Dear URI Research Community,
We welcome you back to campus for a new academic year! Lauren Burgess, URI’s Executive Director of Legislative and Government Relations and I will be co-hosting a forum to update our community regarding recent federal developments impacting research. The forum will take place on Monday, September 8, 2025 from 12:00PM-1:00PM in Edwards Auditorium. President Parlange and Provost Wolfe will open the forum.
The University of Rhode Island is committed to supporting our community, and to our vital mission as a land- and sea-grant public research university and our foundational values. The University has been actively assessing and tracking the potential impacts of recent executive actions and other federal developments. This forum will serve to update our community on events this summer and what to expect in the federal budget process in the months ahead.
Despite cuts to federal funding, URI’s resilient and hardworking research community continues to win an impressive number of extramural awards. At the close of FY25 in June,$143M in awards came to URI, very close to our all-time high of $146.6M in FY24. To date in FY 26, URI has received $32.3 M in awards.
The work our research community is doing in solving societal challenges, enhancing daily life, and driving discovery and innovation is celebrated. The University remains a strong and active advocate for research.
We look forward to seeing faculty, staff, and students at the September 8th information session.
Best Wishes,
Bethany D. Jenkins, PhD
Vice President of Research and Economic Development
Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
Forum on Federal Impacts to Research,
September 8, 2025, 12:00-1:00PM
Edwards Auditorium
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URI student evaluates elephant sleep habits to improve zoo care - Elephants don’t sleep much in the wild, averaging just two hours per night. Even at zoos when they don’t have to watch for predators, they are awake after dark more often than they are asleep. But no one had scientifically scrutinized what they do during those long nights in zoos. Until now. Continue Reading
URI opens first artificial intelligence lab housed in a university library - A drone powered by smart technology whirred around a room today in the University of Rhode Island’s Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. Nearby, demonstrations of an industrial robot hand, smart textiles for medicine and virtual reality fascinated visitors. Continue Reading- URI ocean engineer: Sound from wind farm operations having no effect on environment - After periodic acoustic monitoring of the Block Island Wind Farm since before it began operation in 2016, a University of Rhode Island ocean engineer has found that the sound from the operation of the turbines is having no detectable effect on the marine environment. Continue Reading
- URI faculty receive Excellence in Nursing awards - Two faculty members at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing are being recognized with Excellence in Nursing awards for their leadership in patient care and scientific research. Rhode Island Monthly magazine presents the awards annually in collaboration with the Rhode Island State Nurses Association. Continue Reading
URI, NUWC showcase collaboration at Advanced Naval Technology Exercise - It’s been a national and local refrain: There are not enough qualified, well-educated workers to fill the increasing numbers of jobs in advanced technology fields. Continue Reading- URI joins with 10 Northeast colleges, universities to form first-of-its-kind humanities consortium - The University of Rhode Island’s Center for the Humanities is joining with 10 other Northeast colleges and universities to form the New England Humanities Consortium, which will promote intellectual collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange and innovative programming for faculty, students, and the regional, national and global communities they serve. Continue Reading
- URI professor awarded grants to understand the quantification of environmental values - Corey Lang is on a mission to understand what value people place on non-market goods like open space. Continue Reading
URI student research: Grasshoppers an unexpectedly important player in salt marsh ecosystem - As efforts are being undertaken to protect salt marshes – and the threatened salt marsh sparrow – from the rising seas, scientists may be ignoring an unexpectedly important player in this environmental drama: grasshoppers. Continue Reading
A guide to working dogs at URI - Your first few days at the University of Rhode Island can be filled with cool opportunities, making new friends, going to the beach, or catching a soccer or football game. You may also see a friendly looking dog on a leash walking across campus with his human friend. You’re eager to say hello because it… Continue Reading
Oceanographer’s hurricane models deliver more precise forecasts - Isaac Ginis said that it is notoriously difficult to forecast hurricanes in New England. When storms move north, they develop a more complex wind structure than those remaining in the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico, their paths become more erratic, and the region’s complicated topography makes predicting their movement over land especially challenging. In addition,… Continue Reading
URI professor leading U.S., Israeli probe into adaptability of coral reefs - University of Rhode Island researcher Hollie Putnam is leading a collaborative $1.1 million, three-year investigation into how coral and other organisms dependent on coral reefs adapt and acclimate to environmental stress caused in large part by climate change. Continue Reading
URI marketing professor wins national award for innovative teaching - Christy Ashley, associate professor of marketing in the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island, likes to shake things up in her classroom. Continue Reading- No more cosmetic needles? Maple could be alternative to Botox - The desire to look young and vibrant often drives people to such measures as temporarily paralyzing the muscles in their faces. But thanks to University of Rhode Island researchers, those looking to maintain their youthful appearance may be able to do so without injecting toxic bacteria into their bodies. Continue Reading
