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Earth Day & Every Day
Since 2013, JWU has been working to decrease its carbon footprint through a range of campus initiatives. Here are ways that JWU shines as a sustainable superstar.
SMART Scholarship
Data Analytics major Xavier Elias Taitano Quinata '23 has been awarded the prestigious Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship.
Why Study Culinary Arts?
Why study culinary arts at JWU? Confidence. Management skills. Learning to work with others in the kitchen not only prepares you for a culinary career, but how to collaborate across environments — like projects with other JWU colleges.
Explore Community Justice at JWU
JWU’s new Community Justice minor is designed to expand students’ perspective on approaches to crime management outside of the traditional punitive measures.
JWU Magazine: Fall 2021
Explore the evolution of CFIT, a hospitality power couple’s expanding hotel brand, and how JWU is building a more inclusive community.

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Johnson & Wales University and the University of Rhode Island Awarded $270,000 Research Grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Higher Education Challenge (HEC) grant program has awarded Johnson & Wales University (JWU) and the University of Rhode Island (URI) more than $270,000 in funding to support food systems research initiatives.

Johnson & Wales University Announces Commencement Plans

JWU today announced plans to hold in-person commencement ceremonies this May. The University will hold its commencement exercises on May 6, 2022 and May 7, 2022 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Johnson & Wales University to Require COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations for Spring 2022 Semester

JWU today announced that the university will require all students, faculty and staff who do not have an exemption approved by health services (students) or Human Resources (faculty and staff) due to medical or religious reasons to receive a COVID-19 booster shot if it has been six months since their last vaccine dose.