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Two years ago, Amandine Umutoni Gatali was sitting at her computer in Pretoria, South Africa, trying to figure out where to go to college. She knew she wanted to study in the United States, but wasn’t sure where. A cousin was living in Newport so, on a whim, she Googled “universities in Rhode Island.”
URI popped up.
She plugged civil engineering—her intended major—into the site’s search tab and liked what she saw: a combined five-year degree in engineering and a language, with a year studying abroad and working as an intern.
“I thought, ‘Wow, this is the best thing ever,’” says Gatali. She applied two weeks later and was accepted. She also applied to colleges...
Today's Top Stories
[Coastal Fellows] 
Student’s research aims to reduce shark deaths from swallowing fish hooks: Sophomore Chelsea Stephens spent the last six months testing a new method of catching sharks that reduces the chance the animal will die. The marine biology major from Dover, Del., found that the use of “hook blockers” significantly reduced the number of sand tiger sharks that were hooked in the gut after swallowing the bait.
[Black History Month] 
Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree to give Black History Month talk: Charles J. Ogletree, a nationally recognized Harvard law professor and long-time mentor to President Obama, will be the featured speaker at the University of Rhode Island’s annual Black History Month lecture next month.
[donors] 
URI receives $2.5 million estate gifts from alumni David and John Parker: With their affinity for the University of Rhode Island equaled only by their love of sailing, URI alumni John and David Parker provided approximately $2.5 million for their alma mater in their estate plans, it was announced today by the University of Rhode Island Foundation.
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