Milana Cepeda created a project to better understand how music and images translate into emotional experience for an audience.
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Commencement 2023: Prestigious NSF fellowship will catalyze URI senior’s Ph.D. studies at Princeton
Chemistry major Hailey Hendricks won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which will pay for three years of her Ph.D. study at Princeton.
Continue reading "Commencement 2023: Prestigious NSF fellowship will catalyze URI senior’s Ph.D. studies at Princeton"URI film professor picks five essential American indie films
Justin Wyatt’s forthcoming book surveys the full history of American independent film. We asked him to pick five must-see films.
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A senior research project helps to bring “sensory-aware” theatre performances to URI.
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An award recognizing early career faculty in public administration goes to URI’s Karen Sweeting.
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“Data is the new oil,” former Congressman James Langevin said of the importance of cyberspace at a public symposium held at URI
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The Cranston resident fled Syria when she was 11, now is now dedicated to public service career in defense of displaced populations.
Continue reading "URI junior Lina Al Taan Al Hariri wins Truman Scholarship for R.I."URI researchers help R.I. town to chart new directions in public housing
As the South Kingstown Housing Authority looks to revamp its public housing, a URI research team lends a hand.
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‘This is how we pass music forward,’ Goods says of working with Broad Rock Middle School students.
Continue reading "URI professor Emmett Goods brings jazz expertise to local middle school"Thupten Tendhar recognized for peace work at URI
Tendhar was recognized recently as the recipient of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award, recognizing his work in the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
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Multiple events throughout the month will celebrate women’s history.
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‘We need to spend more time and energy on building our own lives and on empowering ourselves,’ says Taitu Heron
Continue reading "Caribbean scholar, activist, performance poet Taitu Heron visits URI, headlines ‘African-Caribbean Engagement Series’"Former Congressman James Langevin to serve as visiting scholar at URI
Following his retirement from the U.S. Congress, Langevin has been appointed a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science.
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‘All eyes are on military leaders right now,’ says political scientist Ashlea Rundlett as Brazil navigates a fragile moment for its democratic institutions.
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In 2014, URI Professor Nicolai Petro had a front-row seat to a revolution in Ukraine that contributed to the current war with Russia. His book explores a 150-year history of destabilization.
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