ALT A graphic overlaid on a campus photo announces that the University of Rhode Island is ranked the No. 1 public university in New England by The Wall Street Journal (2026) and No. 34 public university in the U.S. The photo shows students walking and sitting with Green Hall in the background.

ALT URI President Marc Parlange speaks at a podium during his State of the University address. Headline reads: “Parlange highlights ongoing successes, calls for ‘greater investment’ in URI in State of the University address.”

ALT Theodoros Pavlidis, wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves, uses a pipette to transfer liquid into a small tube at a laboratory bench while extracting proteins from muscle samples.

ALT Theodoros Pavlidis, wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves, looks down as he works with a small tube held over a container of ice in a laboratory. He is performing a bicinchoninic acid assay to measure protein concentration.

ALT Theodoros Pavlidis, wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves, points to data displayed as green graphs on a computer monitor beside laboratory equipment. He is observing the force produced by an animal model following leg contractions using an Aurora Scientific system.

ALT Promotional graphic for the Research & Scholarship Photo Contest featuring a southern elephant seal pup resting on a rocky beach in South Bay, Antarctica, with mountains in the background. Text reads, “Show us your research. Win prizes. Get published.”

ALT Two people wearing white hard hats, safety glasses, and reflective vests conduct a water test at an industrial facility. Text reads, “URI College of Engineering launches new environmental engineering degree.”

ALT Six cast members from a URI Theatre production pose in a pyramid formation onstage under a marquee in school uniforms. Text reads, “URI Theatre’s season lineup includes long-awaited return of ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Proof,’ ‘Charlotte’s Web.’”