Jean Nsabumuremyi named new director of the Multicultural Student Services Center - The University of Rhode Island has named Jean Nsabumuremyi, director of Idaho State University’s TRIO Educational Opportunity Center, as the new director of the Multicultural Student Services Center.
URI honors Professor Vanessa Quainoo, students, faculty, staff for extraordinary efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity - On May 11, 2021 the University honored Professor Vanessa Wynder Quainoo for her lifelong commitment to diversity and inclusion, along with six community members and two organizations as part of its annual Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards Ceremony.
Art as activism - When Angela Gonzalez ’16 encounters racism or discrimination, she reaches for her paints and brushes.- URI student leaders honored with 32nd annual Rainville Awards - On June 1, 2020, the University honored three undergraduate student leaders and one student organization as part of its 32nd annual A. Robert Rainville Leadership Awards.
Keeper of her culture - As the Haffenreffer Museum's first community engagement specialist, Leah Hopkins '20 is teaching people about Indigenous history and culture.
URI’s Multicultural Student Services Center to host it’s 22nd Annual Diversity Week - Hosted by the Multicultural Student Services Center, this year’s theme is “Youth Activism Across Identities, Issues and Ideologies.” The week-long program will offer several events – workshops, lectures, discussions, exhibits, screenings, performances, luncheons – all designed for members of the URI community to learn and interact through empowering messages.
Two URI Graduate School of Oceanography alumnae receive Women of Color STEM awards - Two alumnae of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, Catalina Martinez (M.S. ‘99) and Sheekela Baker-Yeboah (Ph.D. ‘08) were honored at the 24th annual Women of Color STEM Conference in Detroit.- URI students, faculty, staff honored for efforts to foster diversity and inclusivity - On May 13, 2019 the University of Rhode Island presented seven community members and two University organizations with Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards during their annual ceremony.
- URI students, faculty, staff receive 2018 Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards for academic excellence, leadership and service - The University of Rhode Island presented five community members and two University organizations with Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Awards during ceremonies held on May 29, 2018 on the Kingston Campus.
Noted author, religious historian Judith Weisenfeld to discuss ‘Race and Religion’ as part of URI Diversity Week - Judith Weisenfeld speak on race and religion when she is featured as the keynote speaker as part of URI’s 23rd annual Diversity Week. Weisenfeld is the Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion at Princeton University where she is also Chair of the Department of Religion.
