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Big Stories
Two Honors Students Among Recipients of Prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship
Honors students Mary Brantley and Nicole Probasa have been awarded the nationally competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2024.
New directions for URI Honors Program
New ‘Planet Honors’ class at URI is first stop for changemakers in University’s revamping Honors Program
Atypical art installation showcases URI honors students of today
AGonza ’16 painted honors students in her Providence studio and returned to URI this October to present the portraits showcasing the honors students of today.
Recent News
- Providence’s Betty Hasse is riding for another national championship - URI Junior Betty Hasse, majoring in mechanical engineering AND a student in the Honors Program, won back-to-back under-23 time trial gold medals at the USA Cycling national championships.
- Lina Altaan Al Hariri Gives Voice to Rhode Island Syrian Refugees - Lina Altaan Al Hariri is a triple major at URI graduating this spring (gender and women’s studies / global language and area studies - Arabic / political science). She did her senior project on the resettlement of Syrian refugees here in Rhode Island, a story of resilience and progress. Lina joins Bill Bartholomew to discuss her work.
- Tradition, craft, and culture - Caleb Gross ’23 graduated in December with a major in English (creative writing) and a minor in Italian. He also completed the URI Honors Program.
- Senior animal science, pre-vet student helps make Stop the Bleed program more available on campus - Emily Lefebre, an honors student and senior animal science major on the pre-vet track from Salem, New Hampshire made the Stop the Bleed program subject of her honors project.
- URI student researcher’s project looking at whether food supplement may improve neurological health in sheep - Honors Program Student, Maya Galeano, researches impact of beta glucan on cognitive behavior in lambs.