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URI Food Summit

Rhode Island Food Center at URI to draw hundreds of local food movement supporters on Jan. 18.

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Tsunami Study

Two URI scientists gain insight from modelling the Anak Krakatau eruptions and tsunamis.

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Instagram Takeover

URI students traveling for J-Term will take over @universityofri from Dec. 30 to Jan. 18.

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Opening Fall 2019

URI's new engineering complex to be among the most technologically advanced in the country.

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