- University celebrates Graduate Research Fellowship Program winners for 2024 - Erik Schlicht (Anthropology '20) was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He is studying anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
- URI Sociologist involved in launch of Rhode Island Survey - Julie Keller, an associate professor of sociology and director of the Social Science Institute for Research, Education, and Policy (SSIREP), and colleagues develop a new ongoing opinion poll for Rhode Island.
- URI anthropologist named to NSF’s Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences committee - Carlos Garcia-Quijano, a professor of anthropology who studies the interactions between people in coastal communities and the natural environment, has been named to the committee for the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences.
- URI alumnus selected as finalist for Service to America Medal - Michael Camal, a URI Sociology major who graduated in 2018, is in the running for People’s Choice Award for leading Homeland Security campaign to stop human trafficking.
- URI demographer discusses China’s population decline - Associate Professor of Sociology Melanie Brasher has studied China’s demography for years, and has published widely on China’s demographics. In an interview, Brasher analyzed China’s recent population numbers.
- Award-winning book explores environmental work of Afro-Puerto Rican women - In her book Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice, associate professor Hilda Lloréns chronicles the lives of women in Puerto Rico who draw on deep cultural knowledge to navigate myriad environmental challenges.
- Peace Award Recipient - The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island congratulates Dr. Hilda Lloréns for winning the first Peace Award for the URI faculty and staff.
- Take A Walk Through Time - It started as a walking tour in 2019, and now you can take it for credit. URI Campus: A Walk Through Time is a new multidisciplinary undergraduate course that examines the history of the land on which the Kingston campus sits.
- Making Movements and Powerful Memories with Migrant Justice - Coordinated by sociology professor Julie Keller, URI hosted an event in Fall 2021 by Migrant Justice, a nonprofit organization based in Vermont that focuses on labor rights and economic justice for migrant workers within the dairy industry while encompassing a variety of intersectional issues.
- Professor Hilda Lloréns on Afro-Puerto Rican Women and Environmental Justice - Dr. Hilda Llorens discusses her new book, Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice.