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URI receives $1.6 million gift from trustee for new engineering scholarship program
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 24 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:

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URI receives $1.6 million gift from trustee for new engineering scholarship program

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KINGSTON, R.I. - March 24, 2026 - Joseph F. Matthews '80, a member of the University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees and a URI alumnus, has made a $1.6 million gift to the state's land- and sea-grant institution to establish a permanent endowment fun . . .

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