Doug Reed, assistant professor of philosophy, created the popular undergraduate course Philosophy 110G: Love and Sex. “The course begins by looking at four different philosophical accounts of love and trying to understand those. Then we use those discussions to start thinking about philosophical methodology; that is, understanding what a view is claiming,” he says.
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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.
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Sports media major Aniebiet Okon is working with the athletic department as a graphic design intern, building the team’s brand and social media reach by creating weekly in-season graphics and graphics for recruits.
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Economics and Political Science
“My liberal arts education allows me to be well-informed citizen who understands that most issues must be approached from various perspectives.”
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Gender and Women’s Studies
“The internships I’ve done are giving me the tools I need in order to create real change around my community.”
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Erik Robles ’22 is a philosophy major, theatre minor, and co-founder of Complex Ambition, a company that creates content about urban music. He’s currently working on an independent study of ancient western philosophy as well as doing a fellowship for emerging artists of color at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Warwick, Rhode Island.
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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.
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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.
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Data Science
“The College of Arts and Sciences at URI is unique because of how many different routes a student can take to achieve their academic goals.”
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The Computer Science and Statistics Department is launching a new Pathways to Success in Computer Science program that will support ten undergraduates majoring in computer science each year for five years. The scholarships include a summer stipend, tuition and book coverage, career professional development and networking with local companies, and on-campus housing and meal plans.
Continue reading "Pathways to Success in Computer Science"URI’s Memorials and Commemoration in the U.S. series began last fall exploring the people and events that society, nationally or locally, chooses to commemorate and the factors that shape those decisions. The series continues Thursday, March 3 with in-person and virtual lectures that are free and open to the public.
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Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
“The support and respect that I have felt in these relationships with everyone in this community will stay with me as I move forward with my career and my life, far beyond URI’s campus, and I cannot express how appreciative I am for that.”
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For sports media major Aniekan Okon, getting on camera to cover exciting events such as high school championships, the NBA draft, and the Patriots training camp is just business as usual.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Art and Art History is expanding its visibility around campus with new exhibition spaces in President Parlange’s house and Green Hall.
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After earning degrees in mathematics and physics, Erik Carlson ’20 is now pursuing a Ph.D. in physics. He is currently involved in research to create federal guidance on the best methodology and practices to monitor endangered species in offshore wind environments.
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