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Tom Farragher ’77

Pulitzer Prizer winner Tom Farragher caught the reporting bug in his earliest days as a journalism major and reporter for The Good 5 Cent Cigar.

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A New Perspective

Austin Demers didn’t think studying a foreign language could influence the way her brain processes written information. Now she knows that it can.

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Get Down to Business

When the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence wanted to improve patient care, it turned to a team of URI engineers.

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Paul Cohen

Professor Cohen's research career focused on E. coli, the bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals.

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Destiny Chearino

Destiny Chearino '12 is a doctoral student in physical therapy, but it’s in the boxing ring where she really gets physical.

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Draft Dynamic Designs

How would you turn a 47-acre parcel of abandoned property crisscrossed with wetlands and utilities into a dynamic recreation site?

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Fuel your Passion

Grad student Patrick Cavanagh is an advocate for alternative transportation fuels and technologies that reduce petroleum use in Rhode Island.

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Andrew Gaynor ’98

He may never have intended a sailboat design career, but sailor and mechanical engineering alum Andrew Gaynor has reached the pinnacle in the industry.

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Rachel Mulvaney

For freshman Rachel Mulvaney, who wore a brace every waking hour, and many sleeping hours too, from age 11 to 14, memories of being teased are fresh.

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Meet CSI at URI

When the state crime lab is located right on your college campus, you can turn murder, mysteries, and mayhem into a great academic experience.

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Eric Ryan ’96

Eric Ryan's passion for sailing is what initially drew him to URI, where he studied business and communications and was a member of the sailing team.

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Win Big in Business

URI business students earned first place in the case competition at the National Association of Black Accountants’ annual Minority Conference.

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Rachel Smith ’06

Screenwriter Rachel Smith wrote her first play at the tender age of seven and got hooked on filmmaking after watching Annie Hall.

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Journey for J Term

Students can now take part in our new Winter J Term, earning credit for unique classes, community service, career exploration, or world travel.

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Play the World on Ice

Did you know that URI women's ice hockey has won eight titles in 10 years with the Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League?

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Harsh Singh Lohit, M.B.A. ’87

Harsh Singh Lohit has always asked the big questions. In his photography, he asks: “With or without the labels, what is our common humanity?”

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Springboard to Med School

The biggest challenge of Jessica Adefusika’s college career was deciding which medical school to attend—from among the six that wanted her.

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