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6 unusual facts about University of Rhode Island


Barbara K. Sullivan

She is a professor at the University of Miami, and was previously an associate professor at the University of Rhode Island.

GSLIS

University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies (GSLIS), in Kingston, Rhode Island

Maury Klein

Klein taught for a year at Emory before accepting a job at the University of Rhode Island in September 1964.

Nicolai N. Petro

Nicolai N. Petro (born 1958) is an academic specializing in Russian Affairs, currently Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, in the United States.

T. V. Padma

She obtained her doctorate degree in oceanography at The College of William and Mary and is currently Director of Graduate Diversity Affairs at the University of Rhode Island.

Víctor Capellán

His career as an educator began at the University of Rhode Island where he taught in the Human Development and Family Studies program and served as Coordinator of Student Leadership Programs.


1999 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

The University of Rhode Island won their first conference tournament after Lamar Odom of Rhode Island made a 3-point 'buzzer beater' to beat Temple.

Bender Glacier

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2006) after Professor Michael L. Bender at the Department of Geosciences (Geochemistry), Princeton University (earlier at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island), whose paleoclimate research from 1984 centered on the glacial-interglacial climate change and the global carbon cycle.

BiNet USA

A member of the standing committee that is currently planning the 10th ICB to be held on the campus of the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA in July 2008.

Dharam Ablashi

He then received his Diploma in Bacteriology from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute before moving to the United States, where he earned his Master of Science degree in Pathology and Virology at the University of Rhode Island.

Greg Hadley

In 2010, following a short career playing professionally for the Tampere Saints (Tampere, Finland), Hadley was a Defensive Assistant at the University of Rhode Island.

Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting model

The model was developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the University of Rhode Island, and Florida State University.

J. T. Walsh

After studying at Clongowes Wood College in Ireland from 1955-1961, Walsh attended the University of Tubingen in Tubingen, Germany and then the University of Rhode Island, where he starred in many college theater productions.

Jeff McInerney

McInerney subsequently served as an assistant coach at Troy University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Tulsa, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Oregon State University, Duke University, the University of Southern California and the University of Rhode Island.

Kenyon L. Butterfield

He was president of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1903-1906); the Massachusetts Agricultural College (1906-1924), and the Michigan Agricultural College, (later Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, which is now Michigan State University) from 1924 to 1928.

Rhode Island Rams men's ice hockey

The Rhode Island Rams men's ice hockey team represents the University of Rhode Island in Division I of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.


see also

Kenyon L. Butterfield

Butterfield Hall at the University of Rhode Island, Butterfield House at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Butterfield Hall of the Brody Complex at Michigan State University are all dedicated in his name.

Patrick Devlin

L. Patrick Devlin, professor of communication at the University of Rhode Island