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Mary Mullane ‘21 - Mary Mullane ‘21, is a graduate from the college of arts and sciences with a BFA in Theater, and will be heading to Juilliard in New York City this fall (2024).
URI Master of Public Administration program first to be accredited in Rhode Island by prestigious NASPAA - The University of Rhode Island’s Master of Public Administration program is the first in the state of Rhode Island to be accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA).
URI’s Kathleen McIntyre headed to Mexico on a Fulbright-García Robles award -
Two URI students and four recent graduates awarded research fellowships from National Science Foundation -
38 URI community members honored with Demers Fellowships to support foreign language study abroad -
Faculty Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Spotlight
Madison Jones on Deep Mapping, Environmental Advocacy, and Science Writing - Madison Jones won a 2022 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for his co-authored article “Deep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design." The article shares lessons from designing and producing EcoTour, a multimedia environmental advocacy project that takes place in Paynes Prairie State Park in Gainesville, Florida.
James Horban on Bringing URI to the Forefront of Lighting Technologies in Theatre - James Horban, assistant professor of Theatre, was the recipient of a Champlin grant for new equipment and lights. "Our awarded grant will add a large quantity of cutting-edge lighting instruments to our inventory," he says, "opening new interfaces between live performance, technical mastery, and community outreach."
Melissa Villa Nicholas on a Latinx History of Technology - Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies Melissa Villa Nicholas' latest book, Latinas on the Line, was published by Rutgers Press in January. Using archives and oral history from Latinas who had been telephone operators and information workers for decades, it builds a Latinx history of technology.
Dr. Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi on Language - Dr. Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous Studies of the Americas, studies how language works at the cognitive, grammatical, and interactional levels and has worked on P’urhépecha, a Mesoamerican language unrelated to any other language.
Justin Wyatt on the Legacy of Film Director Robert Altman - Justin Wyatt, associate professor of communication studies, journalism, and film/media has a new book out titled ReFocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman.