Associate Professor Kyle Kusz as a joint appointment in the Departments of English and Gender and Women’s Studies. His research critically examines the complicated roles that sport, media, and popular culture play in social struggles for power in society in particular moments in history.
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After graduating with a double major in journalism and communication studies, Emma Mangione ‘20 now works as a news producer with NBC 10 WJAR in Providence, RI.
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Driven by his love for computers, Jeffrey Drummond ’20 majored in computer science. He now works as a software associate at Infosys.
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Elora Sullivan ’11 found a way to combine her English degree, her passion for food and wellness, her experience with cookbooks, and her social media skills as a freelancer for the Penguin Random House-owned food media brand TASTE.
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Audrey Visscher 22′ is a double major in theatre and film/media. She was recently awarded first place at the Showcase of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Works for her presentation on her experience working as the light designer for URI’s play, Silent Sky.
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Stacey Pietrowicz ’02, a graduate of philosophy and psychology, is now a partner and one of five principal attorneys at a civil litigation law firm in Boston, MA.
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Vianka Brito ’20 double majored in Communication Studies and Human Development and Family Studies, and now works as a work readiness coach with Skills for RI’s Future.
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Kim Smith ’15 majored in public relations and minored in communication studies. She’s now in her fifth season working in the National Football League and her third working as Media Relations Coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.
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The study was conducted by Media Literacy Now Rhode Island and Renee Hobbs, professor of communication studies, in collaboration with our Social Science Institute for Research, Education and Policy.
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The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) is thrilled to welcome the inaugural Visiting Carlson Scholar this semester, P. Carl. This semester at URI, Carl will engage with students in GWS classes, as well as the broader URI community, to provide trans-awareness programming.
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URI’s Department of Physics celebrated the launch of its new M.S. degree program in Quantum Computing with the inaugural conference in Quantum Computing and Quantum Information Science (QIS) in October.
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The Harrington School of Communication and Media hosted a virtual event with the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, Clint Smith III, author of How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, in September.
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CNN anchor and senior political correspondent Abby Phillip, a veteran journalist who has covered three presidential administrations, will deliver URI’s 14th annual Christiane Amanpour Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m.
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University of Rhode Island Professor of Physics Gaurav Khanna has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Khanna is also the University’s founding Director of Research Computing.
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Mathematics. Philosophy. Computer Science. Anthropology. Art. Zara Blum ’14 studied it all on her way to becoming the Marketing Program Manager of A.I. Events at Facebook.
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