After living in Spain for more than 12 years due to his father’s Air Force deployment, Dawson Miller ’23 returned to the U.S. for the first time since 2006 to study Chinese through URI’s Chinese flagship program.
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Ben Felag ’18 majored in English and minored in education. He now has a successful career as a drag queen called SemiSweet.
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Yasmin Hussein ’20 majored in political science and public relations after recognizing the need to help underrepresented and underserved communities. She now works as an underwriter assistant at Falvey Cargo.
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Emma Hayes ’22 is a double major in gender and women’s studies and communication studies. She’s been able to utilize various platforms to express and promote the stories of women and other oppressed groups thanks to the knowledge and skill set she obtained from both curriculums.
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A new multidisciplinary undergraduate course at the University, URI Campus: A Walk Through Time, examines the history of the land on which the Kingston campus sits.
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After a perilous journey escaping Gambia over a decade ago, URI started Omar Bah ’10 on a path that led to founding the Refugee Dream Center, a non-profit that helps thousands of refugees a year from different parts of the world. He is now running for political office.
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As a Gender and Women’s Studies major, Juan Loayza-Miranda ’22 has learned to put knowledge into practice. After graduation he plans to begin graduate school in higher education administration to work toward supporting disadvantaged and underrepresented students.
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Josephine Shirah ‘22, double major in chemistry and mathematics, worked within the A&S Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in 2021.
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Fulbright Scholar Jay Rumas ’21 is currently in Prešov, the third-largest city in Slovakia about 428 miles from the Ukraine capital of Kyiv.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Theatre Department presents Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” It opens Thursday, March 3, in J-Studio in the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road, on the Kingston Campus.
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Recent inductee to R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame Tim Gray wants people to see, feel and hear the experiences of those who served, those who supported and suffered with them.
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Miles Wilson ’22 is a French major bound for Howard University School of Law after graduation. “URI’s French department is resourceful and its faculty are extremely helpful,” he says. “I am beyond happy to have decided to become a French major here at URI.”
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From classic to contemporary music, from jazz big band to the symphony orchestra and concert band, the University of Rhode Island Music Department will present dozens of concerts this spring.
Continue reading "Swing, classical music, jazz among the offerings on the spring schedule for URI Department of Music"URIwill host internationally renowned writer, producer and director Haile Gerima on March 2. Gerima will hold a master class on “African American Counter Cinema” and separately screen selections from his latest project, a documentary on maroons in the United States. Maroonage refers to the history of formerly enslaved Africans who escaped during the period of slavery and created their own communities.
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Emma Richelsoph ’21 hoped to use her majors in public relations and biological science to pursue a career where she could incorporate her two passions: animals and writing. Successfully doing so, Richelsoph now works in social media for EARTH Limited, the non-profit organization partnered with the Southwick Zoo.
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