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Engineering at URI

"Working in robotics is like the Wild West in terms its opportunities—always innovative, always changing, always something new to work on."

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Best of 2020

Best of 2020 (Re)discover our favorite homepage features of the year.

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Career goal: research scientist

As an undergrad, Avery McNamara learned that research is about being curious, hungry for knowledge, and open to intellectual challenges.

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Covering a presidential election

CNN’s John King ’85, Hon. ’10, has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history.

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Path to a vaccine

University of Rhode Island experts plot the steps in a vaccine's progress from the laboratory to the pharmacy.

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Volume Up!

While the pandemic has dropped the curtain on theater productions, the URI Theatre Department has come up with a creative alternative.

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Fast track to a Master’s

URI's Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Program enables students to earn both their bachelor's and master's degree in five years.

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A community connected

Veterans know all about being part of something bigger than themselves. They understand community and the necessity of connection.

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URI 101 has the answers

A one-credit seminar for first-year and transfer students, URI 101 functions as both a welcome and a primer for all things URI.

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Tracking a controversial carnivore

Despite their cartoon reputation, coyotes may be our most controversial local creatures. But what do we know about them?

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Distilling knowledge

Students in the Pharmacognosy Club, a natural products research club, recently made witch hazel hydrosol, a solution of water and witch hazel.

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Yoga afternoon

URI College of Pharmacy students, faculty, and staff enjoyed yoga on the College's green on a recent fall afternoon.

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At the top of her game

For civil engineering major Natalie Wilcox, the summer of 2020 turned out to be more productive than she could have imagined.

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Rock the Vote

URI faculty, staff, and students are celebrating civic engagement—an example, URI VOTES' Beats and Eats recent voter-registration event.

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What Lies Beneath

It sounds like science fiction: Creatures that survived in a dormant state for 100 million years are re-animated, hungry, and ready for love.

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Challenging Expectations

URI's 2020 Honors Colloquium, “Challenging Expectations: Disability in the 21st Century," features lectures, Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Sept. 22-Dec. 1.

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Home Work

After landing a summer internship last November, Ryan Barker '22 worried it could be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dialogues on Diversity

The student-initiated Diversity Dialogues workshop series addresses issues of bias, microaggressions, and social identity.

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