URI professor explores transgender movements in research and the classroom - Joy Ellison is an expert on LGBTQ+ issues and transgender history.
Leader of IBM’s Quantum Safe Team to speak at URI - Charles Robinson will discuss his winding path toward a leadership position in the quantum computing revolution.- Artists, musicians, and more featured in Hispanic Heritage Month celebration - A packed series of events will be held from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15
URI celebrates new class of Nonviolence Summer Institute graduates - Now in its 24th year, the International Nonviolence Summer Institute teaches nonviolence strategies derived from the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Inaugural Earl N. Smith Memorial Scholarship winner named - At a recent event, the Paul Cuffee School named Sarina Yang as the first winner of a scholarship named in honor of a beloved URI professor and assistant dean.
Student advisors helping to revamp Africana studies program - Plans are in place to grow the Africana studies major with new faculty and new areas of emphasis, a path that students helped to forge.
Senior’s ‘Green Light Project’ aims to make theater more accessible - A senior research project helps to bring "sensory-aware" theatre performances to URI.
Thupten Tendhar recognized for peace work at URI - Tendhar was recognized recently as the recipient of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award, recognizing his work in the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies- University of Rhode Island celebrates Women’s History Month with a screening of ‘The Woman King’ - Multiple events throughout the month will celebrate women's history.
Caribbean scholar, activist, performance poet Taitu Heron visits URI, headlines ‘African-Caribbean Engagement Series’ - ‘We need to spend more time and energy on building our own lives and on empowering ourselves,’ says Taitu Heron
How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All - Martha S. Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, will give a virtual talk on race and suffrage. Professor Jones’s books include Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (2020) and Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America (2018). […]
DE&I 365 Symposium - BLACK LIVES MATTER. Community, Equity and Diversity (CED) established the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) 365 Symposium as a virtual “third space” for University of Rhode Island students, faculty, staff, alumni, affiliates, and community members to convene conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and decolonization. The conversations will take many forms, including panels, workshops, […]
A Philosophical Look at Black Music - Lewis Gordon, Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, will examine the philosophical implications of Black music and the importance of art for human resilience in the face of historical misery and metaphysical homelessness.
Feminist Struggles in a U.S. Colony: Women, Community, and Activism in Puerto Rico - Join us for a conversation with La Colectiva Feminista, an activist group founded by university students in Puerto Rico in 2013.
Was That On Purpose? And Other Good Film Notes - Professor Kendall Moore will discuss the evolution of her work and explain how certain choices made by artists of African descent are part of a larger resistance movement.
