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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 […]

Pulitzer Prize Winner. Inaugural Poet. Award-Winning Novelist. Summer Writing Conference 2013.

Fish for a sustainable new industry.

Justin Richard

Before he enrolled in grad school at URI on a National Science Foundation fellowship, Justin Richard spent nearly 10 years as a beluga whale trainer at Mystic Aquarium, teaching the Arctic marine mammals to voluntarily submit to regular health screenings. But it’s not so easy to conduct health screenings of wild belugas. So at URI, […]

We've reinvented the way we teach business.

Staci Renee Smith '13

As a marine in Iraq, she’d come under fire, recoiled at the charred remains of blown-up trucks and watched in horror as artillery rounds secretly packed in a car trunk were detonated. But nothing was worse than the crash that nearly took her life. It was a blue-sky morning, Aug. 24, 2006. Cpl. Staci Renee […]

Cheryl Foster

What University of Rhode Island students have said for decades is now known worldwide: Professor Cheryl Foster is one of the most inspirational teachers. In March, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., presented Professor Foster with the prestigious Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. Professor Foster, who teaches philosophy and […]

Captain's (b)log: Voyage to Antarctica

Eden Kalyanapu '13

When you hear the word entrepreneur, your first thought might be a business mogul like Richard Branson or Oprah Winfrey. But for Eden Kalyanapu, being an entrepreneur means starting a nonprofit to conduct conflict reconciliation work in developing countries. A winter break trip to Nepal in 2012 provided what Eden described as “a wonderful culture […]

Be on the front-line of cyberdefense.

Cherisa Friedlander '08

Cherisa Friedlander ’08 always knew her life would revolve around the water. She was a competitive swimmer growing up and competed on the URI team for four years. She majored in marine biology, interned at the lobster rearing facility at New England Aquarium and spent her summers working at Save the Bay’s Exploration Center and […]

Deliver the goods.

Alyssa Neill '14

Junior Alyssa Neill sees great value in knowing where food comes from and how it grows. She’s put her own knowledge to work co-founding the student group Slow Food URI, launching a local food market, building a vegetable garden on campus, and representing the University at food forums near and far. And her work hasn’t […]

My big idea is to travel the world.

Classrooms? Who needs classrooms?

Rob Cohen

Next generation filmmakers studying at the University are being taught by Rob Cohen, an award-winning writer, director, and producer who uses his lens to slip through time. From his studio in New York and his travels around the world, Mr. Cohen is well known for creating scores of future-focused programs like CBS’ NextWorld and FutureCar; […]

Get your hands dirty.

Mindy Levine

Chemistry Professor Mindy Levine grew up thinking she would become a physician like her father until she realized she didn’t want to diagnose and treat patients. Her big idea back then? She wanted to create the treatment. Today, it’s to inspire other young girls to become scientists too. “I love science. If I think of an […]