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Dave Ricci ’04, ’15, and ‘19, on Filmmaking, Policy, and Craft Breweries

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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History professor uses ‘Game of Thrones’ to help students understand medieval history studies

Professor Joelle Rollo-Koster has used Game of Thrones in class to explain aristocratic feuds of 12th and 13th century France and England, including this semester in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages.

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Reading the Walls: Susanna Prull ’03 on Her Lifelong Passion for Historic Preservation

“I was unsure of what I wanted to concentrate on for my undergraduate degree, so I chose URI because of its great range of undergraduate options and affordable instate tuition. I knew that, once I had an excellent undergraduate foundation and manageable student loans, I could pursue a graduate degree in one of my fields of study,” Prull ’03 says.

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URI history professor leading international team compiling a history of the papacy

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island, is heading an international team of scholars that is creating a landmark work on the history of the papacy commissioned by Cambridge University Press.

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Student Spotlight: Evan Cummiskey ‘19, on How Arabic Changed His Life

Arabic, a language spoken by about 420 million people in the world, was not even a thought in Evan Cummiskey’s head when he first started thinking about college. A native of Warwick, RI, Cummiskey chose URI in part, like many before him, because of the price tag. With a tuition limit that kept him from […]

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A&S grad working with Madeleine Albright

To hear James King ’06 tell of how he came to work for Madeleine Albright brings to mind that J.R.R. Tolkien line: “Not all those who wander are lost.”

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URI student awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship, receives $30,000 for graduate study

Selected by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation for her academic achievement, leadership ability and commitment to a career in public service, Autumn Guillotte will receive her award along with 61 other college juniors at a ceremony at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Mo. on May 28.

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URI history professor describes similarities between Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi

Pope Francis strives to lead a simple life so it’s no surprise, says history professor Joëlle Rollo Koster, that he chose to be named Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, who lived in poverty.

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