• ATL’s Graduate Student Spotlight : Dinusha Senarathna - Dinusha Senarathna is the ATL’s Graduate Student Spotlight for October 2025. Pursuing his PhD in the department of Physics, under the College of Arts and Sciences. Read his full interview below.
• URI receives $5 million NSF grant aiming to broaden participation in quantum information science - The five-year grant from the foundation’s ExpandQISE program will allow the University to improve qubit robustness, address quantum workforce development needs. Read more
• Professor Yana Reshetnyak named among the top 2% of cited authors in 2024! - Congratulations to Professor Reshetnyak for being named among the top 2% of cited authors in 2024! This remarkable achievement highlights a legacy of impactful scholarship that continues to inspire and elevate the academic excellence of the Department of Physics. Read more
• 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 […]