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A CLOSER LOOK: More than 30 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island are the focus of a complaint filed by the conservative nonprofit Legal Insurrection Foundation alleging that the scholarships violate federal law because eligibility is partially based on race and gender.  COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI among schools targeted in civil rights complaints

Education 04/11/2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into 35 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island after...

URI to eliminate its USAID-funded programming at end of March

Education 02/28/2025

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Six programs at the University of Rhode Island that were financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development will be eliminated...

State agencies are hot to hire in FY26 budget requests

Economic Activity 01/14/2025

State budget officials made it clear: There’s no money for extras in the upcoming fiscal 2026 spending plan, so don’t ask. But that didn’t stop nearly...

IN EARLY 2020, the University of Rhode Island opened Brookside Hall, pictured, a $94 million new residence hall on campus. URI on Wednesday announced it plans to build several new residence halls to provide more than 1,100 additional beds for undergraduate and graduate students living on campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI to build new additional on-campus residence halls

Economy 12/04/2024

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – More on-campus student housing is coming to the University of Rhode Island. The university announced Wednesday that it plans to construct several...

URI men’s basketball coach, president are top state earners again

Economic Activity 12/22/2022

PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball coach and school president are again the top two earners among state employees, according to...

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