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Category: Faculty Spotlights

URI Alumni Kosean Kokeh returns to criminology and criminal justice department

2010 psychology graduate balances teaching URI students part-time with full-time research associate.

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Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Torrens

Kathleen Torrens, professor of communications studies, joined URI in 2002.

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Faculty Spotlight: Clarisa Carubin

Clarisa Carubin, professor of graphic design, holds a Ph.D. in Arts and Design from the University of Barcelona, Spain.

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Young Scholar Award to be presented to professor Luzi Shi

URI Criminology professor recognized for her research on criminal behavior and crime control policies.

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Quantum Computing jumps from online to on-campus in first time workshop

Students enrolled in the online certificate program have a unique opportunity to collaborate with their classmates in person.

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Professor Mu to receive the Research Priority Award

The professor of Chinese will pick up the award at the ACTFL Convention held November 22-24, 2024.

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Professional and public writing department holds the eighth annual National Day of Writing in North Woods

Students and faculty combine ecology and poetry to reconnect with nature and each other.

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URI Mathematics department celebrates new grants

Two faculty members are recipients of the grants from the National Science Foundation.

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URI chemistry professor receives research award for exceptional contributions to the field

Dr. Jason Dwyer receives AES Electrophoresis Society’s Mid-Career Award

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‘Migration’, by URI art professor Ben Anderson, takes flight in Italy

Ben Anderson, professor of three-dimensional art and sculpture, premiered his installation this past July in Italy.

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URI faculty receives EPSCoR Award for Collaborative Research Projects to Study Climate Change & Enhance Resilience

URI will partner with other research universities on ambitious, multidisciplinary four-year projects to develop strategies to enhance community resilience to climate change.

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Anna Vaccaro Gray ’12

Anna Vaccaro Gray ’12 has called URI home for most of her life having grown up across the street, attended the university as a student, and is now a faculty member in the gender and women’s studies department who values interdisciplinary education.

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Afua Ansong ’22

Afua Ansong ’22 is a Ghanaian American writer, dancer, and photographer. Her work interrogates the challenges of the African immigrant in the United States, exploring themes of transition, citizenship, and identity.

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Award-winning book explores environmental work of Afro-Puerto Rican women

In her award-winning book, anthropologist Hilda Lloréns chronicles the lives of women in Puerto Rico who draw on deep cultural knowledge to navigate myriad environmental challenges from industrial pollution to disasters like hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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Researchers explore the racial and gender politics of Barstool Sports

In a new paper, URI researchers argue that Barstool Sports helps to normalize racial exclusion and white male dominance in ways that parallel the rise of the alt-right in the U.S.

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