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The Celebration Begins

The University of Rhode Island launched the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1892 on Wednesday evening, January 25.

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Jacqueline Sparks

When Jacqueline Sparks published “The Norway Couple Project: Lessons Learned,” she hoped it would bridge a longstanding divide in psychotherapy.

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Join the Celebration.

Join us on the Quad today we launch URI's 125th anniversary, kicking off a yearlong celebration of its founding in 1892.

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Adam Levin

Adam Levin believes the guitar captures the essence of classical music—the perfect instrument to draw an audience into that world.

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We’re Not Kidding Around

“Peckham Farm is what made me decide to come to URI,” said animal science major Anna Ritz, who plans to be a veterinarian.

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Bingfang Yan

Professor Bingfang Yan has made his reputation identifying adverse reactions among prescription medications.

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Dive into J Term

Maybe you’d like to dive into the world of coral reef conservation in Bonaire or study global health in Guatemala.

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Joëlle Rollo-Koster

This fall, the French government named URI history professor a Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

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Performance Driven

The product was great, but it needed a unique voice to drive it through a busy marketplace and park it in the driveway of a millennial.

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Susan Johnson ’81, ’88

Susan Johnson made her mark on health care nationally by pioneering hospital clinics for patients taking anti-coagulant drugs

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Meet Officer Figaro

The nose knows. Especially if it’s the nose of Officer Figaro, the URI Police Department’s first explosive-detecting dog.

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Niall Howlett

People ask Niall Howlett, the region’s leading expert on a rare childhood disease called Fanconi anemia, why he studies a disease that affects so few.

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Learning, unscripted

This fall, nearly 100 freshmen got a first dose of the College of Nursing simulation labs, which are set up to mirror hospital settings.

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Susan Thomas

Flute teacher Susan Thomas is busy—teaching full time and lending her musical talents to Broadway shows touring New England.

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Engineer a Safer World

How much force does it take to shatter a Humvee, a soldier’s body armor, or a submarine? Professor Arun Shukla is finding the answers.

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Deb Erickson-Owens

In September Rhode Island Monthly magazine recognized Associate Professor Deb Erickson-Owens as Nurse Midwife of the Year.

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Check out our Club Scene

Interested in slam poetry? Raising guide dogs? We have a club for you. Ballroom dancing? Electronic music? Ditto. Alpine racing? You bet we do.

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Elizabeth Malloy ’17

Elizabeth Malloy enrolled in the first class of URI’s Peace Corps Prep, participating in a service project in the Dominican Republic last summer.

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