RI SURS Update 2023

    The Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (RI-SURS) was held on Friday, July 28th. Opening remarks were given by University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange, Roger Williams University’s Provost Margaret Everett, and URI’s Interim Vice President of Research, Dr. Bethany Jenkins. More than 140 undergraduate students from our network institutions across the state […]

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RI SURS Update 2022

    This year’s Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (RI-SURS) was held at the University of Rhode Island (URI) on Friday, July 29th with students from our Rhode Island higher education institutions presenting their research findings. The 2022 event marks the 15th year of the RI-INBRE and RI NSF EPSCoR/C-AIM programs collaboration to celebrate […]

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David Dooley, Ph.D., President, University of Rhode Island

Known for his collaborative leadership style that encourages entrepreneurial approaches to problem solving and program development, President Dooley fosters a community of discovery that involves all URI students, faculty and staff. He has reshaped the University’s strategic direction, creating a set of broadly defined goals critical to the University’s evolution.

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Stefan Pryor, Secretary of Commerce

Stefan Pryor serves as Rhode Island’s first Secretary of Commerce. Appointed by Governor Gina M. Raimondo and confirmed unanimously by the Rhode Island State Senate in 2015, Secretary Pryor oversees and coordinates the State agencies and offices responsible for economic development, business regulation, housing, and workforce development. Pryor served for approximately five years (2006-2011) as […]

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Bongsup Cho, RI-INBRE

Dr. Bongsup Cho is the Primary Investigator for RI-INBRE and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Cho has studied the effects of environmental toxins such as cigarette smoke, diesel fumes, and charred meat on DNA mutation as potential triggers for cancer, for more than 20 years.  His areas of […]

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Geoffrey Bothun, RI C-AIM, NSF EPSCoR

Dr. Geoffrey D. Bothun, URI Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, is the Principal Investigator for Rhode Island C-AIM, NSF EPSCoR. He joined URI in 2006 as an Assistant Professor after completing a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2011. His research is in the area of bionanotechnology […]

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Annual RI SURF Conference Abstract Books

14th Annual RI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference Abstract Book, Friday, July 30, 2021 12th Annual RI SURF Conference Abstract Book, Friday, July 26, 2019 11th Annual RI SURF Conference Abstract Book, Friday, July 27, 2018 10th Annual RI SURF Conference Abstract Book, Friday, July 28, 2017 9th Annual RI SURF Conference Abstract Book, Friday, July 29, 2016 8th […]

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