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."
As the South Kingstown Housing Authority looks to revamp its public housing, a URI research team lends a hand.
Continue reading "URI researchers help R.I. town to chart new directions in public housing"
‘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"
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
Continue reading "Thupten Tendhar recognized for peace work at URI"Multiple events throughout the month will celebrate women’s history.
Continue reading "University of Rhode Island celebrates Women’s History Month with a screening of ‘The Woman King’"
‘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’"
Following his retirement from the U.S. Congress, Langevin has been appointed a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science.
Continue reading "Former Congressman James Langevin to serve as visiting scholar at URI"
‘All eyes are on military leaders right now,’ says political scientist Ashlea Rundlett as Brazil navigates a fragile moment for its democratic institutions.
Continue reading "URI professor discusses Jan. 6-style unrest in Brazil"
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.
Continue reading "URI professor’s new book looks at internal divisions in Ukraine that contributed to current conflict with Russia"
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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The massive new dataset, soon to be freely available online, aims to help researchers objectively evaluate respect for human rights the world over.
Continue reading "URI research team launches world’s largest global human rights dataset"
New details about the chemical reaction that occurs when a form of iron called ferrate is exposed to light could broaden its application in water treatment systems.
Continue reading "Researchers shed (laser) light on emerging water treatment technique"
‘Some Food We Could Not Eat’ is on display in the URI Greenhouses through Dec. 13
Continue reading "Growing URI’s exhibit spaces: New show in the Greenhouses examines food through an artistic lens"
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.
Continue reading "Researchers explore the racial and gender politics of Barstool Sports"
The award-winning writer, naturalist, activist, and educator will wrap up the fall schedule of the University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities’ year-long discussion, “Re-Envisioning Nature: An Environmental Humanities Lecture Series.”
Continue reading "Author, activist Terry Tempest Williams to address Environmental Humanities Lecture Series"