KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 20, 2025 – Building on Mexican cosmologies of nanácatl, or “flesh” from sacred mushrooms, Mexican visual artist, educator and researcher Xalli Zúñiga felt that fungal feminisms propose that flesh itself—fleshy, earthy and spiritual—can become a connective, generative ground for ecological and social regeneration. Zúñiga, while earning their dual doctorate degrees in […]

KINGSTON, R.I – Oct. 14, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island will host the 17th annual Be 5K Walk/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention on Saturday, Oct. 25. According to Mental Health First Aid National Council for Mental Wellbeing, over 45% of college students across the country struggle with their mental health. […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 9, 2025 – Five University of Rhode Island music students will have the opportunity to be coached by a leading flutist in the industry, all while performing in front of a live audience. The URI Department of Music, in conjunction with the URI Flute Studio, will host a masterclass featuring flutist Hayley Miller, who […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 1, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island has been rated the best public university in New England for the second year in a row by The Wall Street Journal. The most recent ranking, released Monday, also places the institution as the 34th-best public university nationally. The WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Best […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Sept. 29, 2025 — The University of Rhode Island’s Center for Military and Veteran Education and the URI Marine Affairs Department are hosting their third annual Ocean Workforce Career Pathways event (formerly known as the Sea Service Symposium) on Friday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Quad. The […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 24, 2025 – Seven University of Rhode Island students majoring in dietetics in the College of Health Sciences are learning what it takes to become leaders in their field through a joint project with LaGuardia Community College and New York University. The Inclusive Model for Developing Future Nutrition, Food, and Culinary […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 23, 2025 – Renowned classical guitarist Adam Levin founded the University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival in 2015 with a vision to innovate, bring people together around the guitar, and establish URI’s classical guitar program as a destination for education and performance. “My goal was to give back by creating a […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Sept. 18, 2025 — Third-year Doctor of Pharmacy student Cailin McCaffrey is the inaugural recipient of the Thomas J. Kalista Scholarship, the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy announced during a ceremony in Avedisian Hall Sept. 17. Named for the late, beloved professor who died in May 2024 at just 34, […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 17, 2025 — Okyanus Arikan, a senior kinesiology major on the University of Rhode Island club sailing team, won the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s Singlehanded Championship September 12 at Brown University to qualify for the Women’s Singlehanded National Championship for the third year in a row. A member of […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 8, 2025 – When the University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team plays its first home match of the season on Monday, Sept. 15, a lot will look and feel differently from recent years. URI has made significant changes to its team culture, roster, and playing surface in Keaney Gymnasium. Changing […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 5, 2025 – A two-week pilot program designed by the URI Math Department to improve the math skills of incoming freshmen at the University of Rhode Island has produced impressive results. The “Level Up!” program, held on the Kingston Campus from July 27 to Aug. 8, was free for participants. By […]

KINGSTON, R.I.—Sept. 2, 2025—While the rest of the student body at the University of Rhode Island enjoys the final days of summer, about 160 resident assistants (RAs) and resident academic mentors (RAMs) arrive on campus in mid-August for trainings to prepare for the start of the school year. Navigating academic and social challenges can be […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 2, 2025 – One of the most exciting events of the academic year, fall move-in weekend welcomed thousands of first-year, transfer and returning students to the University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus. Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1, the University welcomed more than 3,300 first-year students – among about 5,500 students […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 27, 2025 – Each undergraduate kinesiology student in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Health Sciences gains a hands-on learning experience during a one-semester internship in their junior or senior year. Though most of the internships take place in the Northeast United States, some take place abroad — including one […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Aug. 25, 2025 — With the first day of classes just around the corner, the University of Rhode Island will welcome more than 3,300 first-year students and their families to its Kingston Campus, beginning Friday, Aug. 29 to open fall move-in for the 2025-26 academic year.   Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1, […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 21, 2025 – With move-in weekend around the corner, the University of Rhode Island is gearing up to welcome more than 3,300 freshmen between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1. As part of O-Week festivities, URI’s Center for Military and Veteran Education (MAVE) will host a resource fair Sept. 2 from 10 […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 20, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island is set to welcome thousands of new and returning students for the start of the 2025-26 academic year. Fall semester classes officially begin at the state’s flagship public research university on Sept. 3. URI starts the year celebrating its new R1 status. The […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 18, 2025 – How did freshened water end up beneath the New England Shelf miles offshore, how long has it been there, and how much of it exists? Rebecca Robinson, a professor in the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, is attempting to answer those questions by studying samples […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — Aug. 7, 2025 — More than 350 students and faculty members from 10 colleges and universities around the state converged on the University of Rhode Island Aug. 1 to showcase 150 biomedical research projects they’ve spent the summer studying, as RI-INBRE, RI-EPSCoR-NEST, and Navy STEM hosted URI’s 21st annual Summer Research Symposium. […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 29, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island continues to leave an indelible mark on its students—an influence that extends well beyond the Kingston Campus to prominent businesses such as Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company. For Providence Mutual, that impact will be lasting, thanks to the work done by the URI […]