{"id":9756,"date":"2019-09-12T11:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/?page_id=9756"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:48:24","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/academics\/academic-calendar\/orientation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>New Student Orientation &amp; Welcome Day<\/h2><p>Orientation is open to all incoming Fall graduate students and those who started their studies in the Spring and Summer terms<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/academics\/academic-calendar\/teaching-assistant-workshop\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Annual Graduate TA Training<\/h2><p>All TAs, returning and new, are encouraged to attend this 5-part training including a live virtual session.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/upcoming-professional-development-programs-events\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Professional Development &amp; Graduate Writing Center<\/h2><p>View upcoming programs, associated  information, and registration links<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\"><div id=\"localist-widget-23824049\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div><script defer type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/widget\/view?schools=uri&#038;types=9625%2C9627%2C9573&#038;groups=graduate_professional_development%2Cgraduate_school%2Cgraduate_school_of_oceanography%2Cgraduate_student_association&#038;days=90&#038;num=5&#038;match=any&#038;container=localist-widget-23824049&#038;template=card\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/news-and-events\/events\/\" title=\"\">See All Events<\/a>\n<hr>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/uri-graduate-school-welcomes-samantha-a-meenach-as-associate-dean\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Meenach_Headshot_2026-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"portrait photo of Dr. Samantha Meenach, Associate Dean of the Graduate School &amp; Graduate Studies Professor, Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering \/ Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Meenach_Headshot_2026-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Meenach_Headshot_2026-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/uri-graduate-school-welcomes-samantha-a-meenach-as-associate-dean\/\">Protected: URI Graduate School Welcomes Samantha A. Meenach as Associate Dean<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/24677-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/RI-NEST-header-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/RI-NEST-header-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/RI-NEST-header-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/24677-2\/\">RI-NEST Graduate Completion Fellowship Supports Three URI Doctoral Researchers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Doctoral researchers advance work in ocean health, coastal resilience, and personalized medicine The University of Rhode Island Graduate School has named three doctoral candidates as recipients of the 2026-27 RI-NEST Graduate Completion Fellowship, recognizing outstanding graduate researchers whose work addresses pressing challenges facing Rhode Island and communities worldwide. Supported through the Rhode Island Network for [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/new-resources-support-responsible-use-of-ai-in-graduate-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Wordpress-Box-Headers-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Wordpress-Box-Headers-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Wordpress-Box-Headers-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/new-resources-support-responsible-use-of-ai-in-graduate-education\/\">New Resources Support Responsible Use of AI in Graduate Education<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As generative AI tools become increasingly integrated into research, teaching, and professional practice, the University of Rhode Island Graduate School has published two new resources to help faculty, staff, and graduate students navigate AI use responsibly and transparently. The Responsible Use of Generative AI in Graduate Education guidance document provides a framework for thoughtful AI [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/black-lives-matter\/\">Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Graduate School, along with the URI Leadership, stands in solidarity with our Black students, colleagues, and allies who seek justice and change in our society because Black Lives Matter.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/digging-for-quahogs-inspired-uri-student-to-study-geotechnical-engineering\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Keefe-th-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Keefe-th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Keefe-th.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/digging-for-quahogs-inspired-uri-student-to-study-geotechnical-engineering\/\">Digging for quahogs inspired URI student to study geotechnical engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Timothy Keefe\u2019s interest in geotechnical engineering traces back to his childhood when his father taught him how to dig for quahogs in Narragansett Bay. Wanting to learn more about soil mechanics, Keefe is now pursuing a master\u2019s degree in civil engineering at URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-scientists-discover-abundance-of-plastic-built-up-in-sea-ice-collected-in-the-arctics-northwest-passage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/ice-drilling-th-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#039;Scientists ice-drilling in the ARctic&#039;s Northwest Passage&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/ice-drilling-th-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/ice-drilling-th.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-scientists-discover-abundance-of-plastic-built-up-in-sea-ice-collected-in-the-arctics-northwest-passage\/\">URI scientists discover abundance of plastic in sea ice collected in the Arctic\u2019s Northwest Passage<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A research team, led by the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, recently returning from a groundbreaking, 18-day expedition aboard the Swedish Icebreaker Oden has made a discovery related to plastics in the Arctic Ocean. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/doctoral-candidate-wins-coveted-fellowship-for-dissertation-on-landscape-representation-in-modernist-literature\/\">Doctoral candidate in English wins coveted fellowship for dissertation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Molly Volanth Hall, a University of Rhode Island doctoral candidate in English, has won a coveted Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowship in European Studies for her study exploring landscape representation in modernist literature of World War I.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/scientists-students-led-by-uri-graduate-school-of-oceanography-conduct-first-live-interactive-public-broadcasts-from-arctic-ocean\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Oden-th-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Oden-th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Oden-th.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/scientists-students-led-by-uri-graduate-school-of-oceanography-conduct-first-live-interactive-public-broadcasts-from-arctic-ocean\/\">URI Graduate School of Oceanography leads live broadcasts from Arctic Ocean<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A team of natural and social scientists, led by the URI's Graduate School of Oceanography and supported by 25 students from the United States and Canada will study vital signs of a rapidly changing Arctic Ocean this summer. The research team will share the experience with the public in real time.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-marine-affairs-grads-awarded-national-fellowships-to-help-coastal-states-cope-with-climate-change\/\">URI Marine Affairs grads awarded national fellowships to help coastal states cope with climate change<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Marine Affairs master\u2019s degree graduates Leah Feldman, Sabrina Pereira, and Ben Sweeney have all received two-year NOAA Coastal Management Fellowships in what is believed to be the first time three candidates from any state (and the entire contingent from Rhode Island) were selected for fellowships in this highly competitive program.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/two-uri-graduate-students-awarded-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Jones-th-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Aubree Jones&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Jones-th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Jones-th.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/two-uri-graduate-students-awarded-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships\/\">URI grad students awarded NSF graduate research fellowships<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Two URI graduate students have been recognized by the National Science Foundation as Graduate Research Fellows, a distinction that includes funding to cover three years of their education plus an annual $34,000 stipend.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events News &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24701,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9756\/revisions\/24701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}