Features

Joe Parillo

When the URI Big Band took the stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in August, it was an especially proud moment for Joe Parillo, chair of the University’s Department of Music. A Grammy nominated composer who has performed with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and many prominent jazz musicians, he has been the face behind the […]

Dave Rowley

One of the more frightening medical trends today is our growing resistance to antibiotics, which we take for everything from ear infections to life-threatening blood conditions. As people use antibiotics for more and more ailments, the ability of germs and bacteria to mutate and adapt has increased, often making them stronger than the medicines available […]

Emily Clapham

Today’s physical education class bears no resemblance to the nightmare of dodge ball and rope climbing that you or your parents may remember. Determined to stop the epidemic of childhood obesity, Kinesiology Professor Emily Clapham is leading a fitness transformation and taking the “new” physical education to the next generation of PE teachers. “We want to present physical […]

Invent New Therapies.

Jimmie Oxley

The big bang theory on campus centers around the work of internationally renowned explosives expert and URI chemistry professor Jimmie Oxley and her team of students and researchers. Professor Oxley is co-director of URI’s Center of Excellence in Explosives, Detection, Mitigation, and Response, largely supported by the Department of Homeland Security, and thanks to her, […]

Create a Safer World

Join the club.

Rob Maroni '87

Suffering itself can seem like a global epidemic. War. Drought. Disease. We see the images. We hear the stories. Our hearts break a little and we go on with our lives. But not Robert Maroni ’87. After college, the biology major he worked in numerous countries, including Rwanda, where he helped rebuild villages for Hutus […]

The URI Honors Colloquium

Jessica Marfeo '15

You could say Jessica Marfeo has a full life. She’s a pre-health professions student double majoring in biology and elementary education and working toward graduate school for physician assistant studies and a master’s degree in public health. She volunteers in the oncology unit at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and says her favorite part of the week is […]

Mark Conley

Music professor Mark Conley’s passion for encouraging musical talent and teaching people to sing has taken him to Carnegie Hall and stages nationwide. But this summer, his passion took him to the far reaches of Africa where the internet is solar powered, his accommodations consisted of a pup tent, and he walked about 40 miles […]

Welcome Home

Tom Manfredi

Fitness is more than an aspiration for Tom Manfredi. It’s a way of life. This URI professor of kinesiology believes regular exercise is a prerequisite for good health, and at 70 years old, he practices what he preaches, both in his life and his work. Professor Manfredi has been a competitive swimmer since age 12, […]

Living Green

Change how the world thinks.

Ivan Brooks '13

Ivan Brooks ‘13 has sung in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Providence, and he is marketing his casual clothing line to young people across the country. His tune, “Nice Girl,” reached number 16 on Beatport, and Underground Music named him the 2008 Rhythm and Blues Artist of the Year. And, he’s working on […]

Discover the healing power of the sea.

Zach Friedland '13

Zach Friedland ’13 was the rare music major who had multiple compositions commissioned before he graduated. With a lengthy list of scholarships and awards and nothing but praise for his professors, Zach was so inspired by his time on campus that he composed the URI recessional, High Altitudes; Think Big We Do. On May 19th, […]