New grant to boost environmental impact of microplastics research

NSF announced associate professor Daniel Roxbury and his team have been awarded $7M EPSCoR E-RISE Program grant

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Student researchers present dynamic biomedical studies during Summer Research Symposium - RI-INBRE’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship attracts hundreds of students from all 10 affiliated colleges and universities in RI
Engineering professor Weiwei Jia receives NSF CAREER Award to advance cloud computing applications, systems - His research will study how to substantially improve the performance and cost efficiency of next-generation cloud computing applications and systems.
NSF CAREER Award for assistive and rehabilitative robotics research - Professor Reza Abiri’s work aims to help people with severe motor impairment to interact with their environment naturally and independently
Graduate took on challenge of an engineering program and a full-time job - After high school, David O’Connor realized that if he wanted to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer, he had to do it on his own. The college had to be affordable and close to work because he would need to not only pay tuition, but all living expenses too. Balancing an engineering program and […]

International Engineering Student Intends to be an Emissary for Change - As a child from Staten Island who often visited family in Colombia, Cristian Varela became aware early on of how deeply engineering projects affect communities around the world.
For URI engineering student, music and technology harmonize in innovative capstone project - Ahmad Almuhtaseb ’26, discovered a way to merge his dual passions—music and his computer engineering major—in his senior capstone project.
Graduate earns a (SMART) Department of Defense scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. - Gianni Smith graduated this May with degrees in electrical engineering and German and will continue his studies with a Department of Defense scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. at URI.
URI multicultural student one of first to pass N1 Japanese proficiency exam - Korali Kouadio's love of languages allowed her to achieve something special. So special in fact that she’s one of only two URI students to ever achieve it.