The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed 230,000 people has raised questions among coastal residents about when the next big tsunami will strike. It’s a question that University of Rhode Island geologist Simon Engelhart knows cannot be answered with any precision. More

A team of University of Rhode Island oceanographers, engineers and students will spend four days in September investigating the underwater remains of a German U-boat sunk in one of the last World War II naval battles in the Atlantic, a battle that took place in Rhode Island waters. And the entire expedition will be streamed […]

Use the active voice. Keep it simple. Eliminate jargon. Sound like tips you’d hear in a journalism class? Guess again. This fall, graduate students in science at the University of Rhode Island will be getting that advice as they hone their writing skills to make them better communicators.

Two weeks before returning to the classroom for the new school year, Nick Terry and eight other teachers from throughout Rhode Island spent five days as students once again. But their classroom wasn’t like any they had seen before.  More  

Angelita Hensman is among 46 nurses around the country this year to receive the Future of Nursing Scholars Program award to support her Ph.D. study at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing. Last year when the program was rolled out, URI was one of only 14 schools nationally to have a student selected […]

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Rhode Island Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) supports research at nine institutions of higher education in of Rhode Island scientists study three specific research questions about […]

Why does a rainstorm depress some people and make others happy? Why is a sunset heartbreaking for some, breathtaking for others? Why does the music of Joni Mitchell make some weep, others rejoice? Our moods determine our behavior, but what exactly is a mood and how can it be defined in literature and art?