‘Silence on the Streets’ documentary to make Rhode Island premiere at URI, Nov. 6, 2025 - URI’s John Hazen White Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service is sponsoring the film screening and panel discussion on opioid crisis in urban communities as part of its 30th anniversary celebration
Poll: 93% of Rhode Islanders agree housing costs are a problem, remain divided on solutions - URI’s Rhode Island Survey Initiative finds health care, housing, roads and bridges among top concerns
Student Spotlight: Faith Limrose ‘28 - A spotlight on Faith’s work with the CRIGHTS Data Project on global human rights
URI Political Science Associate Professor Ashlea Rundlett discusses a new poll on Rhode Island attitudes on the major issues facing the state - Ashlea Rundlett, URI political science Associate Professor and Director of the M.A. in Int’l Relations Program joins the Dan Yorke show to offer details on a new poll that gauged Rhode Islander opinions on major issues and the 2026 gubernatorial race
Associate Professor Karen Sweeting Receives National Social Justice Curriculum Award by Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) - The University of Rhode Island (URI) Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is excited to announce that Associate Professor and Associate MPA Director Karen Sweeting has been selected by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) for its national Social Justice Curriculum Award
Alumni Spotlight: Jack Cox ‘24 - Jack Cox ’24, a double major in political science and history, spent the summer interning at U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner’s district office
URI political science professor explores growth of digital repression around the globe - One of Skip Mark’s “favorite” examples among the growing list of policies on the use of technology that could be used to suppress people’s rights is robot dogs.
Alumni Spotlight: Derek Murphy ’20 - Looking for a global career, Political Science alum, Derek Murphy ’20, has found it in U.S. foreign service
Four URI students headed to Taiwan as recipients of Boren Scholarship - Four University of Rhode Island students will spend the 2025-26 academic year studying in Taiwan, each as recipients of a David L. Boren Scholarship Award.
URI-based report sheds light on human rights abuses worldwide - The second CIRIGHTS annual human rights report card gives failing grades to more than half the world’s countries
Student Spotlight: Sophia Buono ‘25 - A spotlight on Political Science major Sophia Buono’s passion for law, advocacy, and policy
This year’s Honors Colloquium to examine ‘Democracy in Peril’ - URI’s premier public lecture series for Fall 2024 will focus on democracy in year ahead
Arts and Sciences faculty member named ‘Rising Star’ - Karen Sweeting, an assistant professor of political science at URI, is the winner of the 2023 Rising Star Award from the American Society for Public Administration’s Section for Women in Public Administration.
URI pharmacy and political science faculty team up to get word out on pneumococcal disease vaccinations - Pharmacy Professor Kerry LaPlante is working with Political Science Professor Brian Krueger and Associate Professor Marc Hutchison on a $600K+ research grant to develop science-based messages to improve pneumococcal vaccination rates in black and Hispanic/Latino populations.
URI professor’s article about terrorism, political tolerance to be published in prominent political science journal - Marc Hutchison, associate professor of political science, studied how persistent terrorism in Israel led to increased intolerance, especially among right-wing voters.
