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URI needs own board of trustees

Editorial and Op-Ed 06/14/2019

There is no question, the University of Rhode Island is not like the Community College of Rhode Island, nor even Rhode Island College. Yet...

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND President David M. Dooley appeared before the House Finance Committee Monday in support of legislation that would create a URI board of trustees. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Do you think that the University of Rhode Island should have...

Education 06/14/2019

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

Education 06/10/2019

PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley told lawmakers Monday that URI urgently needs its own board of trustees, arguing that...

COMMERCE RI announced has announced the three selected Innovation Campus applications submitted this year. The projects total $12 million in requested public funding. Above, Peckham Farm at URI, the site of one of the funded projects. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

3 projects chosen for Innovation Campus program

Economy 12/18/2018

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley announced Tuesday morning the approval of three of the 16...

TAKES GUTS: Michael Marchetti, executive director of the Rhode Island-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, sees potential profits in scallop viscera. / COURTESY JOHN LEE

URI to measure R.I.’s ocean economy to foster business collaboration

Economic Activity 10/22/2018

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...

Cover Story 10/19/2018

“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...

THE ROBERT J. HIGGINS Welcome Center was officially opened during a ceremony Wednesday on the University of Rhode Island South Kingstown campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS

Ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens Higgins Welcome Center on URI main campus

Education 09/26/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The new Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center on the University of Rhode Island's South Kingstown campus was officially opened in a...

TWO URI alumni each donated $1 million toward upgrades to Meade Stadium, the home to the university's football team. The project is expected to cost $4.1 million. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND SPORTS INFORMATION

2 URI alumni donate combined $2M toward football stadium upgrades

Education 08/08/2018

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

Education 07/16/2018

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...