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Talk to the Animals

Peckham Farm, located across from the Kingston campus, is one reason URI students are accepted to vet school at such a high rate.

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Emily Thomesen ’15

One of Emily Thomesen's most valuable experiences was as an intern doing research with ChildVoice International in Uganda.

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Channel your Future

Some people know exactly what they want to do in life, while others begin college thoroughly undecided. That's okay. URI has you covered.

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Ahmed Fadl ’05, ’10

Ahmed Fadl has a big mission at NASA—and a critical role in ensuring public safety during risky rocket launch operations.

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Mindy Levine

In Mindy Levine’s world, chemical molecules are talkative little beings, and she is trying to learn how they communicate with each other.

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Join the Ultimate Team

Sure, the URI men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams want to win—but most importantly they want to have fun.

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Ask Us Anything. Really.

There are 102 URI student guides who give their famous 90-minute tour around the Kingston Campus to 40,000 visitors each year.

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Olivia Ahern ’16

Olivia Ahern is working toward a career as a legislative aide, translating scientific research into policies to protect the oceans and environment.

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Thom Guertin ’92

Technology is your friend, especially when it comes to providing better government services says R.I. Chief Digital Officer Thom Guertin.

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Design for the Deep

Students are exploring one of Earth's most mysterious places, learning to create the next generation of autonomous underwater vehicles.

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Dennis Hilliard, M.S. ’80

Dennis Hilliard, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at URI, helped found one of the University’s oldest cross-disciplinary partnerships.

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Empower

Physical therapy students returned from spring break in Guatemala with a better understanding of poverty’s impact on health services.

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Hang with the Locals

A team of URI faculty and students returned in January from their second month-long research expedition to Antarctica.

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Nixon Leger ’17

Many artists have muses, and painter Nixon Leger is no exception. But his muse—the plantain leaf—springs from the earth.

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Rob Maroni ’87

Most of us learn about the horrors of the Syrian war on the news. Rob Maroni sees it on the faces of thousands of refugees living in Jordan.

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Trace the Future

Alanna Casey loves historical puzzles. In the Applied History Lab, she interprets texts and artifacts from the past, using them to address modern problems.

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Annie De Groot

Science and fabric might seem like an odd pairing, but Dr. Annie De Groot's idea of combining the two could save the lives of millions of women.

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Win Big in Business. Again.

For the second year in a row, URI business students took first place at the annual Minority Business Conference Case Competition in Boston.

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