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How we do business

KANU, the app developed by Ben Grossman '21 and Andrew Bikash '20 to encourage student entrepreneurship, is now a nationally-recognized, growing business.

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A Walk Through Time

A new multidisciplinary course illuminates historical inequities about the land on which the Kingston campus sits.

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Global citizen

In preparing for nine months’ study in Prešov, Slovakia, Fulbright scholar Jay Rumas ’21 anticipated certain challenges. War was not on his mind.

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Love and philosophy

Douglass Reed, assistant professor of philosophy and creator of the popular course "Philosophy 110G: Love and Sex," is thinking about breakups.

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Learning with intention

An entrepreneur since middle school—he ran a pop-up candy store out of his backpack—Erik Robles '22 wasn't looking for URI to provide him with a career path. He wanted to tackle life's big questions.

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Reviving respectful conversation

Tyrone Thomas '22 first learned the rules of polite conversation as a child at the dinner table.

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Why I teach: Nicole O’Malley

Now in its second year, URI's music therapy program has 12 students, and interest continues to grow.

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An illuminating experience

As a first-year student, Audrey Visscher knew she wanted to try on as many hats in theatre as possible. Now a senior, Visscher has done exactly that.

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Best of 2021

(Re)discover some of our favorite homepage features from the year.

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Suited for space

Rachel Bellisle '18 struggles for the right words to describe the feeling of weightlessness. On a plane. In free fall. Intentionally.

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A culture of caring

Biomedical engineering major and student mentor Raquel Lopes ’23 wants first-year students to understand this about college: It’s going to be okay. Really.

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Shark Research

Senior Dario Castillo spent the last five months conducting research on sharks and stingrays as a National Geographic STEM field assistant.

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A community at work

To those who made it happen, URI's Free Farmers' Market was a model of collaboration, an example of good karma, and a labor of love.

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The dirt on soil

Few of us put much thought into the dirt beneath our feet. But for URI students fascinated with soil science, it often results in national recognition.

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Student, Veteran, Dad

Sophomore Kaitlyn Salinas and her dad, Navy veteran Victor Salinas, a junior, regularly cross paths in front of Kirk Hall.

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Who needs Hogwarts?

Of all the things to be said about Harry Potter, one of them is that Olivia Dolphin '13 found inspiration enough for two careers.

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Happy Halloween

Members of URI's Student Senate gathered recently at the Kingston home of URI President Marc Parlange to do some jack o'lantern carving with the president and his wife Mary.

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Sustainable Fashion

Joe Rotondo ’16, entrepreneur and CEO of New York-based Rocky Clark apparel, believes a clothing line can have a conscience.

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