• URI Physics, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, has been awarded a $5 million NSF ExpandQISE Track 2 Grant. - We’re thrilled to announce that the University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, has been awarded a $5 million NSF ExpandQISE Track 2 Grant! This groundbreaking initiative—URI-PQI Collaboration: Application of Quantum Fundamentals to Advance Research and Workforce Development—will drive innovation in quantum science and expand opportunities for students, researchers, and industry […]
• URI Physics graduate student hopes to contribute to fight against cancer - Doris Keziah Ndassi will start Ph.D. program in fall at Johns Hopkins University.
• URI researcher Michael Pürrer part of international team on study published in the journal Nature - Machine-learning algorithm analyzes gravitational waves from merging neutron stars in the blink of an eye.
• URI physics professors awarded grants as part of NSF program to grow quantum research - $39 million program leverages up-and-coming quantum institutions
• Quantum Computing jumps from online to on-campus in first time workshop - Students enrolled in the online certificate program have a unique opportunity to collaborate with their classmates in person.
• Congratulations Spencer Rogers, Tommy Muth, and Wenchao Ge - Congratulations Spencer Rogers, Tommy Muth, and Wenchao Ge on their latest publication. Quantifying nonclassicality of mixed Fock states  
• Theoretical research establishes unified way to quantify vital quantum properties - URI professor Wenchao Ge co-author on paper exploring fundamental issues in quantum mechanics
• URI-led study holds promise for advancing modular quantum information processing - A team of physicists led by URI professor Vanita Srinivasa envisions a modular system for scaling quantum processors to exponentially increase calculation speed.
• The Sky’s the Limit - “Heads up, UNC Chapel Hill: URI is coming for your Guinness world record for highest Galilean cannon launch.”
• Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition - Helani Singapura and Michael DuPont were selected for the final round of URI’s first annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
• URI program to help STEM professionals pivot into quantum information science careers - URI among 27 U.S. institutions in NSF’s inaugural program to expand workforces in key technologies
• European Space Agency green lights mission on space-based observatory - URI physics professor Gaurav Khanna, Ph.D., an expert in black holes and gravitational waves, is among scientists supporting the project.
• Dr. Vanita Srinivasa receives a grant of over $500,000 - Dr. Vanita Srinivasa receives a grant of over $500,000 from the Army Research Office for a four-year collaborative theoretical and experimental project to enable the realization of modular quantum information processing with spin qubits, as part of a team of researchers led by the University of California, Los Angeles and including the University of Konstanz in Germany as […]