Features

Chasing Awe and Wonder

URI assistant professor of journalism Jason Jaacks captured this photo of a reef manta while free diving in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Assistant Professor of Journalism Jason Jaacks is an award-winning visual storyteller. What motivates him? Stories that inspire awe and wonder.

Marine Biology major, Dario Castillo holding a shark on a research vessel

Shark Research

Marine biology major Dario Castillo ’22 spent the last five months conducting studies on sharks and stingrays with URI researcher Bradley Wetherbee through a pilot program supported by the National Geographic Society.

Emerging Marine Biologists

Scholarship for underrepresented students

Data science firm Aretec, co-founded by Roby Luna ’04, has committed $100,000 to endow a new scholarship to support underrepresented students studying data analytics or business artificial intelligence.

Creating opportunity

Hacking4Oceans

Illegal fishing costs the global economy billions and threatens maritime security. These student scientists developed a business plan for an app to help enforcement agencies address the problem.

Read their story

URI Magazine greatest hits

Blue Minds

Dive in

Engineering Unbound

Look around

Our Plastic Problem

Turn the tide

APERTURE

Browse the winning photos from the 2022 URI Research and Scholarship Photo Contest.

water forager honeybee rests on one of our observational moss setups, drinking water that she will bring back to her hive — First Place

Small bites

(Un)wasting Wastewater - Engineering Professor, Vinka Oyanedel-Craver's TEDxURI talk on the potential for transforming wastewater from a an environmental problem into a resource
The Key to Inclusive Excellence - Associate Professor of Management, Sean Edmund Rogers delivers a TEDxURI talk on importance of recognizing diversity of thought.
Impacts and Opportunities of Climate Change - Paula Bontempi, dean of the URI School of Oceanography presents a TEDxURI talk on how we can better understand and adapt to climate change.
Field Ornithology and My Life of Crime - Two URI zoology undergrads head to South Carolina in search of the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker. But things don't go quite as planned.
Linda Levin Didn’t Want to Be a Teacher. She Became a Really Good One. - If you were lucky enough to take a class with journalism professor Linda Levin in the 1980s and ’90s, you surely remember her.

URI College of Nursing master’s degree program ranked in top 50 nationally - The URI College of Nursing master’s degree program, already among the best in the country, has moved into the top 50 in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Meet an Innovative Pharmacist Focused on People - After amassing an impressive list of degrees, Eugenio Fernandez Jr. ’13, M.B.A. ’13, Pharm.D. ’13, founded a community pharmacy in the Providence neighborhood where he grew up.
Eat Like a Fish - Learning to eat what the ocean provides can help sustain wild fish species.
Embracing the Limits of Objectivity - Science is objective and neutral, right? Maybe not, says Sunshine Menezes.
I Just Found a Tick. Now What? - It’s summertime. You’ve spent some time outside. Now there’s a tick on your arm. Expert advice on what to do.