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Farm to table

URI's Free Farmers' Market is held on Thursdays, September through the end of October. Market veggies are grown at the Teaching Garden by students in URI's plant sciences program.

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State of the University

URI President Marc Parlange delivered his third annual State of the University address at Edwards Hall on September 25, celebrating a year of “tremendous growth and success for URI.”

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State of the University

On Wed., Sept. 25, 2024, University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange addresses the URI community to give his annual State of the University address.

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2024 Honors Colloquium

URI Honors Program's 61st annual Honors Colloquium, “Democracy in Peril,” explores challenges facing democracy here and abroad and highlights the importance of democratic values and institutions.

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Getting a good start

A one-credit, transition-to-college and academic planning seminar, URI 101 sets the foundation for a student’s academic life, offering tools, resources, and guidance of instructors and mentors eager to help.

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URI: A User’s Guide

Welcome to URI! We're glad you're here. Here's a brief guide to help you get started.

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Flood Watch

The Ocean State is no stranger to flooding. But URI scientists are developing tools that are helping Rhode Island cope.

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Taking the bronze!

The University of Rhode Island’s own Women's Basketball Coach Tammi Reiss is in Paris this week with the USA Women's National Team as they compete in the 2024 Olympic Games.

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Ever Seaworthy

Jenna Hetzell ’10 took the skills and discipline she learned as a URI championship rower and winning coach, using them to build Seaworthy, a local coffee roasting brand.

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Celebrating songs of the sea

Weigh Hey–and Away We Go! URI's Sea Shanty Social Club is built around camaraderie and a collective love of sea songs, sea stories, and the sea itself. Singing ability is optional.

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Rivers of the Ocean State

Rhode Island’s rivers are as important to the state’s history, economy, and identity as the ocean waters they flow into. Long plagued by pollution and neglect, rivers have been the focus of revitalization efforts, and URI has played an important role.

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Cape Verde Connection

A strongly connected multicultural and multigenerational network, the Cape Verdean Students Association brings a distinctive positive impact to the URI community and beyond.

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Research and scholarship photo contest winners

Entries in the University of Rhode Island’s annual Research and Scholarship Photo Contest include underwater photographs, photos of wildlife, and microscopy images of neurons and muscle tissue.

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Congratulations, graduates!

The University of Rhode Island conferred 4,762 degrees, 3,980 undergraduate and 782 graduate degrees, during three days of celebrations.

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Commencement 2024

The University will honor graduates over three days, May 17-19, in formal ceremonies at the Ryan Center, and will host other celebratory events throughout the weekend.

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Commencement 2024 Student Speakers

The University has chosen its student speakers for Commencement 2024, which will feature eight college ceremonies at the Thomas M. Ryan Center, May 17 through 19.

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The sky’s the limit

"Heads up, UNC Chapel Hill: URI is coming for your Guinness world record for highest Galilean cannon launch.," proclaims professor of astrophysics Doug Gobeille.

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Tradition, craft, and culture

Caleb Gross completed a capstone honors project, hand-building an oar that pays homage to the remèri of Venice, makers of the traditional wooden oars plied by centuries of gondoliers.

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