20-571: The exact sciences or quantitative sciences , sometimes called the exact mathematical sciences , are those sciences "which admit of absolute precision in their results"; especially the mathematical sciences . Examples of the exact sciences are mathematics, optics , astronomy , and physics , which many philosophers from Descartes , Leibniz , and Kant to the logical positivists took as paradigms of rational and objective knowledge . These sciences have been practiced in many cultures from antiquity to modern times. Given their ties to mathematics,
40-493: A 17-member Board of Trustees in 2019. In 2013 the faculty adopted an open-access policy to make its scholarship publicly accessible online. Twelve individuals have served as president, and three others have served as acting president of the University of Rhode Island. Marc B. Parlange is the current president, having served since August 2021. URI's main campus is located in northern South Kingstown , and most of
60-467: A fundamental change leading to the new sciences was the unification of the exact sciences and physics by Kepler , Newton , and others, which resulted in a quantitative investigation of the physical causes of natural phenomena. Linguistics and comparative philology have also been considered exact sciences, most notably by Benjamin Whorf . Mathematical sciences The mathematical sciences are
80-456: A group of areas of study that includes, in addition to mathematics , those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper. Statistics , for example, is mathematical in its methods but grew out of bureaucratic and scientific observations , which merged with inverse probability and then grew through applications in some areas of physics , biometrics , and
100-589: Is 84%. U.S. News & World Report ranks URI tied for 152nd overall among 436 "national universities" and tied for 81st out of 225 "top public schools" in 2024. Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks URI for 51-75 globally for ''Oceanography'' in 2023. The average incoming freshman at the Kingston campus for the fall of 2017 had a GPA of 3.54 and an SAT score of 1178 (out of 1600) (with ACT scores converted to SAT scale). URI has 18 club sports teams consisting of around 600 athletes. Club sports
120-504: Is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island . The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". As of 2019, the URI enrolled 14,653 undergraduate students, 1,982 graduate students, and 1,339 non-degree students, making it the largest university in the state. Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island. Satellite campuses include
140-473: The social sciences to become its own separate, though closely allied, field. Theoretical astronomy , theoretical physics , theoretical and applied mechanics , continuum mechanics , mathematical chemistry , actuarial science , computer science , computational science , data science , operations research , quantitative biology , control theory , econometrics , geophysics and mathematical geosciences are likewise other fields often considered part of
160-744: The 25 on campus residence halls, thousands more opt to commute from the surrounding area. Narragansett , an abutting town to Kingston, is made up of hundreds of summer vacation homes which are rented to students for the academic year. Notable University of Rhode Island alumni in politics and government include Lieutenant General (retired) Michael Flynn (B.Sc. 1981), 38th mayor of Providence Jorge Elorza (B.Sc. 1998), and governors of Rhode Island Lincoln Almond (B.Sc. 1959) and J. Joseph Garrahy (1953). Notable graduates in journalism and media include CNN correspondent John King (B.A. 1985), CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour (B.A. 1983), and CBS correspondent Vladimir Duthiers (B.A. 1991). Among URI's alumni in
180-526: The NCAA "March Madness" Tournament a total of 10 times since its first appearance in 1961. Two of these ten appearances occurred during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Athletic facilities include the Ryan Center , Keaney Gymnasium , Meade Stadium , Mackal Field House, Tootell Aquatic Center, Bradford R. Boss Arena , URI Soccer Complex, Bill Beck Field , and URI Softball Complex. While 5600 students live in
200-1061: The Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence's Jewelry District , the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett , and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich , which closed in June of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic . The university offers bachelor's degrees , master's degrees , and doctoral degrees in 80 undergraduate and 49 graduate areas of study through nine academic schools and colleges. Another college, University College for Academic Success, serves primarily as an advising college for all incoming undergraduates and follows them through their first two years of enrollment at URI. The University of Rhode Island
220-409: The exact sciences are characterized by accurate quantitative expression, precise predictions and/or rigorous methods of testing hypotheses involving quantifiable predictions and measurements . The distinction between the quantitative exact sciences and those sciences that deal with the causes of things is due to Aristotle , who distinguished mathematics from natural philosophy and considered
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#1732775607127240-466: The exact sciences to be the "more natural of the branches of mathematics." Thomas Aquinas employed this distinction when he said that astronomy explains the spherical shape of the Earth by mathematical reasoning while physics explains it by material causes . This distinction was widely, but not universally, accepted until the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Edward Grant has proposed that
260-659: The mathematical sciences. Some institutions offer degrees in mathematical sciences (e.g. the United States Military Academy , Stanford University , and University of Khartoum ) or applied mathematical sciences (for example, the University of Rhode Island ). University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island ( URI ) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston , Rhode Island , United States. It
280-620: The school offers include men's and women's ice hockey , soccer , tennis , equestrian , ultimate frisbee , volleyball, field hockey , wrestling , crew, gymnastics , and sailing , amongst others. These teams travel and compete against other intercollegiate programs in the country. URI also has 20+ intramural sports , including volleyball , badminton , dodgeball , and soccer . The intramural sports allow students to compete in tournaments and games with other students on campus. URI also has over 300 student organizations and clubs. The university's student newspaper , The Good Five Cent Cigar ,
300-635: The school was given its current title through an act of the General Assembly following the addition of the College of Arts and Sciences and the offering of doctoral degrees. The Board of Governors for Higher Education, appointed by the governor, became the governing body of the university in 1981 during the presidency of Frank Newman (1974–1983). The Board of Governors was replaced by the Rhode Island Board of Education in 2013, and by
320-488: The school's name was again changed to Rhode Island State College as the school's programs were expanded beyond its original agricultural education mandate. The college graduated its first African American student, Harvey Robert Turner, in 1914. Turner majored in civil engineering, competed on the college's football and track teams, and received a Bachelor of Science degree. He went on to teach at Prairie View A&M University , where he also served as treasurer. In 1951
340-472: The university property is in the Kingston census-designated place . The campus is accessed via Rhode Island Route 138 from either the west ( Interstate 95 ) or east ( United States Route 1 ). The campus was mostly farmland when it was purchased by the state in 1888, and still includes the c. 1796 Oliver Watson Farmhouse. The early buildings of the campus are set around its main quadrangle, and were built out of locally quarried granite. The campus master plan
360-906: Was developed by the noted landscape architects Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot in the 1890s. The central portion of the campus, where most of its pre-1950 buildings are located, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. URI is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . The student-faculty ratio at University of Rhode Island is 16:1, and the school has 43.1% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at University of Rhode Island include: Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse; Psychology, General; Speech Communication and Rhetoric; Kinesiology and Exercise Science; and Health-Related Knowledge and Skills, Other. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction,
380-810: Was first chartered as the Rhode Island State Agricultural School, associated with the state agricultural experiment station , in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm in Kingston, whose original farmhouse is now a small museum. In 1892, the school was reorganized as the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts . That year, it extended courses of study from two years to four years; URI reckons 1892 as its founding date. The first class had only seventeen students, each completing their course of study in two years. In 1909,
400-668: Was founded in 1971. It is also home to several Greek-lettered organizations. The University of Rhode Island competes in 16 intercollegiate sports. The university is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Coastal Athletic Association in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Rhode Island Rams men's basketball competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and has appeared in
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