Fall 2022

Features

WHERE LAND
AND SEA MEET

An introduction to the blue economy, and to URI’s Coastal Resources Center, which has been helping people create and manage sustainable relationships with their coastlines for half a century.

Sustainable Coastal Communities

URI’s Coastal Resources Center helps coastal communities manage their valuable resources sustainably.

Our Coasts

What is the Blue Economy?

An introduction to the economic and environmental relationship between the coast and those who live near it.

Think blue
Loren Spears, executive director of the Tomaquag Museum, stands in front of the granite monolith in front of the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.

Setting the Record Straight

A new undergraduate course seeks and acknowledges a more complete history of the URI campus.

walk through time

The Fabulous Sara Sweetman

Education professor Sara Sweetman, Ph.D. ’13, says learning can and should be fun. And she’s friends with Grover.

Get to sesame street

Tackling the Big Questions

Erik Robles ’22 approaches his theater work from a philosophical perspective.

Meet the actor

Currents

From the President

Hello Alumni and Friends!

Research at the Forefront

URI researchers are working across disciplines to help find answers and solutions to benefit all of us.

gather momentum
  • URI DPT students Bailey Ricci ’21, Kayla Prior, Megan Byra ’21, Laura Wong, and Lillie Haldeman. Feedback - Letter from the editor and feedback from readers about our fall 2021 magazine
  • Blue open quotation mark You Can Quote Me - URI experts are quoted in the media frequently. Here are a few that bear repeating.
  • Nicole O'Malley, Assistant Clinical Professor of Music Therapy at URI holding a guitar Data-Driven Compassion - Nicole O’Malley, director of URI’s music therapy program, on combining empathy with an evidence based discipline.
  • Three students, smiling for a picture wearing caps and gown A Time for Action - Big Ideas. Bold Plans. The Campaign for the University of Rhode Island has inspired alumni, parents, and friends to create new ways of supporting students.
  • A girl seated next to a potted plant wearing a 4H tshirt This is Not Your Grandmother’s 4-H - Program coordinator, Christina DiCenzo ’18 writes about today's 4-H organization and meeting young people where they are.
  • Jenna Slowey, who has been named the first head coach in Rhode Island women's lacrosse history Women’s Varsity Lacrosse Coming to URI - URI will welcome its newest varsity team, women’s lacrosse, beginning in the 2025 season.

Network

Every Picture Tells a Story

Jessica Brilli, ’00 has shown her work in exhibitions across the United States and abroad, and her latest exhibition space is book covers.

niche

1971: ‘The Greatest’ Comes to Kingston

URI’s library archivists share details about the historic visit by legendary boxer and activist, Muhammad Ali and his speech at Keeney Gymnasium.

Famous Footsteps

Caption this

A black and white image of a man in a business suit shaking hands with the URI mascot

Photo caption contest

Do you have a funny idea for a caption for this photo from the URI Archives?

Submit your caption by January 15, 2023.

Submit Your Caption
A black and white picture of students during the winter waiting outside the telephone booth occupied by a snowman.

Winning Entries, Fall 2021

“Hello, Frosty? We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your car’s extended warranty.”
—Luis Lopez ’19:

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Epilogue

Shark Camp

Explore

Sunset over the Elm Street Pier at Storer Park in Newport, R.I.

Photo by Trevor Mason ’14