“Workplace Readiness for Social Science Majors” is a fully online career readiness workshop designed for social science majors in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Professor Kathleen McIntyre and Emma Hayes ‘22 on RI Black Women’s Suffrage History
Professor Kathleen McIntyre teaches a course on Give me Suffrage: Voting Rights in the Americas. With her students, she is writing biographical sketches of twelve Providence Black suffragists from the early 1900s. Once finished, the sketches will be published in the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
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Assistant professor of computer science, Sarah Brown, is interested in adapting machine learning algorithms and the systems they are embedded in to prevent Artificial Intelligence from reinforcing patterns of discrimination.
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Diego Guevara ’16, who graduated from the URI Theatre program with a concentration in acting, credits his time at URI as a transformative experience. The conservatory-style program focuses on each student’s needs, he says.
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Our Graduate School of Library and Information Studies launched a master’s track focused on “Information Equity, Diverse Communities, and Critical Librarianship.” This spring, the program is bringing conversations on race, gender, sexuality, class and information equality to the public forum by hosting a webinar series featuring national library and information science scholars.
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Hope McKinney ’21 discusses how going back to college in her twenties made her appreciate education more, and how an internship solidified her passion for journalism.
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Join us this spring as our virtual Suffrage Centennial Lecture Series continues and we explore both suffrage history and modern-day voting issues.
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Students and faculty from our Department of Theatre participated in the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre (KC/ACTF) 2021 Region 1 Festival.
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Marcus P. Nevius, assistant professor of history, spent a month in the the Great Dismal Swamp, a tract of marshland situated between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, researching his first book, City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856.
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Jason Phillips ’23, a triple major in Journalism, Writing and Rhetoric, and English, discusses the importance of community in organizations and taking advantage of the opportunities URI has to offer, especially in the humanities.
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In late December every year, we announce our Dean’s Excellence Awards. They are chosen based on nominations from students, faculty, administrators, and staff.
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Professor Krishna Venkatasubramanian is researching computer authentication problems faced by people with upper extremity impairment with the goal of developing software that allows users to more easily access their devices. His work has the support of a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Ximena Sevilla, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow in our Department of History, discusses her time at URI, is an environmental historian of Latin American.
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In this story, our new Assistant Professor of Music Emmett Goods discusses his teaching background, his research interests in the hard bop trombone style of jazz, and his advice to current students.
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Logan Giroux ’20 is combining his love for yoga, meditation, and fitness with his degree in computer science to launch a startup, Meditation Athlete, an online platform offering yoga and meditation classes to athletes and other patrons.
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