More Success Stories
Grants give all undergraduates the chance to do independent research - URI Undergraduate Project Grant program awards about 100 grants each academic year.
Commencement 2023: Senior composer explores how art transmits emotion - Milana Cepeda's undergraduate research project idea comes to life with support from the Office of Undergraduate Research and Innovation.
URI students’ research finds illegal sale of pet turtles in U.S. has found a niche on the web - Four URI students, who received a URI undergraduate research grant for the project, take part in a study and are the first in the network to publish their work.
Theatre student earns top honors for Showcase 2021 poster on lighting design – one of her many roles - Audrey Visscher, theatre and film media major won 1st place poster in Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Read more. 
BSPS student wins first place in Undergraduate Research Showcase - Maggie Hill, a BSPSstudent in the College of Pharmacy wins for her project combating disease in shrimp! Read more. 
(URI)2 hosts showcase for fellowships, research projects - The University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Research and Innovation, or (URI)2, held its showcase for student research projects on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Read about the event in the Good Five Cent Cigar. 
URI students learn from summer research at Harvard, UC San Diego - Rising senior at URI, Jewel Voyer conducts cancer research in an infectious disease lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Read more about Jewel.
URI student studies habits, habitat of Rhode Island’s most unusual bird - University of Rhode Island senior, Justin Moore spent the last six months conducting field studies of one of Rhode Island’s most unusual birds, the American woodcock, which is sometimes called the timberdoodle. Read more about Justin.
URI sophomore awarded prestigious Hollings Scholarship from NOAA - University of Rhode Island sophomore Myles Wagner has 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. Read more about Myles.
URI minority students on track for science research careers - University of Rhode Island seniors Naomi Pajarillo and Avery McNamara are part of MARC U*STAR, a new program designed to boost access to scientific research careers among under-represented populations. Pajarillo is currently a undergraduate research grant recipient and has also presented her work at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Work. Read more […]