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Teaching to Inspire

For students struggling in Bryan Dewsbury’s first-year biology classes, the intervention starts before class is over.

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Emely Baez ’19

Nursing major Emely Baez decided to focus on global health in high school when a teacher introduced her class to a survivor of the Rwandan genocide.

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Syrup science

When you hear “maple syrup,” you think pancakes. But for two College of Pharmacy faculty members, the focus is on maple syrup's health benefits.

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George Sfinarolakis, Ph.D ’18

As an Energy Fellow, George Sfinarolakis tackled a project to create a benchmark of energy usage at various state and municipal buildings.

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Scholarship as Activism

What Yulyana Torres ’18 saw as she walked the halls of the Rhode Island State House got her fired up. Something was definitely missing.

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Linden Wyatt ’12, PhD ’17

MBA student Linden Wyatt discovered a method to speed up biopsy results and has started a company, Optera Diagnostics, to develop it further.

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On the Horizon

It’s the largest construction project in URI’s history. For students, faculty, area businesses, and the state's economy, it could be the most important.

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A Small, Beautiful, Historic Place

The core of the main campus has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Anne Dionne ’21

Pharmacy student Anne Dionne has been doing what she can to combat the opioid addiction epidemic in her hometown of Laconia, N.H.

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Jie Shen

Jie Shen recently received the Emerging Researcher Award from the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Foundation.

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Exceed your Expectations

As he heads to medical school, Christopher Phothisane, 33, acknowledges the value of this path as a non-traditional student.

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We Have the Technology

Speech pathology students benefit from the LENA System, cutting-edge technology and software for measuring and analyzing speech.

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Patrick Brown ’14

Patrick Brown '14, CEO of Rentsons, has made it a part of his business plan to encourage his employees to become entrepreneurs themselves.

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A Working Vacation

This January, URI students study healthcare in France, kinesiology in Hawaii, and dolphin behavior in Honduras as part of Winter J Term.

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Bri Blank ’14

It's the story of a happy girl who became happier still after losing 150 pounds. Now her dream is to help others live their healthiest lifestyle.

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No Worries

Take a look at Campus Recreation’s “Stress Less Week,” happening through December 21 at the Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center.

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Speaking Your Language

Derek Murphy ’21 is in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program—living, eating, breathing, even texting in Mandarin.

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Georgia Dunn ’04

The feline correspondents of Georgia Dunn's Breaking Cat News comic strip are bringing news of the day to 150 newspapers nationally.

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