We honor and respect the enduring and continuing relationship between the Indigenous people and this land by teaching and learning more about their history and present-day communities, and by becoming stewards of the land we, too, inhabit.
Inclusive Excellence Awards
We’re seeking nominations to recognize and honor students, faculty and staff who contribute to making URI a more inclusive and welcoming community. The awards ceremony will be held in Spring 2025.
learn moreMini-grant initiative
The purpose of the initiative is to assist students, faculty, and staff with funding for programs that echo our mission to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.
