Much Ado

Join URI’s Theatre Department as they present Much Ado about Nothing! Shakespeare’s Much Ado may seem to be about nothing, but it is essentially about the attractions of a woman’s mind and character on a perennial bachelor. It is a lighthearted romp rooted in the depth of the battle of the sexes that people of all ages can enjoy!

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Whale Snot

Working in URI’s Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Program, Doctoral student Justin Richard is working with Mystic Aquarium to learn whether he can determine a whale’s gender, reproductive status and other information from the cells and hormones that they exhale.

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Jimmie Oxley Video

Chemistry Professor Jimmie Oxley and her research team, shows how bomb-making residue can be detected. The research is part of work being done by Oxley and her team at the Federal Homeland Security Center of Excellence she directs here at URI.

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"Company"

URI Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” – A Musical Comedy about relationships, life and not being alone. Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. Not to be missed!

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Habitat South County

The Stone family is enjoying their first Thanksgiving in the first completed home in the South County Habitat for Humanity neighborhood on the University of Rhode Island campus. The home was sponsored by the URI community, which raised $84,000 to build the house, and President David M. Dooley and his wife, the Rev. Lynn Baker-Dooley, led the dedication festivities in September.

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