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What CEOs Think

Assistant Professor of Management Amanda Moss-Cowan and colleagues interviewed 150 top CEOs to discover how they think.

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High Energy

Energy Fellow Max Bliss '19 worries about the vulnerability of developing nations being so energy-dependent on a small number of other countries.

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Newest Truman Scholar

Income inequality, economic stagnation, and health care disparities are among the causes that drive Truman Scholar Andrew Boardman '19.

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Sniffing Out Danger

Professor Otto Gregory's "Digital Dog Nose" could soon be placed at subway stations, train stations, airports, and ports to detect bombs.

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Oh, the Places You’ll Go

During J Term, 12 students were in Indonesia taking a close look at Balinese temples, Komodo dragons, and liquid hot magma.

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Editing ‘Black Panther’

Michael Shawver ’07 co-edited “Black Panther,” the futuristic superhero flick that is the third-highest-grossing film in North American history.

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Wilfredo Tangui ’18

Wilfredo Tangui graduated with a string of accomplishments to his credit. Most recently, he was selected for a Fulbright award to Colombia.

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Dancing For the Kids

URI students danced their way into history at a student-run event, raising more than $153,000 for a local children's hospital.

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A Passage to India

Follow alumna Laurie Rockwell Sharma's story of the families she lost, the families she found, and the families she is making now.

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Christopher Anderson ’18

Student filmmaker Christopher Anderson was working on his film “The Scene,” when a nor’easter decimated his entire set. It didn't stop him.

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Mind Over Matters

Six weeks of yoga and meditation proved a potent prescription for students who participated in a recent College of Pharmacy study.

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A Great Run

The great run of Rhode Island men’s basketball team came to an end in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in an 87-62 loss to Duke.

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Elin Torell

Elin Torell was researching small fisheries in East Africa when she heard about women in Tanzania exchanging their bodies for a supply of fish.

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Trailblazers

With an extended string of successes, the equestrian team's 43 members hope to add a sixth consecutive regional championship this spring.

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Theo Greenblatt, Ph.D. ’10

A one time Theo Greenblatt didn’t have much confidence in her writing. “I thought great writers were born not made, so why bother?”

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Julia Hall ’19

Student activist, gender and women's studies major Julia Hall ’19 takes every opportunity she can to educate people about women’s reproductive rights.

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She’s Got It Covered

Alumna and graphic designer Narya Marcille created the "She Persisted" cover for a special edition of Newsweek focusing on feminism.

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Lauren Benoit ’16, MO ’17

Lauren Benoit is spending this year traveling the world, filming sharks with internationally known underwater cinematographers.

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