High School Students from Central Falls, Providence learn about sharks, ocean life - When 16 students from the Met School in Providence and Central Falls High School boarded the Capn’ Bert for the University of Rhode Island’s first Summer Shark Camp, they were quiet. Continue Reading- URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography hosts NASA-led exploration of deep sea - Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space. Continue Reading
- University of Rhode Island ocean scientist, graduate student and two professional staff aboard vessel that ran aground in Western Gulf of Boothia in Canada; all passengers are safe - The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography’s Inner Space Center led a team of natural and social scientists, students and a professional film crew to the Arctic Ocean’s Northwest Passage on August 23 to conduct research aboard the One Ocean Expeditions’ vessel Akademik Ioffe. Continue Reading
URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography to Lead Arctic Expedition - The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography’s Inner Space Center is sending a team of natural and social scientists, students and a professional film crew to the Arctic Ocean’s Northwest Passage for an innovative research project that will relay the team’s work in real time to a worldwide audience. Continue Reading- URI scientist: Long-legged lizards better adapted for hurricane survival - Jason Kolbe has been thinking about hurricanes and lizards for many years. The University of Rhode Island professor of biological sciences has measured the length of lizard legs and the size of their toe pads to assess how those factors influence the animal’s ability to cling to vegetation during strong storms. He even used a… Continue Reading
URI chemistry professor develops new contaminant detection technique for blood thinner heparin - In 2008, a contaminant eluded the quality safeguards in the pharmaceutical industry and infiltrated a large portion of the supply of the popular blood thinner heparin, sickening hundreds and killing about 100 in the U.S. Continue Reading
URI scientists, grad students among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific - Scientists, post-doctoral researchers, technicians and graduate students from the University of Rhode Island are among 100 researchers from 30 institutions participating in a month-long expedition to study microscopic organisms that live deep in the ocean and play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere. Continue Reading
URI chemistry professor Mindy Levine earns early career award - Mindy Levine, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, is the first recipient of the Sessler Early Career Researcher Prize, awarded in July by the editors of the journal Supramolecular Chemistry for a research paper published in the journal in 2016. Continue Reading
URI junior awarded prestigious fellowship to study in Berlin - A University of Rhode Island junior studying mechanical engineering was one of 14 students nationwide to be awarded a fellowship from Cultural Vistas, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading
URI’s Biocontrol Laboratory heading project to fight invasive weed - After more than 10 years of research, scientists at the University of Rhode Island’s Biocontrol Laboratory have released a species of moth collected from Ukraine to help control invasive black and pale swallow-worts. Continue Reading
URI students help fight invasive species at URI’s Biocontrol Laboratory, in field - For students studying the natural sciences at the University of Rhode Island, working in a lab is a coveted campus job. Many students gravitate toward labs that conduct research in their field, but at the Biocontrol Laboratory, students work in the lab and in the field to combat invasive species. Continue Reading
URI professor, students working to improve Rhode Island’s voting system - University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor of Engineering Gretchen Macht is using a $226,942 grant to conduct research into how to streamline the voting process in Rhode Island. Continue Reading
Dean Emerita Brownell to be honored by R.I. International Film Festival - The Rhode Island International Film Festival is dedicating its 22nd season to “groundbreaking educator” Winifred “Winnie” E. Brownell, Dean Emerita of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, as the festival opens a yearlong celebration of women in film and the arts. Continue Reading
URI professor’s critically acclaimed film released to international audiences - University of Rhode Island Professor Mary Healey Jamiel’s awarding-winning documentary film “Searchdog” has been released to an international audience on i-Tunes, Amazon, and Google Play. Continue Reading
Study: ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students - Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to improve cognition in healthy students and actually can impair functioning, according to a study by researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Brown University. Continue Reading
URI engineer: Origami-inspired device enables easy capture, release of delicate underwater organisms Posted on July 18, 2018 - The open ocean is the largest and least explored environment on Earth, estimated to hold up to a million species that have yet to be described. However, many of those organisms are soft-bodied – like jellyfish, squid, and octopuses – and are difficult to capture for study with existing underwater tools, which all too frequently… Continue Reading
URI-led consortium selected to operate new research ship to replace R/V Endeavor - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation. Continue Reading
