{"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":"2025-03-10T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:58:59","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-9d6595d7 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<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=\"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=\"\" 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=\"\" 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=\"\" 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=\"\" 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><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/noaa-announces-new-94-million-ocean-exploration-institute-led-by-university-of-rhode-island\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/underwater-rov-sq-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/underwater-rov-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/underwater-rov-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/underwater-rov-sq-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/underwater-rov-sq.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/noaa-announces-new-94-million-ocean-exploration-institute-led-by-university-of-rhode-island\/\">NOAA announces new $94 million ocean exploration institute led by URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI's Graduate School of Oceanography is at the forefront of a new age of ocean exploration with its selection by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to lead a new, $94 million cooperative institute for ocean exploration to discover that vast underwater territory.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/timberdoodle\/\">URI researchers and grad students are tracking the Timberdoodle<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI environmental scientists believe studying the Timberdoodle (a.k.a. American Woodcock) may be the key to understanding the decline of certain bird and mammal populations in Rhode Island. Project Timberdoodle is managed by Erin Harrington, a Biological and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. student. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-graduate-student-awarded-prestigious-autumn-house-press-poetry-prize-for-debut-collection\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Kell-th-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Kell-th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/Kell-th.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-graduate-student-awarded-prestigious-autumn-house-press-poetry-prize-for-debut-collection\/\">URI grad student awarded prestigious prize for debut poetry collection<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Charles Kell, a graduate student in English and part-time faculty member in writing and rhetoric in the Harrington School of Communication and Media, has been awarded the distinguished Autumn House Press Poetry Prize for his debut book, \u201cCage of Lit Glass.\u201d<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events News<\/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":22073,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9756\/revisions\/22073"}],"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}]}}