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UNIVERSITY OF Rhode Island Assistant Professor Austin Humphries counts coral in Indonesia as part of a USAID-funded project to study coral reef fisheries. /COURTESY KARIZMA FAHLEVY

URI professor using $3M USAID grant to study Indonesian fisheries

Capital Goods 04/21/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Austin Humphries, University of Rhode Island assistant professor of fisheries, is leading a team that has been awarded a $3 million...

KUNAL MANKODIYA, ASSISTANT professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is shown wearing the watch developed at URI to monitor Parkinson's patients. Mankodiya received a $525,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation that will allow him over five years to continue researching and creating smart clothing. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

URI professor receives $525K grant for smart textiles research

Education 04/13/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Kunal Mankodiya, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering, has won a $525,000...

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE Island President David M. Dooley, left and Capt. Michael R. Coughlin, commanding officer at the Newport Naval Undersea Warfare Center, are shown after signing the partnership agreement. /COURTESY URI/JESSICA VESCERA

URI Business Engagement Center, Naval Undersea Warfare Center form partnership to...

Business Services 04/13/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A partnership agreement was signed Thursday between the University of Rhode Island’s Business Engagement Center and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center...

DATASPARK JOINED the University of Rhode Island in February.

DataSpark, formerly with The Providence Plan, joins URI

Economy 04/11/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – DataSpark, home of the Rhode Island DataHub and the former data analytics arm of The Providence Plan, joined the University of...

Providence is one of the best college towns to buy an investment property, given the presence of Brown University, Redfin said Friday. /COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

SmartAsset: Brown again has best value among R.I. schools

Economy 04/10/2017

PROVIDENCE – For the third year in a row, Brown University has the best value among Rhode Island higher education institutions, according to SmartAsset. The...

URI Thewlis Lecture addresses aging, creativity and neuroscience

Education 04/10/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The 2017 Malford Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics at the University of Rhode Island will explore the relationships among aging,...

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS Index rose to 83 in February, higher than any value last year, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro.

Lardaro: Economic momentum accelerating, labor force performance still ‘train wreck’

Economic Activity 04/10/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s economy is “definitely accelerating,” according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, but he still views the labor...

URI Health Services maintains full accreditation

Education 04/03/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island recently announced that the university’s Dr. Pauline B. Wood Health Services earned The Joint Commission’s Gold...