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About University of Rhode Island

The University of Rhode Island, or URI for short, is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, with its main campus located in Kingston, a village and a census-designated place in the town of South Kingstown, originally called Little Rest (adopting its current name in 1826), also being the county seat for Washington County (formerly Kings County), between 1752 and 1894.

URI was established, in Kingston, in 1888, first starting as Rhode Island Agricultural School and Agricultural Experiment Station, its establishemnt being possible by funding from The Hatch Act of 1887, becoming Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, with funding from the Second Morrill Land Grant Act of 1890, officially adopting its current name in 1951, being previously known as Rhode State Island College (1909).

Today, the university is known as one of the country's best schools, in addition to the Kingston campus, URI also having other 3 campuses, spread throughout the state, including Providence's Feinstein Campus, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich. It has an enrollment of more than 14 500 undergraduates and nearly 5000 graduate students, to whom it offers numerous educational programs in various fields of study, through various academic divisions, among the most renowned being the Colleges of Engineering and Nursing and the Graduate School of Oceanography.

Athletics

URI's atheltic teams are known as the Rams, who compete in 22 intercollegiate sports, of which 12 are for women and 10 are for men, in the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association, and the Colonial Athletic Association in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision for football. Among the most important athletic facilities on campus, there are: the Ryan Center, Keaney Gymnasium, Meade Stadium, Bradford R. Boss Arena, and the URI Soccer Complex, other athletic facilities including: fitness rooms, indoor track, swimming and diving pools, twelve tennis courts, and two beach volleyball courts, among others.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Lincoln Almond - Former Governor of Rhode Island, Ross Kauffman - Co-Writer, director, producer, Born into Brothels, J. T. Walsh - actor, Robert Crandall - former President and Chairman of the Board, American Airlines, Bruce Sherman - Investor and CEO of Private Capital Management, Vincent Sarni - Former Chairman & CEO of PPG Industries, John Geddes - Managing Editor, New York Times, Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda - 25th Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C., and General Leon J. LaPorte - United States Army four-star general, plus many others.