“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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The One Behind the Curtain: Jill Rounds ‘12 on Being an Area Coordinator
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.”
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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.
Continue reading "The Art of The Details: Cat Ganim ‘03 on Putting Her Arts Education to Use"URI Welcomes New Assistant Professor of Chinese and Coordinator of Intercultural Communicative Competence
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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The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded $99,000 to support the Providence Clemente Veterans’ Initiative. The program serves veterans by providing opportunities to study history, public speaking, literature, philosophy, and beyond. Professor of Communication Studies Kathleen Torrens, Professor of Philosophy Cheryl Foster, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Jen Riley discuss the impact of this program, the salience of the humanities, and the importance of URI’s contributions.
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Through a summer fellowship, Economics major Paige Carmichael explored how variables in economics research can be influenced by gender norms, even though they are typically considered to be neutral.
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The College of Arts and Sciences and the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program sponsored a Women in Politics, Policy, and Administration roundtable last month. Alumnae panelists shared insights about work-life balance, mentoring future women leaders, and how an M.P.A. degree facilitated their career and leadership ambitions
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The current renovations underway at our Fine Arts Center are just the first stage of transformation for this vibrant space of arts and culture on campus.
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Derek Nikitas, novelist and University of Rhode Island assistant professor of creative writing, recently published an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu for the anthology Cover Storie. He reinvented the classic story through enriched language, complexity, and the influence of academic research he explored in Lovecraft’s home state of Rhode Island
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Matthew Kiesewetter, an associate professor of Chemistry, and some of his students have teamed up with the Departments of Plant Sciences and Entomology, Animal Science, and Wildlife and Conservation Biology to study bees. They are working on developing an organic way — using chemistry — to control the harmful mites that have been decimating bee colonies.
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With the support of funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Impact Fund and a university in Japan, Ryan Vallee, a Physics and Chemistry double major, was able to put his passion for physics into action with a summer internship at the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research lab at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
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“URI definitely gave me the skills I need due to the flexibility of the curriculum and the ability to take all different classes,” says Alix Bryant ’18. “Taking courses in the Harrington School [of Communication and Media] helps advance you as a communicator, and it trains you to really think critically.
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