We’ve reinvented the way we teach business.

At URI, we're known for reinventing the way we teach, creating new majors, and mixing disciplines to meet the world’s changing needs. Our latest reinvention is our One-Year Master of ...

Tags: business, MBA, Providence Campus, strategic innovation

Captain’s (b)log: Voyage to Antarctica

URI is breaking the ice—and, once again, breaking new ground. A team of 17 University of Rhode Island faculty and students are headed to Antarctica for a month to study krill, the ...

Be on the front-line of cyberdefense.

Cyber attacks—and their potential for chaos and worse—are now part of our everyday lives. The good news is that the University of Rhode Island is on the front-line of today’s ...

Tags: Cyber security, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Forensics, Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Center

Deliver the goods.

A well-choreographed dance focuses on controlled movement. It's a dynamic that relies on space, time, weight, and, of course, flow. Every step is planned, has value, and contributes to the ...

Tags: global business, global markets, jobs, logistics, shipping, supply chain, transportation

My big idea is to travel the world.

Written by communications major Marilyn Soum '14 During Spring Break, I joined 17 other URI students on a whirlwind trip to Nepal that was as exciting as it was educational. We ...

Tags: alternative spring break, multicultural center, Nepal, Non-violence, peace

Classrooms? Who needs classrooms?

Okay, we need classrooms. But they all don’t need to have four walls. Rhode Island is the Ocean State, after all, and URI has made good use of this beautiful ...

Tags: aquaculture, Endeavor, fisheries, ocean engineering, oceanography, underwater archaeology

Get your hands dirty.

Environmental issues are hot these days (and we're not just talking about global warming). For example, maybe you're interested in stopping the spread of Lyme disease from tick bites, or ...

Tags: coastal fellows, environment, internship, research

Jump into international engineering

The marrying of engineering and languages is something URI does like no other. Technically, it began as a solution to the problem of shrinking language classes, but it’s turned into ...

Tags: Bayer, BMW, engineering, IEP, international

Do something different on your winter break

Sure, some students dream of a winter break on the beach, basking in the warmth and comfort of the sun. But not everyone. Many are motivated by something more meaningful. ...

Tags: alternative winter break, belize, dominican republic, ghana, international, mexico, study abroad, winter break

Flight-o-plankton

The very first discovery of a plant fleeing from a plant-eating predator was reported by news media around the world, as far away from Kingston, Rhode Island as the Himalayan ...

Tags: climate change, marine science, oceanography, plankton

Awaiting history

Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world with his resignation announcement last month. Speculation, wonder, and even a bit of anxiety have filled the globe (and the media) ever since, as ...

Tags: history, philosophy, pope, religion

Giving them pearls of hope in an oyster harvest

You’ll be inspired by what the URI Coastal Resources Center and a determined community of women in a far-away nation have done in just a few years. Not long ago in ...

Tags: coastal resources, Gambia, marine, oceanography, oyster

Learn to teach by, well, teaching.

Picture yourself in the center of a classroom. You are transforming youngsters into successful learners. Then consider the reality of teaching a few dozen kindergarteners, each with their own personality ...

Tags: child development, education, family studies, human development, kindergarten, preschool, teacher

Repair. Reuse. Recycle. Rethink the manufacturing of goods.

Everyone’s heard of sustainable energy, and many have heard of sustainable menus and fisheries. Well now, URI Engineering Professor Manbir Sodhi is leading an effort by sustainability advocates and researchers ...

Tags: consumer products, engineering, sustainable

Celebrate our heritage.

Cracking the books is one way to learn, but at URI we also bring in heavy hitters – in the flesh – to teach you a thing or two about ...

Tags: Africana Studies, black history month, Marlen Bodden, social justice