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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In June, Ricci won grand prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for an hour-long documentary he created that ties local brewers to political policies. The film, titled The Craft, explores the development of the Rhode Island craft brew industry and the battles against the distributor lobby to pass laws allowing the industry to succeed.
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Erick Betancourt ’12 visited URI Theatre students to talk about the power of theatre to transform lives. For him, it gave a sense of purpose after two years in prison for a felony drug conviction. Since graduating from URI, Erick has gotten his master’s degree at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, earned membership to the legendary Actors Studio, appeared in numerous TV shows (including a recurring role on the CBS hit “Blue Bloods”) and is currently performing in Providence’s Trinity Repertory Company in “The Prince of Providence.”
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Cat Ganim ’03 puts her art degree to use as a product manager, utilizing design in a field she describes as “the nexus of where business, design, and technology intersect.” One of her latest achievements is co-founding OysterTracker, an app that assists shellfish farmers by keeping them up to date on their shellfish yield, as well as advising changes in farming techniques.
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The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome several new professors on the tenure-track who began in the fall 2019 semester. Assistant Professor Bing Mu, Ph.D., joins the University’s Chinese language program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. She is also the incoming Coordinator of Intercultural Communicative Competence
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