Derek Nikitas, novelist and University of Rhode Island assistant professor of creative writing, recently published an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu for the anthology Cover Storie. He reinvented the classic story through enriched language, complexity, and the influence of academic research he explored in Lovecraft’s home state of Rhode Island
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Matthew Kiesewetter, an associate professor of Chemistry, and some of his students have teamed up with the Departments of Plant Sciences and Entomology, Animal Science, and Wildlife and Conservation Biology to study bees. They are working on developing an organic way — using chemistry — to control the harmful mites that have been decimating bee colonies.
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With the support of funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Impact Fund and a university in Japan, Ryan Vallee, a Physics and Chemistry double major, was able to put his passion for physics into action with a summer internship at the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research lab at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
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“URI definitely gave me the skills I need due to the flexibility of the curriculum and the ability to take all different classes,” says Alix Bryant ’18. “Taking courses in the Harrington School [of Communication and Media] helps advance you as a communicator, and it trains you to really think critically.
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When talking to Aran Valente for even a brief amount of time, it becomes exorbitantly clear that he is a man of two things: action and change. In this article, he discusses how his time at URI was the springboard for travels and social justice work in Romania and Uganda.
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Mikaela Vento looks forward to graduating in May 2020 with majors in German, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Global Languages and Area Studies with a concentration in Arabic.
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The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome several new Professors on the tenure-track beginning in the fall 2019 semester. Assistant Professor Emily Diamond, Ph.D., joins the University with a joint appointment in the Department of Marine Affairs and the Harrington School of Communication and Media’s Public Relations Program.
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The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome several new professors on the tenure-track beginning in the fall 2019 semester. Assistant Professor Ying Xiong, Ph.D., joins the Harrington School of Communication and Media’s Public Relations Program.
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Christine Zozula, Associate Professor of Sociology, recently published her debut book. While offering a critique of the community court system, she explores the prosecution of quality-of-life crimes, the workings of individualized justice in community courts, and the idea that criminal justice reforms may not deliver on all they promise.
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Michael Antosh, assistant professor of physics, is hoping to improve cancer treatments through research on the use on nanoparticles to enhance radiation therapy and ultimately make it more effective at eradicating cancer.
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Kenny Greene ’19 graduated in May — 25 years after first starting his degree — to fulfill a promise to his mother and win a bet with his daughter. “The best advice I can give is to utilize all the resources that are offered to you,” he says. “Don’t be embarrassed or nervous to take up a professor’s time outside the classroom. Professors appreciate kids showing interest in their class and what they’re teaching. They’re caring and giving people, use them and their resources.”
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The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome several new professors beginning in the fall 2019 semester. Assistant Professor Chelsea Farrell, Ph.D., joins the Criminology and Criminal Justice program.
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Driven by a fine-tuned affinity for the written word, Caelan Ernest fell in love with URI’s Writing and Rhetoric major through the curriculum’s commitment to academic writing.
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In this article, Dr. Venkatasubramanian explains his background; research agenda; and why he seeks to create learning environments that engage STEM with language, culture, and history. “I am driven by a strong desire to develop computational solutions that are useful for helping vulnerable populations in our society,” he says.
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Buddini Karawdeniya ’18 wrote advice for graduate students that was published on the website for Nature, a leading international scientific research journal. While at URI, Buddini worked in the lab of Dr. Jason Dwyer, who won the Arts and Sciences Graduate Mentoring Award in 2018.
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