URI College of Pharmacy ranked 11th in nation in federal research funding - The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is now ranked 11th in the nation in total federal research grant funding after securing nearly $12 million in federal funds in fiscal 2017, the latest year for which numbers are available. The number 11 rank — of 138 pharmacy colleges nationwide — is a record for URI. Continue Reading
URI’s Metcalf Institute, elevating the conversation on the environment for 20 years - It was front page news in 1998 when dozens of nations signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That same year, creation of the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting garnered far less attention, but 20 years later its impact is greater than ever. Continue Reading
Grad student awarded prestigious accounting scholarship - When Cranston resident Charlie Saur graduated from the University of Rhode Island in May with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, it was the culmination of a tumultuous decade that he now describes as “too good to be true.” Continue Reading
URI receives $3 million grant to study disease that often co-exists with Alzheimer’s - A $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support a University of Rhode Island neuroscientist’s research to identify early-stage biomarkers for a brain disease often found to coexist with Alzheimer’s disease. Continue Reading
URI drug study produces ‘promising therapy’ for alcohol abuse - Alcohol abuse is among the leading causes of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 88,000 people a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That total is higher than the combined death tolls of HIV/AIDS, gun violence and car crashes. Despite this, current medications are not highly effective in addressing alcohol… Continue Reading
Researchers discover volcanic heat source under major Antarctic glacier - A researcher from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography and five other scientists have discovered an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. Continue Reading- URI joins regional transportation research consortium - The University of Rhode Island will partner with five other New England universities to form a regional transportation research center, named the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center. Continue Reading
Winners announced for URI’s annual high school Chemistry Contest - Three hundred students from nine Rhode Island high schools competed at the University of Rhode Island’s 85th annual Chemistry Contest. The contest is split into individual and team competitions, and students are entered in two divisions, depending on the number of years of high school chemistry instruction. Continue Reading
Replacement engine prepares URI boat, Cap’n Bert, for continued research, education, outreach - It was designed as a long-line fishing boat, but its owners used it instead to smuggle marijuana from the Caribbean to Florida. When the culprits were jailed, the Coast Guard seized the vessel and put it up for sale. The University of Rhode Island purchased it in 1986 for use as a research and education… Continue Reading- URI announces President’s Student Excellence Awards - Each year, the University of Rhode Island honors graduating seniors who attained superior academic achievement in a particular field. Grade point average or other criteria determined by the individual department, including an honors project, a research presentation, or a student’s professional promise, are used to select the recipients. Continue Reading
URI researcher’s TickSpotters program provides timely risk assessment - Oh No! You’ve been bitten by a tick or find one on your clothes or pet. Your anxiety quickly builds as you wonder, “Is this a deer tick? Will I get Lyme disease?” Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Education names URI a 2018 Green Ribbon School - The U.S. Department of Education has announced that the University of Rhode Island is a 2018 Green Ribbon School. The University received the Postsecondary Sustainability Award. URI is the only college in New England to be selected for this honor. Continue Reading
Yale honors URI Nursing Dean for outstanding achievements - University of Rhode College of Nursing Dean Barbara Wolfe has been honored by the Yale School of Nursing for her achievements and distinction within her career. Continue Reading
Evening of Sushi by the Sea celebrates research, innovation - Bringing researchers, companies and investors together was the goal of the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography’s Sushi by the Sea. By all measures, the event, held earlier this spring and co-hosted by Slater Technology Fund, the URI Research Foundation, URI Start-Up Program/Accelerator/Resource Center (SPARC) and the URI Business Engagement Center, was a… Continue Reading
Several URI Colleges offer insight into environment as part of One Ocean Exploration Zone - The Volvo Ocean Race has come to port in Newport, R.I. for its only North American stop. While in the city, visitors and competitors will have plenty to do in Race Village, ranging from learning how to recycle a boat to exploring ocean science thanks to the University of Rhode Island. Continue Reading
Commencement 2018: Internships, research projects point URI student toward career in bioastronautics, medical engineering - Exeter resident Rachel Bellisle took advantage of every opportunity that came her way during her four years at the University of Rhode Island, from playing oboe in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble to working in laboratories and participating in internships. Now she is pondering a career tied to the cosmos. Continue Reading
