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Academic All-Stars

URI students are distinguishing themselves on the national stage, winning academic awards that will further their studies here and abroad.

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Research Photo Contest

URI has named the Research and Scholarship Photo Contest winners, highlighting the work of its students, faculty, and staff around the world.

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2019 Commencement

Here's everything you need to know before the big day, including graduate and undergraduate checklists, etiquette tips, and what will happen if it rains.

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Baizat Ibrahim ’19

Baizat Ibrahim has always been fascinated with DNA and molecular biology, and she knew it was a major that would lead to her ultimate goal.

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Ellie Dunkle ’19

IEP student Ellie Dunkle majored in Ocean Engineering and Spanish. Next step: Grad School in coastal and ocean engineering at Oregon State University.

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Emely Baez ’19

Nursing major Emely Baez has a special interest in global public health. Her goal is to work with Doctors without Borders or the World Health Organization.

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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.

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A Civic Act

In making the Holocaust remembrance film "The Fence Between Us," student filmmakers knew their work was important but didn't expect it to be used to educate students about genocide.

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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.

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Working toward a sustainable future

URI offers more than 30 programs for students interested in sustainability, including specific majors and minors in sustainability and sustainable agriculture and food systems.

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Buried Treasure

When Brendan Breen was a sophomore aquaculture and fisheries major—and an aspiring entrepreneur—he decided to be the first person to make pearls from Rhode Island's official state mollusks.

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Theatre: Behind the Scenes with Amanda Downing Carney

“At URI, I learned costume design is essentially constant problem-solving — which is why it’s hard and why it’s so much fun.”

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Theatre: The Play’s the Thing

The University of Rhode Island’s Theatre BFA allows students to explore all roles: director, an actor, a stage or production manager, a dramaturge, a costume, lighting, sound, or set designer.

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Theatre: Backstage Pass

Meet the theater students who work behind the scenes — building, lighting, staging, dressing, running, designing, producing, directing, and managing the production.

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Theatre: Taking Center Stage

URI Theatre Department faculty and guest artists are innovating the region’s theater scene and providing opportunities for students to practice their craft with the pros.

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Theatre: 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.

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Blue Minds: Anya Hanson

She’s drifted in the wake of dolphins, swum with sea lions, tagged sharks, caught fish threading through her hair. Her ocean is a world of wonders.

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Building a Community of Learners

On the first day of class, Jessica Adams begins with the game Three Truths and a Lie, which asks players to suss out the lie in one of four statements.

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