Features

Marc Parlange

Can’t Wait to Meet you

URI’s incoming president, Marc Parlange, brings an expansive world view to URI. He can’t wait to join the Rhody community.

Educators with Superpowers

Soljane Martinez ’98 shares the stories of how she and three of her URI classmates are battling the injustices of inequitable education.

Spotlight on ROTC

URI’s ROTC program has launched the careers of many accomplished military personnel. Today’s cadets are carrying on a tradition of teamwork, leadership, and excellence.

At the Mercy of Nature

URI scientists are working to help prevent and mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters like tsunamis, volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

Evan Pagano ’15, M.B.A. ’19, captured this scene of a horseshoe crab in the surf at Camp Cronin in Narragansett, R.I. “Horseshoe crabs,” Pagano says, “make their way to the shore in large groups each spring. These prehistoric creatures crawl out of the ocean according to the moon cycle to dig holes in the sand and lay their eggs.”

Currents

You Can Quote Me - URI experts are quoted in the media frequently. Here are a few that bear repeating.
Design With the Planet In Mind - Rocky Clark is a new kind of clothing company that a young URI alumnus is lovingly building from the ground up.
Pursuing a Medical Career with a Humanities Perspective - A triple major in biology, sociology, and Italian, Julia Santini ’21 is heading to medical school with a broad perspective.
Tradition Meets Innovation - URI resumes an ambitious plan for growth, as part of Big Ideas. Bold Plans. The Campaign for the University of Rhode Island.
A School Librarian Who Made a Difference - A tribute to school librarian Roberta Sabella Mansfield ’69, M.L.S. ’72 by Betty J. Cotter, an adjunct faculty member in URI’s Harrington School of Communication and Media.
Feedback - Letter from the editor and feedback from readers about our Spring magazine

Congratulations

Get to know student speakers and the Class of 2021 by the numbers.

Commencement 2021

“What we have to learn to do is to embrace different cultures and languages. My training in international relations and diplomacy at URI gave me the tools to not only embrace different cultures but to thrive in them.”

Graduate School student speaker, Frank Martinez, M.A. ’21

Aperture

Browse the winning photos from the fourth annual 2021 URI Research and Scholarship Photo Contest.

Winner’s Circle

Network

Wizard Queen

Olivia Dolphin ’13 transfigured her childhood love of young adult fantasy into a multifaceted creative career.

Lanre Ajakaiye inside the future location of his Community Center on Bough street in Olneyville.

Becoming a Change-Maker

Inspired by the example of his father and his education, Idrees “Lanre” Ajakaiye ’95 now works to helps others.

The fishing village of Galilee, in Narragansett, R.I. at sunset

Galilee Glow

Photographer and realtor Rich Epstein ’91 captured the fishing village of Galilee, Narragansett, R.I. at sunset.

Caption This

Spring Winners

see the Winning Captions

“The Beatles? They’re no Kingston Trio. One-hit wonder for sure.”
—Richard McCahey ’69

Learn about the photo and see the winning captions and notable submissions.

Epilogue

Torrent Forms, 1921
Sarah Tyson
Ceramic with glaze and nails, 12″ x 9″ each

Mixed-media artist Sarah Tyson ’21 says she “draws inspiration from organic forms and patterns in nature,” which she likes to contrast with one of her favorite materials, nails. Tyson, who cites Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and German artist Günther Uecker as inspirations, was selected by art department faculty for this year’s David Ketner Memorial Art Award for excellence in studio art.

Tyson received an undergraduate research grant to work with associate professor Ben Anderson on a public sculpture centered on climate change, which will be installed on the URI Kingston Campus. •

University of Rhode Island Magazine

Summer 2021