KINGSTON, R.I. – The University of Rhode Island inducted 13 former employees into the Lifetime Service Society recognizing their decades of service to the University in ceremonies Dec. 1 at
KINGSTON — To current University of Rhode Island students like Cristóbal Bustos, the events of fall 1992 are considered history. The ’90s may be back in style and many students
WHAT: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., will address a College of Business class of about 560 first-year students on climate change. Re-envisioned for the College’s 100th anniversary, the class, “Developing Brand ‘You’ for the Future of Work,” gives first-year students who intend to major in a business discipline the opportunity to consider their place in the work world of the future, exploring such topics as artificial intelligence and sustainability. Whitehouse’s talk will be preceded by a presentation by Alex Couture, head of technical operations at Google, on human bias in artificial intelligence and its impact on innovation in the field. (Whitehouse’s talk is open to the media, but the event is not open to the public.) .
The University of Rhode Island has named its 2022 Research and Scholarship Excellence Awards recipients. Undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty were among the 9 recipients honored during recent ceremonies at the Higgins Welcome Center. .