01/30/09 - Think you would have been better off attending a pricier private college or aiming for the Ivies? Think again! SmartMoney magazine, a monthly publication of the Wall Street Journal, recently ranked the University of Rhode Island no. 15 in the nation for return on investment.
01/30/09 - The University of Rhode Island will soon be hosting its own talk show, and the film department is searching for participants. Assistant Director of Audio Visual Production Services Tim Tierney will supervise the show, which can be taken as a 3-credit class.
01/30/09 - The search has begun for a new University of Rhode Island dean of pharmacy. The former dean of pharmacy, Donald Letendre, left URI for the University of Iowa during the fall of 2007. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Donald DeHayes, the Faculty Senate and the American Association of United Professors, appointed the College of Pharmacy Dean Search Committee.
01/30/09 - In an eye-opening mission trip to Nicaragua, 14 University of Rhode Island students built a cottage foundation for an orphanage and helped underprivileged citizens. Rev. Matt Glover, of the URI Catholic Center, acted as a chaperone for the trip and several days of labor for the cottage foundation.
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