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URI is again the No. 1 public university in New England according to the @WSJ in its 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings! This recognition reflects our commitment to student success by providing broad access to a high-quality education.
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A heartfelt thank you to URI alumni Barry Gertz ’76 and Sandra Gertz ’86 for their generous $2M gift to @URIEngineering! Their gift will expand engineering scholarships and help fund a new ocean engineering building URI's Bay Campus.
Learn more:
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Rams vote! 🐏🗳️
Make your voice heard this Election Day. Visit vote.org to find your polling place.
At Rhode Island’s Interprofessional Education Day, URI pharmacy students collaborated with medical, nursing, and social work students to assess simulated patients and develop treatment plans, gaining firsthand experience in team-based care.
Full story:
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A smoother Election Day starts long before the polls open 🗳️
Led by URI professor Gretchen Macht, URI's Engineering for Democracy Institute helps election officials nationwide improve voting efficiency. Its work has impacted more than 26 million voters.
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URI celebrated the opening of its new track and field facility on Wednesday: wpri.com/news/local-news/sou…
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today is the day! the Rhody Athletics Challenge is here
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A study led by URI public health professor Nekehia Quashie found that African Americans' views on family and government support for older adults vary by age group and type of care. The findings could inform how support services are targeted. uri.edu/news/2026/10/african…
Family Weekend returns Oct. 23–25 with a creative twist! 🐏
With Meade Stadium under renovation, we're is introducing new activities alongside football, live entertainment, and campus traditions.
See what's planned ⬇️
uri.edu/news/2026/10/next-st…
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we are just 1️⃣ week away from the Rhody Athletics Challenge! ⏳ get ready to make an impact and show your support for URI Athletics 🐏
make your early gift today 🎁 give.uri.edu/rhody-athletics…
URI has much to celebrate. But sustaining that progress and its mission of access to higher education will require “greater investment across the board,” President Marc Parlange said in his State of the University address.
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Commentary: Higher education shouldn’t leave students in debt and without meaningful job opportunities. That’s why R.I.’s state colleges and universities are rewriting the script by offering an affordable, high-quality education with hands-on training.
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Could a compound found in grapes help protect astronauts in space?
URI doctoral student Theodoros Pavlidis is studying how nutrition could counter the effects of altered gravity on the body during long-duration spaceflight.
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➡️ uri.edu/news/2026/10/nutriti…
Show us your research! 📸 The 2026–27 URI Research & Scholarship Photo Contest is open to all current URI students, faculty, and staff, across every discipline.
Learn more and enter at:
➡️ uri.edu/photocontest
📸: Emily Sperou
Saturdays are for the Rams 🏆
The Governor’s Cup is back where it belongs—Kingston! Huge congrats to @RhodyFootball for a hard-fought 13-10 win over Brown.






































