Avikunthak won the award for outstanding contribution to the field of experimental film and media.
Continue reading "Film Professor Ashish Avikunthak wins the The Ground Glass Award at Prismatic Ground"Admission into law school depends on a student’s undergraduate or graduate grades, academic references, and performance on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). If you wish to attend law school in the fall of the year following your college graduation, you should plan to take the LSAT in June before or October during your senior […]
Continue reading "Law School Application Guide"The Law School Admissions Council and the Association of American Law Schools, which supervise law school admissions and accreditation, recommend that applicants acquire a broad-based education and possess excellent reading, writing, and analytical skills. Thus, students are encouraged to seek courses emphasizing reading and writing. In addition, it is wise to take classes that prepare […]
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Junior balances double major with many interests: tutoring, volunteering, running track, advocacy, and the list goes on
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Continue reading "Davie Raphael LeClair ’26"Jason Phillips graduated with a B.A. in English, journalism, and public and professional writing in 2023. He continues his education at URI as an English M.A. student with an expected graduation in 2027. Why did you choose URI for your undergraduate career? I decided to graduate high school a year early, so I had a […]
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Season will feature ‘Machinal,’ ‘Peter and the Starcatcher,’ ‘Bakkhai,’ and ‘Guys and Dolls.’
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Schools and communities across the U.S. get free access to a research tool that helps measure implementation of media literacy in local communities.
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Junior Katie Riedy will pursue focus on LGBTQ+ issues.
Continue reading "URI Communication Studies student named among first cohort of Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship recipients"“SEARCHDOG,” a feature documentary by University of Rhode Island Professor Mary Healey Jamiel and Executive Producer Elaine Rogers, will have its Rhode Island broadcast premiere on Rhode Island PBS Friday, July 22, at 8 p.m. It will also be airing on Saturday, July 23, at 12 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Art and Art History is expanding its visibility around campus with new exhibition spaces in President Parlange’s house and Green Hall.
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Tim Gray ’89, a graduate of our journalism major, is president and founder of the World War II Foundation. He was recently inducted into the State of Rhode Island’s Heritage Hall of Fame and the Harrington School’s Journalism Hall of Fame.
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The University of Rhode Island appointed Catherine John-Camara, Ph.D., an English professor who specializes in African American and Caribbean literature, chair of the Department of Africana Studies. John-Camara started at URI in July. John-Camara, who served as interim chair of the English department at the University of Oklahoma, took over an interdisciplinary program that draws […]
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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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