The University of Rhode Island is hosting a yearlong virtual series focused on suffrage history and modern-day voting issues.
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Assistant Professor Joon Kim on Joining the Harrington School
New Assistant Professor of Public Relations, Dr. Joon Kim, discusses his past and current research interests, what motivated him to join the Harrington School of Communication and Media, and his advice to current students.
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We are now offering HIS/APG 392X: The URI Campus: A Walk Through Time. It is being co-taught by Lorén Spears, director of the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s first and only museum dedicated to educating the public and promoting thoughtful dialogue on Indigenous history, culture and arts as well as Native American issues of today.
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Shantia Anderheggen ’84 uses her art history degree as a historic preservation professional, working to restore beautiful, historic buildings that feel quintessential to New England’s landscape.
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We’re excited to welcome Dr. Vanita Srinivasa, our newest assistant professor of physics and director of our new quantum information sciences research program. “URI is uniquely poised for growth in quantum information science and has a matching enthusiasm for expanding research and education in this field,” she says.
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the National Archives Museum created “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote.” You can see the pop-up display in-person during the next two months at URI’s Carothers Library.
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In response to current events, URI’s College of Arts and Sciences has created new additions to its typical roster of courses. These new 1-credit, S/U graded special topics courses are timely and cross-disciplinary with many team-taught by faculty from across the college.
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New assistant professor of chemistry Dr. Daniel Thomas comes to us from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, Germany. He looks forward to continue his research on helium nanodroplets and infrared spectroscopy.
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“Seeing the way one entire math class would suddenly appear in a single physics problem, or using a physics application to explain the meaning of a mathematical concept began to feel like I was watching a beautiful dance,” says Stefanie Hersey ’20, a recent graduate who double majored in physics and applied mathematics.
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Professor Marc Hutchison took advantage of the summer — and multiple trainings offered by URI — to prepare the political science department for an effective semester utilizing new technologies for virtual learning.
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Kate Dubois is a junior double majoring in Chinese and international studies and diplomacy. Here she writes about her experience being in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program.
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This fall semester, Dr. J. Jennifer Jones will teach ENG 120: Poetry Out Loud synchronously online. “We will use digital technology – and use it well – in order to ensure the very best experience of Fall 2020 while also ensuring maximum safety and health for all members of URI, as well as their families and friends,” she says.
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Jack Ryan Mazzarelli is a senior double majoring in chemistry and Chinese. Here he writes about his experiences being a student in our Chinese Language Flagship Program. “Joining the Flagship program quite literally changed my entire life,” he says.
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With Joe Army ’86 at the helm of the company, there aren’t many COVID-19 hotspots in the world where Vapotherm’s respiratory care technology can’t be found.
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For online film courses this summer, URI’s Film/Media program is utilizing smartphone production kits that enable students to execute filmmaking and all aspects of production from their own personal cellphones.
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