URI Research and Scholarship Photo Contest winners announced - The University of Rhode Island has named the winners of its inaugural Research and Scholarship Photo Contest, which drew close to 300 entries that highlight the breadth and depth of the work URI’s students and faculty are doing around the world. Continue Reading- Scientist to speak at URI on connection between Alzheimer’s, inflammation - This is a remarkable time for research on Alzheimer’s disease. New avenues of discovery are cause for hope that scientists are closer than ever to finding effective therapies. One of the most promising areas receiving increased attention is neuroinflammation — the way brain tissue reacts to injuries such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar… Continue Reading
URI alumna wins national environmental engineering award - University of Rhode Island alumna Maria Briones recently received the W. Brewster Snow Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, presented annually to a civil engineering graduate who has demonstrated academic excellence, interest and enthusiasm in the study of environmental engineering. Continue Reading
URI students receive Black Scholar Awards for outstanding achievement - Sixteen University of Rhode Island students were honored for their academic and community achievements at the University’s 21st annual Black Scholar Awards. Continue Reading
URI students win grants to study foreign languages overseas - Elliot Anderson was worried that he might have to take out a loan to pay for his study abroad in France next year, but now he can rest easy. The University of Rhode Island engineering student can thank Beatrice S. Demers, a former URI professor passionate about languages and travel, for making his trip possible. Continue Reading
URI professor awarded Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Argentina, Czech Republic, South Africa - Laura Meyerson, a professor of invasion and restoration ecology at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a Fulbright Global Scholar Fellowship to spend a year conducting research on invasive plants in Argentina, the Czech Republic and South Africa. Continue Reading
URI names new director for its Social Science Institute for Research, Education, and Policy - The University of Rhode Island has appointed Associate Professor of Political Science Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz to the position of director of the Social Science Institute for Research, Education, and Policy. Continue Reading
URI leads new coastal fisheries project in the Philippines with $25 million federal grant - The Philippines is one of the largest fish producing nations in the world, employing millions and feeding the planet. Yet the industry is in peril, largely due to destructive fishing practices, typhoons and coastal degradation. Continue Reading
Commencement 2018: Antarctic research trip highly influential in URI student’s career path - Daniel Achilles has had a lifelong fascination with the marine environment and a desire to spend his career learning more about it. “The ocean is a huge system, and there’s plenty out there still to be learned about it,” said the University of Rhode Island senior from Danbury, Conn. “Marine biology has always fascinated me, and… Continue Reading
URI 2018 Commencement Speaker Gina McCarthy - Please view the riveting 2018 Commencement address by URI Honorary Degree recipient Gina McCarthy. Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa Undergraduate Commencement Speaker. Gina McCarthy: An independent thinker, consensus builder, and informed expert, McCarthy served as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration. While there, she led efforts to meet historic public… Continue Reading
URI creates consortium with two major institutions to operate Endeavor and submit proposal for new research vessel - The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has created a consortium with two major institutions to operate the research vessel Endeavor for its final years and to jointly submit a proposal to operate a new ship, which would also be based at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus. Continue Reading
URI chemical engineering professor creates prototype to detect bombs - It’s the size of a toolbox, and just as sturdy. It’s lightweight and even has a handle so it can be carried—quickly, if necessary—to different locations. Continue Reading
Commencement 2018: URI Ph.D. graduate studies mysteries beneath seafloor - Exploring the sea bottom is a deep enough adventure for most mortals, but how about probing what lies beneath that? Continue Reading
Home News and Events What We Do Faculty Experts Contact Us Two URI sophomores earn prestigious Hollings Scholarship from NOAA - Two University of Rhode Island students have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates studying the marine sciences. Since 2009, URI students have won 25 Hollings Scholarships, at least one every year and one of the highest totals of any institution… Continue Reading
URI student awarded prestigious internship to study underwater robotics - Karla Haiat has already studied hammerhead sharks in Hawaii, tested oceanographic sensors in Florida, conducted laboratory studies of fish sensory systems in Rhode Island, and researched the carbon cycle in Georgia. Now the University of Rhode Island junior is headed to California for a prestigious summer internship at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to… Continue Reading
URI professor developing Narragansett Bay Observatory with colleagues across state - Harold “Bud” Vincent, associate professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, stands before a sleek, solar-powered buoy that would look more at home as a satellite in space than an object floating in Narragansett Bay. The machine is one of many that in the coming months will collect data for a new… Continue Reading
Tiny nanostructures help URI doctoral candidate in chemistry detect chemicals in Narragansett Bay - When Buddini Karawdeniya was a middle school student in Sri Lanka, she didn’t want to make the same, boring atom model that her peers constructed year after year. Continue Reading
