Kaylen Haley ‘04 German and Biomedical Engineering Southern New England – In August 2024, I started a new role leading Global Product Development PMO Operations for Olympus – working with teams based in Massachusetts, Hamburg and Tokyo to optimize how new medical devices are developed. I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to flex the […]
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Postcards from Abroad: Fall Semester 2024
Students Stefanie Vining, Dakota Watjen and Nathaniel Nichols reflect on their study abroad experiences in France and Germany while looking to the future regarding their internship placements
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The 27th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering took place on URI’s Kingston campus for the first time since its inception in the late 1990s.
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The IEP hosted several events last fall to engage with new and prospective IEP students.
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KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 24, 2025 – Sitting adjacent to the University of Rhode Island’s Alumni Center are two nondescript buildings. Contrary to their unassuming gray or white color, the buildings house a unique program, the International Engineering Program (IEP). Studying abroad is not a novel concept for students. Almost 330,000 U.S. students study abroad […]
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Mark Schoenweiss has been the head chef at the IEP Living and Learning Community since first opening its doors to IEP residents in 1999.
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The University of Rhode Island mourns the passing of two pioneers of the International Engineering Program, Dr. John Grandin and Heidi Kirk Duffy.
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URI graduate Heather DiFazio pursued bachelor’s degrees in German and Biomedical Engineering through our International Engineering Program. Her time at URI helped her find her passion and set her up for future success. The Cranston, Rhode Island native pursued student leadership roles, conducted neuroscience research on campus, and gained early industry experience through a recurring […]
Continue reading "Recent Graduate Commends URI Education for Success"27th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education Hosted at URI’s Kingston Campus
For the first time since its inception in 1998, the University of Rhode Island hosted its annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education on campus in Kingston, teaching students, faculty and professionals about ways to further integration between engineering, languages and study abroad.
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In memoriam of Dr. John Grandin and Heidi Kirk Duffy, two pioneers of the International Engineering Program
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Inspired by the appearance of several Italian musicians visiting URI this October — and the fact URI has one of the largest Italian study programs in the U.S., thanks to its International Engineering Program — several complementary events are taking place on campus, celebrating Italian culture and offerings for the first time at the University.
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Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Dakota Watjen (GIBP) Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellowship Alexi Andresky (GIEP) Ethan Carpio (GIEP) Laura Colón Peña (SIEP) Ian Colson (GIEP) Jacob Cultrera (GIEP) Brinik Erickson (FIEP) Nicholas DeFranzo (IIEP) James Joubert (SIEP) Erik Lagace (SIEP) Michaella Junge (GIEP) Anna Li (CIEP) Bert Moklebust (GIEP) Nathaniel Nichols (GISCP) Matthew Tibbits […]
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Sara Hamada Mohamed ’24 spent the last year studying abroad as a biomedical engineering/Spanish IEP major in Santander, Spain.
Continue reading "IEP Study Abroad Spotlight: Sara Hamada Mohamed ’24"IEP Alumni Updates Fall 2024
It was wonderful to see some of our seasoned alumni all the way back to class of ’01 at our May 4, 2024 IEP alumni get-together, where they shared memories and solved IEP trivia with our graduating ’24 seniors. For a number of our alumni guests, it was a chance to tour the Fascitelli Center […]
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It is always a highlight to see our IEPers in action at their internship sites, and this summer was no exception. The feedback IEP received from host companies and/or interns at Bischof & Klein, BMW, Bosch, Coplan, DLR, Mercedes and Porsche was overwhelmingly positive. IEPers highlighted the open and welcoming environment, the feeling of being […]
Continue reading "IEP ’23-24 Cohort Intern Updates"38 URI community members honored with Demers Fellowships to support foreign language study abroad
About half of the 38 recipients are IEP/ICSP students going abroad in summer/fall 2024 for their signature year abroad.
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In high school, Anna Cetera knew she wanted to make an impact in the health field, however, as a first-generation college student, she was unaware of the broad array of options available to her. Knowing that she had a passion for biology, mathematics, and physics she put those keywords in a search engine and […]
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Ten undergraduate students at the University of Rhode Island have been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, including Spanish IEP student Sara Hamada Mohamed.
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One trip to the Kennedy Space Center was all it took for Mycarthy Newton to decide she wanted to be an engineer and work on rockets. It is that dream that has kept her motivated through a very challenging undergraduate career, which she successfully traversed leading to the prestigious Edison Engineering Development Program GE Aerospace […]
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Through their JPN 302 class, a group of URI students, including 3 IEP/ICSP students, helped connect with middle schoolers at Davisville Middle School to introduce them to Japanese language and culture.
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The U.S.-French relationship has long been positif, since Lafayette visited Rhode Island, and the French government sent a statue across the sea to recognize shared connections. That well-established connection between countries was celebrated recently at the University of Rhode Island, marking continuing collaborations across borders.
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2023 marked the beginning of URI’s two-year National Endowment for the Humanities Connections grant. Learn about some of the first activities sponsored by these funds.
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Bringing international graduate students into the College of Engineering through both new and established dual master’s degree programs is a major priority of the International Engineering Program. Last August, ten dual master’s and MBA students from TU Braunschweig and TU Darmstadt graduated from URI last August. One of the Fulbright scholars, Leonie Otte, is still […]
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Relationships and friendships established, callings found, hobbies and passions started – over the years, we’ve heard of a myriad of positive outcomes related to IEP experiences. See what impacts our alumni shared.
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German IEP students Keven and Patrick Raczkowski along with Chinese IEP student Brandon Yeh reflect on their respective first semesters abroad in Germany and Taiwan.
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