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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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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When talking to Aran Valente for even a brief amount of time, it becomes exorbitantly clear that he is a man of two things: action and change. In this article, he discusses how his time at URI was the springboard for travels and social justice work in Romania and Uganda.
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Richard Rivera graduated from URI in 1995 with a degree in Political Science. He now works as Vice President and Branch Manager of Charles Schwab in Boston, MA.
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Students in URI Professor Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz’s fall 2018 class recently presented each of the 99 second-graders at Asa Messer Elementary School with four books to read over the summer. In the program’s five years, students in the Education Policy and Public Service Internship class have donated more than 2,000 books to students at Asa Messer.
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This month the College of Arts and Sciences welcomes a new associate dean, Dr. Brian Krueger. He brings over eighteen years of institutional experience to the role, including six years spent as chair of the department of political science at URI. “It is a great time to be involved in a College of Arts and Sciences,” […]
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As many are taught early on in their lives, passion is something that can find you at any time. Its fluid, dynamic nature can often be a source of frustration or clarity. For Cynthia Malambi, her passion found her early in her academic career, spanning an entire ocean to do so. After moving to Providence, […]
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After graduating in 2012 with a B.A. in Political Science, Christopher Arena moved to Washington, D.C., with no job offer and a few hundred dollars in his pocket. He took the first job he could get and said yes to any opportunity that came his way. By 2015, he worked in political campaign management and […]
Continue reading "Forging Resilience: Christopher Arena ’12, Founder of GFTB Digital, on Making an Impact in an Ever-Changing World"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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Deciding what’s next for the 76-year-old, city-owned McCoy Stadium may take many months, but a public policy report written by two University of Rhode Island students could provide the necessary research to start the conversation.
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During fall 2017, Aria Mia Loberti wrote an original piece of research on Guide Dog/Handler communication and perception and presented her work at the Western States Communication Association Conference in California in February of 2018.
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Zoë Mitchell, Class of 2018, is currently studying in Morocco through the prestigious Boren Scholarship. The Political Science Major and Arabic Minor, who aspires to a career in international relations, is spending her time abroad immersed in Middle Eastern politics and Islamic studies.
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Last semester, Hall, who is majoring in gender and women’s studies and political science, devoted her Sunday mornings to cold calling Rhode Island residents about reproductive rights issues. A volunteer for the advocacy nonprofit The Woman Project, Hall also collected signatures of URI community members and supporters of reproductive rights on fabric squares that will be stitched together in a quilt to be delivered to the Rhode Island State House.
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