Best of 2019
(Re)discover our favorite homepage features of the year.
Tracking the Timberdoodle
Drab, stout, short, and round, the Timberdoodle, a.k.a. the American Woodcock, doesn’t stand out in a crowd. At first.
Building on Excellence
Record-setting gift to URI will advance neuroscience research, create scholarships, and assist in construction of basketball training facility.
The Internationalists
URI has become a unique training ground for a new generation of students immersing themselves in the study of language and culture.
Pioneering Exploration
There is another half of America—an estimated 3 billion acres—beneath the ocean’s surface that we know very little about. That’s about to change.
Space Invaders
The invasion is underway. Millions have come by boat, tucked away in holes, shedding babies through ballast water. They deploy under cover of night or in broad daylight.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
For Andrew Burnap ’13, who’s acting in London’s hottest play The Inheritance, real success is seeing an audience moved by a story well told.
Building for the Future
Things are looking good. When the school year begins in September, you’ll see what big thinking and $286 million in construction projects can produce.
Off to a Healthy Start
Delaying the clamping of a newborn’s umbilical cord for just five minutes could have long-term health benefits, a new URI nursing study asserts.
Hit the Streets
On a clear and cold Tuesday evening in February a small, slight figure walks a busy city street in Rhode Island’s capital city of Providence, approaching strangers most would go out of their way to avoid.
Blue Minds
At URI, we are at home in the ocean. Our love of the sea is a net gain for science, engineering, literature, art, and the environment. Maybe even humanity itself.