Next Week @URI
About This E-Newsletter
This is an internal email to inform the University community of official announcements and events planned for the week ahead. Next Week @URI provides a listing of events selected from the calendar of events, official university general notices, and some facilities and administrative information. To have your University event considered for inclusion, please submit the details into the calendar of events online.
In the News
- CBS 60 Minutes, Nov. 29, Look for Professor Bob Ballard and URI's Inner Space Center to be featured on 60 Minutes. Earlier this month, 60 Minutes reporter Lara Logan met with Ballard at the Narragansett Bay Campus to discuss new means of ocean exploration. The crew filmed at the Inner Space Center, on a URI research vessel and more. Early next week, look for previews on the 60 Minutes website and Facebook pages.
Special Events
- Nov. 26-29, Thanksgiving Recess
- Ram Tours, Nov. 21, Students, check out where Ram Tours will take you! Visit Newport.
- Athletics, November, Check out some of the events at URI's Athletics facilities. Get tickets for Men's & Women's Basketball games at The Ryan Center.
Lectures
- Mixing it Up, Nov. 23, Canadian documentary filmmaker Brett Gaylor will screen his film, RiP: a remix manifesto
Performances
- URI Opera Workshop, Nov. 22, An afternoon of scenes and selections from operatic works and musical theater
- Chamber Ensembles, Six of URI's chamber ensembles will present a program of various works
Exhibits
- Presidential Gallery, View student, faculty and alumni artwork selected for display in URI president's home. More about the gallery.
- Veterans Gather, Feinstein Providence Campus and Providence VA Hospital present an exhibit with artwork, creative writing from Veterans and their families
- Elephants, Paisleys, and Plaids, Textile exhibit highlights Indian Influence on Western Textile Design
- Digital Arts, "3D Modeling and Serious Game Development" is presented in the Corridor Gallery, Fine Arts Center.
- Carlotti Gallery: Award-winning student art is now featured at the Carlotti Administration Building