Tag: University of Rhode Island
URI opens $99M Fine Arts Center
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island officially opened its renovated Fine Arts Center on Monday.
The $99 million project includes renovations...
Brown University receives $26M for translational research hub
PROVIDENCE – For the third time in 10 years, the National Institutes of Health has handed Brown University a multimillion-dollar grant earmarked for its...
State commission studying safe drinking water to commence
PROVIDENCE – Seven months after lawmakers created a commission to study the impact of new housing developments on rural public water supplies, the panel...
URI scientist leads $4M NSF project to strengthen coastal wetland restoration...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island researcher has secured a $4 million National Science Foundation grant to co-lead a multi-state effort aimed...
Report: Rhode Islanders concerned about healthcare over housing; cost of living...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Housing costs have been a consistent point of contention in Rhode Island, but residents of the Ocean State are now sharing...
URI receives $4.8M in NSF grants to expand cybersecurity, AI education
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received two National Science Foundation grants totaling $4.8 million to support cybersecurity education, including a...
URI team developing smart wearable to monitor health of premature babies
Since the late 2010s, smartwatches and rings have exploded in popularity. Estimates claim nearly half of the U.S. population uses the likes of Apple...
URI professor earns 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets...
RACHEL AFIA ANSONG, an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Rhode Island, was recently presented the 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize...
Enith Morillo
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026
ENITH MORILLO
Cadoret Global Inc. founder, CEO and principal consultant
Enith Morillo knows the meaning of perseverance.
Despite not knowing English,...
Second trip through the field to stop hunger
There is a lot of talk about solving hunger in our society. Instead of talking, the way to eliminate it may be to take...
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