Tag: David M. Dooley
URI needs own board of trustees
There is no question, the University of Rhode Island is not like the Community College of Rhode Island, nor even Rhode Island College. Yet...
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University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley went before the General Assembly recently to argue that URI needs an independent board of trustees...
Dooley testifies for bill to create URI board of trustees
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley told lawmakers Monday that URI urgently needs its own board of trustees, arguing that...
3 projects chosen for Innovation Campus program
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley announced Tuesday morning the approval of three of the 16...
URI to measure R.I.’s ocean economy to foster business collaboration
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island is leading a wide-ranging study to document the size and impact of the so-called “blue economy”...
Will 2018 be the year Rhode Island voters take a stand...
“Embarrassing,” is how R.I. Department of Education Commissioner Ken Wagner described the state of local public elementary, middle and high schools.
“When I visit a...
Ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens Higgins Welcome Center on URI main campus
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The new Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center on the University of Rhode Island's South Kingstown campus was officially opened in a...
2 URI alumni donate combined $2M toward football stadium upgrades
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Two University of Rhode Island alumni have each committed $1 million for enhancements to Meade Stadium, home to the school’s football...
Report: URI’s Dooley earned $369K in 2016-17 academic year
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley was reported to have made $369,200 in the 2016-2017 school year, according to...
Cox named URI men’s basketball coach
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – David Cox, former associate head coach to Dan Hurley, has been hired as the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball head...