Anna Gray – Page 19 – College of Arts and Sciences

Dawn French ‘93 on Working at White Plains Hospital During COVID-19

Dawn French ‘93, a graduate of our journalism program, now works as Senior Vice President for Marketing, Communication and Community Relations at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY. “We have news updates coming in every day,” she says of her work during the COVID-19 pandemic, “and every day we have to synthesize them. It’s really the ability to take the same message and slice it in a specific way for each individual audience, which is something I first learned how to do at URI.”

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A&S students selected for prestigious summer programs in international affairs, public policy

Two of our juniors have been selected for prestigious international affairs and public policy programs being held online this summer: Cierra Wornum, a political science and journalism major, and Timothy Berard, a political science and Africana studies major.

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Criminology and computer science senior enjoyed diverse opportunities and communities

One of Allegra Angell’s proudest accomplishments in her four years at the University of Rhode Island involved her honors project. She and another student created a video game to teach adolescents about unhealthy relationships using research on effective ways to teach young adults new concepts and different types of relationship abuse that they may encounter.

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URI political science professors address pandemic’s potential effects on 2020 elections

The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a great effect on politics and this year’s election cycle. In part one of a two-part Q&A, two of our political science professors, Christopher Parker and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, discuss future potential effects.

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URI music education senior celebrates music as a force for change

From teaching music in Africa, to performing in a nonprofit choir in Boston, to starting a treble group that supports women in music, Elise Felker has explored her passion for music education in many ways.

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Theatre graduate played many roles on stage and behind it

When our theatre season ended abruptly this semester because of the coronavirus pandemic, so too did Jeremy Chiang’s expected stage swansong. Chiang, who enjoys any excuse to sing, was to play the equally song-obsessed Prince Herbert in the season-ending musical, “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”

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Two freshmen awarded prestigious scholarships for summer language studies abroad

Two of our freshmen majoring in international studies have been selected for prestigious scholarships to study foreign languages abroad this summer.

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Social Science Perspectives on COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in modern society. It has prompted an unparalleled experiment on our families, societies, politics, and economy. URI social scientists have already begun to weigh in on current effects and future implications.

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Covering COVID-19: Our students are on the beat

For Mary Lind ’22 reporting for The Good Five Cent Cigar, URI’s student newspaper, COVID-19 has thrust her and her fellow staffers into campus history, as they spend the remaining weeks of their spring semester chronicling its effect on the university.

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Stefanie Hersey

Applied Mathematics and Physics

“I am proud of how many departments I have been able to dip my feet into while at URI. From an office job in the School of Education and TAing in the physics department to the plethora of physics, math, education, and general education courses I was able to take — this allowed me to experience so much of what the University of Rhode Island has to offer.”

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Matt Delva

Economics

“My [economics research] team was chosen to represent the university at the Regional Fed Challenge in Boston. Competing allowed me to utilize everything I had learned over my time at URI and see how much knowledge I gained in economics.”

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Mariah Stephens

Anthropology and Spanish

“The time I spent in Cuba, Argentina, Spain, and Peru as a study abroad student has given me the ability to appreciate other cultures, learn a new language, and make life-long connections and friendships.”

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Nik Thommes

International Studies and Diplomacy and German

“I value the critical thinking skills I developed as a result of my liberal arts education. The ability to break down and analyze complex situations and evaluate new information is critical in today’s world.”

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Karlmathew Alamo

Landscape Architecture

“While continuing to promote advocacy for landscape architecture, I plan to utilize design in the profession to connect communities while ensuring health and human welfare through green humanitarianism.”

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Torrie Sutherland ‘20 on Finding Her Way to the Cosmos

While an undergraduate physics major, Torrie Sutherland ’20 researched radio astrophysics and created images of active galactic nuclei jets to study the polarization of the light that is being ejected from black holes. She was also the trombone section leader in URI’s Marching Band and twice performed in the Newport Jazz Festival.

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