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Pharmacy at URI goes global

Arun Shukla

Most engineers try to keep things together. Professor Arun Shukla breaks them apart. He shoots bullets, sets off blasts, and strikes things with mighty force — all in the name of science. For three decades Professor Shukla has operated a lab at the University of Rhode Island that tests how materials fracture under unusual circumstances. […]

Megan O’Brien '12

Megan O’Brien has had her share of academic success at URI. As a sophomore she won a Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s most prestigious award for students studying science and engineering, and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholarship, a competitive scholarship for undergraduates in the marine sciences. Now as a graduate student, she’s done […]

Join the fight against cancer

Matt Michelsen '94

About a year ago, Matthew Michelsen (’94) made a million dollar wager with his pal, rapper 50 Cent, that he could finish the Ironman World Championship in October 2011. He did, and the prize money is now helping to feed 1 billion children in Africa through the rapper’s SK Charity. But running the Ironman was […]

A Green Endeavor

Judith Mercer

It seems simple, but it’s a very big idea. And URI Clinical Professor of Nursing Judith Mercer isn’t the only one to think so. The National Institutes of Health awarded a $2 million, five-year grant for her to continue her investigation into the health benefits of delayed umbilical cord clamping on preterm infants. When a […]

Put languages to work for you

Stephanie Barrena '12

All of my classes have been so informative, and I have learned so much that can be applied to real-life situations

Outperform the S&P 500

Clarice Odhiambo '88

Clarice Owiti Odhiambo ‘88 knows that looking for simple solutions to common problems requires improvisation, creativity, and innovation. And she knows first hand that URI faculty and students are great sources for such big thinking. Odhiambo is the CEO and founder of the Africa Center for Engineering Social Solutions (ACESS), an organization in her native […]

There's more to fabric than fashion

Haibo He

The network of wires and poles that stitch together America’s power grid is getting old — and the government knows it. Rather than spending billions of dollars replacing the system, the grid needs experts to help make it smarter, more efficient, and much more secure. Engineering Professor Haibo He is already on the case. The 34- […]

International Robotics Champions

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Jared Sell '12

Ever wonder how Walt Disney World always looks so pristine, despite the swarms of people who traipse across its properties every day? Jared Sell ’12 doesn’t. That’s because he’s been part of the team that makes the magic happen. During his first summer internship at Disney, Jared worked in the horticulture department planting thousands of […]