Lars Erickson, the director of the French International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, participated in the research over the summer.
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Four University of Rhode Island students—all members of the University’s prestigious Chinese Language Flagship Program—will spend the 2025-26 academic year studying in Taiwan, each as recipients of a David L. Boren Scholarship Award.
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KINGSTON, R.I. – May 21 – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a beloved colleague, friend, and member of the URI community, Walter Von Reinhard, on May 12, 2025. Walter came to URI in 1990 as a key hire for the International Engineering and International Business Programs at URI. He […]
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The Chinese Flagship Program and Chinese Section held two events honoring students and their hard work with presentations and awards.
Continue reading "Chinese Section Celebrates the End of the Academic Year"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"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.
Continue reading "Japanese Social Event"The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes its new Global Languages and Area Studies (GLAS) undergraduate major beginning in the 2019/2020 Academic Year. This innovative program is an umbrella major for some of The University of Rhode Island’s smaller language programs: Arabic, Japanese, and Classical Studies (which encompasses both Ancient Greek and Latin). GLAS provides […]
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