Professor Heather Johnson is the Director of Writing Across URI, a program designed to help faculty promote and encourage more writing in their classroom. Here she discusses the program, its impact on both faculty and students, and the importance of digital storytelling during a global pandemic.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us this spring as our virtual Suffrage Centennial Lecture Series continues and we explore both suffrage history and modern-day voting issues.

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.

In late December every year, we announce our Dean’s Excellence Awards. They are chosen based on nominations from students, faculty, administrators, and staff.