Julia Al-Amir ’23 is following the Arabic track of the Global Languages and Area Studies major, enamored with the small class sizes in her courses as well as the passion her professors display for engaging students in Arabic language and culture.
Continue reading "Julia Al-Amir ‘23 on Majoring in Global Language and Area Studies"Digging deeper into the cultural undertones of music offers a new perspective on historical moments and a new way to appreciate the diversity of the world around us. For Vilde Aaslid, URI assistant professor of music, it’s another day at the office.
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As part of a fellowship, Thomas Lenehan ’20 studied the sensitivities of energetic peroxides, exploring how to contain and safely dispose of energetic materials.
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Cameron Garvey ’20 researched the history of URI’s campus prior to the establishment of the University, informing Walking Through Time: The 3000-Year History of the URI Campus.
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Tori Zeyl ’18 reflects on how the liberal arts prepared her for a career in medicine: “When you’re interacting with patients, it’s not the science but the communication part that gets through to them because people want to be taken care of by a human… The human part is expected of you in medical school; the science you learn later.”
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The event was held to inform students of our new Japanese programs (through the Global Languages and Area Studies major and Japanese minor), the Japanese IEP program, and extracurricular activities that are available now and/or are beginning next semester.
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Gabby DoVale ’20 was admitted to the Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program through Brown University this past summer. Combining her interests in Criminology and Criminal Justice and History, she explored differences in alcohol-related arrests for white women and black women in the years around prohibition in Virginia.
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The 2nd annual Arabic Calligraphy and Letter Art Contest invited students to submit calligraphy, photography, paintings, drawings, and other creative works highlighting the beauty of Arabic writing.
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VOICES 21C is a choir with a cause. Exploring social justice themes through music, the choir members, including four A&S alumni, are transforming themselves and their audiences through the power of song. In their four years together so far, the group has traveled to Israel, Palestine, Mexico, and France for performances.
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Dogs wag their tails. Does that behavior separate them from wolves? Kate Fish spent her summer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City gathering data to test her theory that it might.
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This fall, Assistant Professor Matt Hodler joined our Harrington School of Communication and Media’s new Sports Media and Communication program. His research explores “how meanings of gender, race, nation, dis/ability, and social class are performed, (re)produced, and remembered through sport and physical activity.”
Continue reading "Dr. Matt Hodler Joins Our New Sports Media and Communication Program"Two of our recent graduates are competing in the final stages of selection for two of the most renowned international scholarships for postgraduate study. Madison Cook-Hines, of Coventry, a 2019 graduate in theater, and Autumn Guillotte, of North Kingstown, a 2018 graduate in history and philosophy, are finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship; Cook-Hines is also a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship.
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“URI’s Music program is very interdisciplinary,” says Zachary Friedland ’13. “It gives you the opportunity to play in multiple different ensembles, to take lessons learning different instruments, and to write your own music. I feel that it’s overall helped me to be a more well-rounded musician.”
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After working in on-campus residency at two different universities in California, Jill Rounds ’12 has now come back to Little Rhody as an area coordinator for the residence halls. “You learn… people skills every day in liberal arts classes,” she says, “and I use those skills every day for my job.”
Continue reading "The One Behind the Curtain: Jill Rounds ‘12 on Being an Area Coordinator"Students, faculty, administrators and staff are invited to nominate candidates for teaching, research, advising, mentoring, and administrative excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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