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A stabilizing presence: Abby Benson, vice president for administration and finance at URI, has overseen more than $1 billion in capital planning to improve sustainability and student experience.
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Reshaping URI from the inside out

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 WOMAN TO WATCH | EDUCATION: Abby Benson, University of Rhode Island vice president of administration and finance Abby Benson has spent more...

URI receives $1.6M gift to create engineering scholarship program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received a $1.6 million gift from trustee and alumnus Joseph F. Matthews to establish an...

Former Seton Hall executive named athletic director at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has a new athletic director.  Pat Lyons, a Rhode Island native with 25 years of executive leadership experience,...

URI’s W. Alton Jones Campus to reopen

WEST GREENWICH – An initiative has been launched to reopen the University of Rhode Island’s W. Alton Jones Campus within five years, the school...

URI board of trustees supports public medical school

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island board of trustees voted unanimously, with one abstention, on Feb. 13 in support of a state...

Bjorn steps down as URI athletics director

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After nearly two decades, the University of Rhode Island is now searching for a new athletics director.  Thorr Bjorn announced Wednesday he...

URI panel approves campus plan that includes new buildings, pedestrian pathways

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island's board of trustees has approved a 20-year plan with new buildings and pedestrian pathways that will...

Report: URI medical school would cost more than $200M; welcome first...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Launching the state's first medical school at the University of Rhode Island would cost more than $200 million, according to a...
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. 
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URI among schools targeted in civil rights complaints

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...

Consultant hired to assess feasibility of medical school at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A state Senate commission and the University of Rhode Island announced they have selected a Missouri-based consulting firm to lead a...
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