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Recent News About University Of Rhode Island
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Mentoring makes a difference
Students at URI, whether in their first year or last, find a wealth of resources and community members looking to help them navigate their path at the University and beyond.
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Charting a course: URI professor draws Atlantic data from shipping vessels
Messages in a bottle often carry information from another place and time. For University of Rhode Island professor emeritus H. Thomas Rossby, the messages he’s received came from seafarers and oceanographers past, as he recently combined century-old data, and a novel way of capturing modern data, to produce a report on the Atlantic Ocean that gives oceanographers a better understanding of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
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Sean Edmund Rogers named dean of University of Rhode Island College of Business
The University of Rhode Island has named Sean Edmund Rogers dean of its College of Business and Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business following a competitive national search.
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URI Child Development Centers host high school students for lesson in early education
High school Career and Technical Education students from around the state have gotten a first-hand look at child development and career pathways in the human development and education fields, thanks to a partnership between the URI Child Development Centers and the Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children (RIAEYC).
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Courageous RI to launch effort to counter disinformation
The Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island will launch on Feb. 28 an exciting new media literacy initiative, Courageous RI. Funded by a $700,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security, the effort includes three distinct phases that will foster community conversation, provide training and education, and engage youth, helping participants to ask the right questions and empowering them to be more informed.
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URI Public Safety Department honors officers, employees for outstanding service
The University of Rhode Island Department of Public Safety recognized the accomplishments and contributions of its staff during its recent Awards, Recognition and Swearing In Ceremony, held recently at the Higgins Welcome Center.
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Sailing team wins McMillan Cup, poised for strong spring
How’s this for a start to a University of Rhode Island head coaching stint?