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 […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 7, 2025 – Bryan Plankenhorn is a doctoral student in the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Plankenhorn is also a proud member of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in Washington state. These two facets of Plankenhorn’s life might seem separate, but they are very much intertwined. “My journey […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – July 1, 2025 – When Timothy “Timmy” Howard graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s degree in communications in May, it was a joyous moment for himself and his loved ones. Just days later, tragedy struck when the 22-year-old passed away from an allergic reaction to peanuts while having […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — May 19, 2025 — Although they live a few miles from the University of Rhode Island, many of the teenagers from the Jonnycake Youth Center in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, never visited the Kingston Campus until they became involved in a hands-on program intended to teach new skills and inspire a love […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – May 15, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island’s third annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month luncheon celebrated diverse communities found at URI and their partnerships. Rhode Island State Senator Victoria Gu delivered keynote remarks at this year’s program, held in URI’s Memorial Union. She was elected in 2022 with […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 30, 2025 – A project two and a half years in the making finally comes to fruition this weekend as Rhody Repurpose aims to collect unneeded and slightly used items from students moving out of residence halls and donate them to those in need. Launched by University of Rhode Island senior […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 7, 2025 – Leo Tolstoy is renowned for his literary masterpieces, such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace. He famously remarked, “Spring is the time for plans and projects,” a sentiment that resonates profoundly with the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design. As spring approaches […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 3, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island will celebrate National Public Health Week with activities, guest speakers, and presentations from April 7-13. The events are hosted by URI’s Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the College of Health Sciences, the College of Pharmacy, URI Health Services, as well as […]

KINGSTON, R.I. — March 31, 2025 — Every spring for 48 hours, University of Rhode Island senior Jonah Steinweh-Adler and a close-knit group of running enthusiasts push their bodies – and minds – to the limit for a noble cause. For the past four years, Steinweh-Adler, a North Kingstown, Rhode Island, native, has spearheaded the […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – March 21, 2025 – The line between fact and fiction seems to be getting blurrier by the second. This is especially true when it comes to social media. It can be almost impossible to differentiate fact from fiction when scrolling through a timeline. Galileo is credited with saying, “All truths are easy […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – March 19, 2025 – URI student volunteers have spent much of the year raising funds to support Children’s Miracle Network and Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence. They will continue those efforts this weekend with a day-long, dance marathon in Mackal Field House on Sunday, March 23. This year’s “RhodyTHON Rhodeo” will begin […]