Jacira Soares grew up in a poor community on the island of Sao Nicolau in Cape Verde, where she walked a mile or more from her home to get clean, drinkable water.
A one-credit, transition-to-college, and academic planning seminar for first-year and some transfer students, URI 101 sets the foundation for a student’s academic life.
As a child, Rhiannon Sorrell MA, MLIS ’14 would sit with her grandmothers, weavers, as they worked at their looms, creating from a place of pure inspiration.
Three times Rosemary Leger filled a large mail cart full of new and never-worn children’s apparel and three times she tossed the clothing into a dumpster.
First, some hard truths about food waste: About 108 billion pounds of food are thrown away yearly in America. That’s 130 billion meals wasted and $408 billion squandered.
The University of Rhode Island marks a significant moment in its 130-year history as it celebrates the inauguration of Marc B. Parlange as its 12th president on Thursday, Sept. 22, on the University’s Kingston Campus.
URI's 2022 Honors Colloquium is a multifaceted exploration of the past, present, and future of food systems through the lenses of sustainability, equity, justice, and resilience.
For new first-year students and transfers, URI's resident assistants have advice on how to successfully transition to campus life.
Faculty and students are working directly with federal defense and private industries to keep the U.S. submarine fleet ahead of the pack.
If you ask what motivates him, award-winning filmmaker and photographer Jason Jaacks will say he’s chasing awe and wonder.
Brad Wetherbee said the idea for the URI Shark Camp came to him after noticing he wasn't seeing a whole lot of diversity in his first-year classes.
As a teenager, Kevin Suggs loved anime, electronics, and engineering. At URI, he's studying computer engineering and heading to Japan.
Justin Cole ’22 didn't want to wait till he graduated to begin his writing career. Turns out, he didn’t have to.
URI’s fifth annual Research and Scholarship Photo Contest attracted a stunning collection of photos from URI students, staff, and faculty. Take a look.
Eight URI sophomores have been awarded the Hollings Scholarship, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergrads in marine sciences.
Headlines change quickly in a 24/7 news cycle, but reports of mass violence in the United States are having a long-lasting effect on the collective American psyche.
The University of Rhode Island celebrated its 136th Commencement with in-person ceremonies on the Kingston Campus May 20-22, 2022.
The University of Rhode Island extends heartfelt congratulations to all graduates of the Class of 2022.