URI scientist: Roadside mowing not necessary to combat invasive species - A University of Rhode Island graduate student studying the varying mowing practices used along Rhode Island roadsides has found that a reduction in mowing does not result in a proliferation of invasive species, as some researchers have previously suggested. Continue Reading
Inner Space Center to broadcast ENDEAVOR LIVE!, an oceanographic research expedition off Rhode Island - Students from the University of Rhode Island Honors Program will depart Tuesday, April 3 on a six-day oceanographic research expedition, and you are invited to come along. Continue Reading
URI biomedical engineering students create wrist pulse simulator to diagnose illnesses - University of Rhode Island engineering students want to take your pulse—28 different ways. The students are creating a silicone wrist that simulates the 28 pulse patterns used in traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose various diseases. Continue Reading
URI oceanography student uses corn syrup to study Earth’s evolution - Corn syrup gets a bad rap from nutritionists for adding on the pounds, but University of Rhode Island researchers are using the gooey stuff to help solve Earth’s evolution. Continue Reading
URI faculty member/alumnus wins national STEM advocacy award - A part-time faculty member in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering and full-time engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center has won a U.S. Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advocate Award. Continue Reading
URI educator named Pillar of the Profession by national student affairs organization - A University of Rhode Island faculty member has been named a 2018 Pillar of the Profession by the leading national association for student affairs professionals. Continue Reading
URI Brain Fair offers family-friendly exploration of brain science, health - The second-annual University of Rhode Island Brain Fair will offer the public a chance to discover firsthand the amazing capabilities of our brains and explore brain health and science through creative activities. Continue Reading
Three URI economists publish separate books on key issues - What were the precursors to the European financial crisis and subsequent weakening of the European Union? What are the contributions of business to economics, and what are economists and other theorists saying about Marxian economics today? Continue Reading
URI French professor honored by French government - Fifteen years ago, Lars Erickson, a scholar of French with a passion for science, became director of the French International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island. Continue Reading
URI’s Ryan Institute launches partnership with Banner Alzheimer’s Institute - The University of Rhode Island’s George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience has joined forces with Arizona’s esteemed Banner Alzheimer’s Institute to increase the reach and impact of efforts at both institutes to find new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and to support caregivers. Continue Reading
URI journalism graduate appears on “Today” to talk about weight loss, healthy eating - Brianna Blank dished out advice about weight loss and healthy eating on the “Today” show this morning in a spirited interview that put her on the national stage. Continue Reading
URI study aims to identify carcinogen damage before cancer develops - A person unknowingly exposed to a carcinogen may live for years — even decades — before a cancer diagnosis is made, giving tumors time to grow and the disease time to develop, making treatment more difficult or even impossible. Continue Reading
URI faculty secure $470,000 in USDA funding for maple syrup research - The United States Department of Agriculture has awarded two University of Rhode Island researchers $470,000 to advance their pioneering work exploring the anti-inflammatory properties of maple syrup phytochemicals. Continue Reading
Lifespan executive named URI vice president for Research and Economic Development - The University of Rhode Island has named Peter J. Snyder, a distinguished professor and neuroscience researcher, prominent health systems manager and member of the University’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, to the position of vice president for Research and Economic Development and professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science. Continue Reading
URI scientist: Hydrothermal vents speed development of deep-sea marine animal eggs - A team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island and the Charles Darwin Research Station exploring the seafloor northwest of the Galapagos Islands in 2015 made an unexpected discovery. Large numbers of egg cases of a deep-sea skate – relatives of sharks and rays – were observed adjacent to the hot water emitted from… Continue Reading
URI researchers awarded $300,000 grant to examine healthy food choices - We have all seen the reports indicating links between dietary choices and risks of developing certain life-threatening illnesses. A recent study found that poor diet is a factor in one of five deaths around the world, and a 2010 report implicated diet in the deaths of nearly 700,000 Americans. Continue Reading
Executive Director of URI’s Ryan Institute receives prestigious honor from national science peers - Paula Grammas, executive director of the University of Rhode Island’s George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of her pioneering research into neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease. Continue Reading
URI students design wearable technology in cutting-edge engineering class - Imagine a onesie for newborns that can treat jaundice, a water bottle that prevents dehydration in the elderly or socks that keep the blood flowing in people with diabetes. Continue Reading
URI scientist finds that genome size affects whether plants become invasive - A University of Rhode Island scientist who studies the invasive plant Phragmites was part of an international research team that found that the most significant factor in determining whether a plant will become invasive is the size of its genome. Continue Reading
