KINGSTON, R.I., Sept. 16 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
KINGSTON, R.I. - Sept. 16, 2026 - Bob Woodruff, an award-winning correspondent for ABC News who has covered the world's most influential stories over the last three decades, will deliver the University of Rhode Island's 2026 Christiane Amanpour Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center Hope Room, 46 Upper College Road on the Kingston Campus.
Woodruff, who succeeded the late Peter Jennings as anchor of "ABC World News Tonight," will discuss his journalistic endeavors, as well as offer advice to students seeking journalism and media careers. The lecture, titled "A Conversation with Bob Woodruff," and presented fr...