KINGSTON, R.I., June 26 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
KINGSTON, R.I. - June 26, 2026 - The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on June 25.
Students Elliot Roman and Jake Bonney piloted URI's remotely operated vehicle Rhody to cut the ceremonial ribbon underwater in the building's 20-foot-wide by 30-foot-long test tank.
Governor Dan McKee, House Speaker Emeritus K. Joseph Shekarchi, other local and state elected leaders, members of the URI Board of Trustees, and University faculty, staff, students, and alumni were among the hundreds wh...