International trade expert Sheng Lu is interested in how the global textile industry drives economic growth, creates jobs, and reduces poverty.
Whether you’re a new student, returning student, professor, or anyone who's been away for the summer, welcome home to URI.
The options are endless. You could promote a play, work with a gaming tech company, or market an education program for Afghan women.
He started making movies with his parents’ Super 8 camera when he was just a boy—and went on to become an award-winning filmmaker.
He was recruited by a landscape architecture firm as an undergrad. Today he travels he globe as VP of sustainability for The Spinnaker Group.
From Africa to India to South America, URI students are helping to solve challenges many communities face in accessing clean water.
“I decided to make something good out of something that was so bad,’’ says recent grad Nancy Wilson. “That’s my mission.’’
Jonathan Canino, who earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at URI, is now doing graduate research on how to help dogs detect explosives.
Mongolia, 2011. Professor David Fastovsky discovered a 70-million-year-old nest with the fossilized remains of 15 Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs.
Marketing grad Mat Franco's plan was to use his business skills to advance his career as a magician. You could say he's done that.
In August, the URI Big Band will take to the stage in Newport to perform at the world's first and best known jazz festival. Again.
By studying and interpreting satellite imagery, Yeqiao Wang detects the growing human footprint across the landscape.
At URI, the rich diversity our students bring to our campus—from religion and race, to ethnicity and interests, to upbringing and income—is valued.
Looking at Sylvia Bogusz’s resume, you might think—just another college over-achiever. Think again. Nowhere does she list her real triumphs.
For many car enthusiasts, it’s all about the engine, the horsepower, the mechanics. But for Dave Powers '14, it's about the ergonomics.
A car with a mind of its own may sound like science fiction, but at URI, computer engineering students are proving that it’s already a reality.
The students in URI's Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program have diverse research interests, but they share a belief in their projects' possibilities.
Former Rhody soccer player Geoff Cameron is now on the U.S. men’s national team roster for the 2014 World Cup to be held this summer in Brazil.
