Jan. 8, 2026

Dear URI Faculty and Staff,

We are pleased to share that this spring we will be continuing our successful initiative, Coffee and Conversation. Coffee and Conversation is a series of informal meetings hosted by us, President Marc Parlange and Provost Barbara Wolfe, to provide community members the opportunity to engage and to help foster important dialogue around the URI issues that matter most to you.  

We deeply value your perspective and contributions to the University, and we hope to use these informal gatherings to discuss everything from our strategic plan and budget model to trends in teaching, research, and higher education. We welcome any topic relevant to the university for discussion.

In order to allow for collaborative discussion, space is limited, so we invite you to sign up here:

Faculty Coffee and Conversation Spring 2026

• Thursday, Jan. 29, at 8 a.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8 a.m.
• Tuesday, Mar. 24, at noon
• Thursday, April 30, at 8 a.m.

Staff Coffee and Conversation Spring 2026

• Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 8 a.m.
• Wednesday, April 15, at noon

It’s important that we continue to create opportunities to gather as a community and we look forward to your participation in one of these conversations. 
 
Kind regards,
Marc and Barb