URI environmental researcher honored by YWCA of Rhode Island - Elin Torell first heard about women in Tanzania exchanging their bodies for a supply of fish when she was researching small fisheries in East Africa. It’s called “sex for fish,” or, in some countries, “jaboya.” Continue Reading
Champlin Foundation awards URI more than $600,000 for educational tools, technology - The Champlin Foundation, one of the oldest philanthropic organizations in Rhode Island, has awarded four grants totaling $623,460 to the University of Rhode Island for tools and technologies that support educational goals across the institution. Continue Reading
URI researcher: Spotted turtles in trouble in Rhode Island - A University of Rhode Island doctoral student who surveyed the state for freshwater turtles and studied their habitat preferences found that the once-common spotted turtle is in trouble, due largely to habitat disturbance. Continue Reading
Millions in grants fuel Pharmacy research - URI College of Pharmacy faculty members have secured more than $3.7 million in research grants in the last half of 2017, funding multiple research projects on diverse topics ranging from cerebral palsy, to environmental toxins, to Alzheimer’s Disease, to DNA mutation and repair. The following pharmacy professors have recently received funding for their various studies: Continue Reading
URI engineering professor honored by national engineering group - Every year, less than .1 percent of the 400,000-plus members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, are selected to become fellows—the organization’s highest membership honor. Continue Reading
URI engineering project brings joy to amputees in Colombia - The boy looked at his new arm and grinned. How does that big thing work? What’s with the wires? Circuit boards? Continue Reading
URI environmental initiatives in Indonesia provide faculty expertise, student exchanges, sustainability research - When John Kirby was hired as dean of the University of Rhode Island’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences in 2010, he made it clear that he wanted to establish long-term relationships with several developing nations around the world where the college could lend its expertise. Continue Reading
National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology launched by URI, UConn, General Dynamics Electric Boat - The University of Rhode Island, the University of Connecticut and the U.S. Navy’s primary builder of submarines are at the helm of the new National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology. Established at UConn’s coastal Avery Point campus, the institute develops the personnel and knowledge to accelerate critical research of and enhance American dominance in submarine… Continue Reading
URI has nation’s most advanced pulmonary simulator - A patient in the ICU is suffering from a protracted asthma attack that is not responding to standard treatment. What medication will help this patient breathe and raise his oxygen levels? How should this medication be administered to save the patient’s life? Continue Reading
URI graduate student launches business to speed up biopsy results - Getting a biopsy for cancer is scary enough, but the long wait for the results can cause even more anxiety. A University of Rhode Island graduate student studying physics and business has come up with a method to speed up biopsy test results. Continue Reading
Nursing professor studying couples receiving opioid addiction treatment - A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor is studying couples receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder and how being in recovery together influences treatment beliefs and outcomes. Continue Reading
URI engineering student creates smart T-shirt to regulate heavy lifting - A University of Rhode Island engineering student wants to teach people the right way to lift heavy objects. Continue Reading
URI researchers, students provide unique insight into extinction dynamics in Late Triassic - One of the most exciting discoveries that paleontologists can make is finding the causal relationship between the extinction of ancient creatures and the environmental conditions that led to that extinction. A team of scientists and students at the University of Rhode Island is inching closer to revealing how a group of animals from the Late… Continue Reading
URI assistant professor wins National Science Foundation early career grant to study earthquakes - We all know our planet spins, but did you also know it is constantly changing. Earth’s outer crust moves in pieces over melted rock, coming together and spreading apart to reshape the geological landscape. Continue Reading
URI student working to prove benefits of native bee with a bad reputation - Carpenter bees are among the largest bees in the Northeast, and since they burrow into wood – including houses – they have a bad reputation. But University of Rhode Island junior Becky Gumbrewicz is hoping to change that reputation and demonstrate that the insects provide significant benefits to people, too. Continue Reading
URI senior uses microbeads to trace road contaminants - Senior uses microscopic glass beads to track the path of storm water runoff—sediment and grime—that washes off roads and can damage the environment. Continue Reading
Federal grant supports caring for caregivers - Thanks to a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Human Services Lifespan Respite Grant Program, URI nursing students, along with students from Rhode Island College, provide respite care for family caregivers throughout the state. Continue Reading
Student helps to unravel mystery of insect predator-prey relationships - University of Rhode Island senior Alex Baranowski has been fascinated with insects since a young age. He raised mantises, butterflies and moths at home during his high school years, and even conducted scientific inquiries about the life cycle of some of the species he collected. Continue Reading