The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department opens an uncertain season next month with a play about a pioneering group of women “computers” who helped scientists map the stars and night sky.
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Nigeran native Tosin Salau ’21 earned a master’s degree in International Relations while working as an administrative and research assistant for URI’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies.
Continue reading "Graduate Student Tosin Salau on International Relations and Conflict Processes"A new online exhibit featuring the work of Professor Annu Palakunnathu Matthew that remembers the 2.5 million Indians who voluntarily took up arms to fight on behalf of their British colonial rulers during World War II is now live on URI Libraries’ new digital exhibit space.
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Andrew Burnap ’13 accepted the best actor award for his role in “The Inheritance” at the 74th Annual Tony Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City in September.
Continue reading "URI’s Andrew Burnap wins Tony Award for best actor for ‘The Inheritance’"The student newspaper with a quirky name has kept URI on its toes for 50 years. Events to celebrate and remember those years will be held in late September and during Alumni and Family Weekend in October.
Continue reading "Alumni, faculty, students celebrate Good Five Cent Cigar’s golden anniversary"A veteran of numerous albums, classical guitarist Adam Levin had never had the pleasure of seeing one of his recordings reach the Billboard charts. Now, in the span of 10 weeks, he’s done it twice – landing the top spot with two different albums.
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Arden Bastia ’20 double majored in English and writing & rhetoric. She now works as a journalist with Beacon Communications and is enrolled in a graduate program at Northeastern University for journalism with a focus in media innovation.
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Professor Hilda Lloréns’ new book, Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice (U. of Washington Press), will be published in November.
Continue reading "Professor Hilda Lloréns on Afro-Puerto Rican Women and Environmental Justice"The Center for the Humanities’ “Memorials and Commemoration in the U.S” series, which will include virtual and in-person presentations, will focus on themes of race, ethnicity and sovereignty on the local and national levels.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Music’s University Artist Series kicks off on September 12th with a performance titled “Make Them Hear You” featuring Melissa Joseph of Haiti.
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The University of Rhode Island has appointed Catherine John-Camara, Ph.D., an English professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in African American and Caribbean literature, chair of the nearly-year-old Department of Africana Studies.
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Sean Johnson ’04, a studio art major, has used his degree to flourish as an artist and in the tech industry. Though these two fields may seem unrelated at first, Sean credits his liberal arts background with developing universal skills that have helped him succeed.
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Rachel Mossberg ’10 majored in film/media and minored in both art and professional and public writing. She now works as an associate producer for MUNCHIES, VICE’s food channel.
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Kathryn Fish ’20 double majored in anthropology and biology, and is now pursuing a PhD in human paleobiology at George Washington University. While at URI, she did two Arts and Sciences Fellowships to gain experience doing hands on research in her field.
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Allison Lantagne ’20, double major in communication studies and political science, now works as Constituent Services Coordinator for Senator Maggie Hassan.
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