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Parlange highlights ongoing successes, calls for ‘greater investment’ in URI

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 13, 2026 – In his fifth State of the University address delivered Thursday, Oct. 8, at Edwards Hall, University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange noted the many achievements of the University community while calling for “greater investment across the board” so that URI has the resources it needs to meet […]

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URI Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives NIH R01 Award

Yalda Shahriari demonstrates a visuospatial experimental paradigm while Alex Cerullo, a Ph.D. student in the NeuralPC Lab, wears a high-density fNIRS cap integrated with virtual reality to measure brain activity

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 16, 2026 – Associate professor and biomedical engineering acting chair at the University of Rhode Island Yalda Shahriari has received a $1.015 million R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative multimodal neurotechnology framework aimed at better understanding and enhancing the brain’s motor networks.

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URI-led consortium awarded $4.6 million NSF grant to expand STEM education and workforce opportunities

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug 31, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island will lead a $4.6 million National Science Foundation S-STEM consortium with the Community College of Rhode Island, and New England Institute of Technology that will expand engineering and engineering technology pathways for academically talented students with financial need. The project will strengthen transfer […]

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2025 Hollings Scholar completes summer internship

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KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 17, 2026 – Eleni Mouyos, of Windham, New Hampshire, has just completed a summer internship at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The internship was possible through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship program, a prestigious, nationally competitive award for students interested in the […]

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URI team to address remediation challenges of manganese in R.I. drinking water

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 29, 2026 – A partnership between the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Department of Health will study manganese levels in Rhode Island’s drinking water. The project, “Statewide Support for Manganese Management in Rhode Island,” will be funded by a grant from the Emerging Contaminants in Small and Disadvantaged Communities […]

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Undergraduate research opportunities were transformative for recent graduate

KINGSTON, R.I. –  July 27, 2026 – At the University of Rhode Island, Jessica Tingley, ’26 built a uniquely interdisciplinary profile. Pursuing dual degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, with minors in mathematics and robotics, she was able to constantly connect ideas across fields. “It is something that has defined my research since,” said […]

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URI student prepares for travel abroad to mentor Japanese high schoolers

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 08, 2026 – University of Rhode Island student Ashly Martínez Rodríguez, of Providence, Rhode Island, is a first-generation, electrical engineering & Japanese global language and area studies major through the international engineering program. She pursued an engineering degree because of her curiosity for technology from a very young age and technical experience […]

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