{"id":17,"date":"2015-04-09T19:02:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:04:20","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>News and Events<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/newshero2.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control 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type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/widget\/view?schools=uri&#038;types=37218192028191&#038;departments=college-of-arts-and-sciences&#038;days=90&#038;num=5&#038;match=any&#038;container=localist-widget-17285988&#038;template=card\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news-and-events\/events\/\">See All Events \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/a-pathway-to-a-positive-future-after-serving-time\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/NataliePifer.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/a-pathway-to-a-positive-future-after-serving-time\/\">A pathway to a positive future after serving time?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI study finds Building Futures\u2019 construction training program for incarcerated individuals may be effective in reducing recidivism. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-cybersecurity-program-secures-4-8-million-in-nsf-funding\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/VictorF-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/VictorF-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/VictorF-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/VictorF-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/VictorF.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-cybersecurity-program-secures-4-8-million-in-nsf-funding\/\">URI cybersecurity program secures $4.8 million in NSF funding \u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New grants will help provide scholarships, prepare students to secure artificial intelligence systems.\n\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/africana-studies-and-english-professor-awarded-2026-career-enhancement-fellowship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/africana-studies-and-english-professor-awarded-2026-career-enhancement-fellowship\/\">Africana Studies and English professor awarded 2026 Career Enhancement Fellowship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Janet Kong-Chow, assistant professor, secures a 12-month Citizens &amp; Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uris-fall-2026-honors-colloquium-will-go-on-an-interstellar-exploration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Honors-Colloquium-Interstellar-Exploration-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Honors-Colloquium-Interstellar-Exploration-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Honors-Colloquium-Interstellar-Exploration-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uris-fall-2026-honors-colloquium-will-go-on-an-interstellar-exploration\/\">URI\u2019s Fall 2026 Honors Colloquium will go on an \u2018Interstellar Exploration\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Public lecture series kicks off Sept. 15 with former NASA Marshall Space Center chief technologist Les Johnson examining realistic interstellar travel.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/from-harvard-to-uri-professor-michelangelo-la-luna-publishes-landmark-study-of-a-medieval-dante-manuscript\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/LaLuna.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/from-harvard-to-uri-professor-michelangelo-la-luna-publishes-landmark-study-of-a-medieval-dante-manuscript\/\">From Harvard to URI: Professor Michelangelo La Luna Publishes Landmark Study of a Medieval Dante Manuscript<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">LaLuna publishes the first modern scholarly edition of one of the earliest vernacular commentaries on the \"Divine Comedy.\"<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news-and-events\/news\/\">See All News \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Research, Scholarship &amp; Creative Activity Spotlight<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/africana-studies-and-english-professor-awarded-2026-career-enhancement-fellowship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/JanetKC.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/africana-studies-and-english-professor-awarded-2026-career-enhancement-fellowship\/\">Africana Studies and English professor awarded 2026 Career Enhancement Fellowship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Janet Kong-Chow, assistant professor, secures a 12-month Citizens &amp; Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/faculty-spotlights\/kristine-bovy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Kris-Bovy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/faculty-spotlights\/kristine-bovy\/\">Kristine Bovy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sociology &amp; Anthropology<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-gravity-research-group-contributes-to-major-black-hole-discovery-expands-astrophysics-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/PhysicsCNNFeature.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-gravity-research-group-contributes-to-major-black-hole-discovery-expands-astrophysics-program\/\">URI Gravity Research group contributes to major black hole discovery, expands astrophysics program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The work of physics faculty Rob Coyne, Michael P\u00fcrrer, Deborah Ferguson, and Derek Davis aims to increase student participation and engagement.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-professor-part-of-a-select-group-of-french-educators-to-visit-cote-divoire-thanks-to-a-fulbright-hays-grant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/IEPFrench-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/IEPFrench-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/IEPFrench-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/uri-professor-part-of-a-select-group-of-french-educators-to-visit-cote-divoire-thanks-to-a-fulbright-hays-grant\/\">URI professor part of a select group of French educators to visit C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire thanks to a Fulbright-Hays grant<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lars Erickson, the director of the French International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island, participated in the research over the summer.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/the-unremembered-art-installation-by-uris-annu-matthew-displayed-in-tagliacozzo-italy-along-with-national-and-international-talks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Unremembered3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Unremembered3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Unremembered3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/the-unremembered-art-installation-by-uris-annu-matthew-displayed-in-tagliacozzo-italy-along-with-national-and-international-talks\/\">\u201cThe Unremembered\u201d art installation by URI\u2019s Annu Matthew displayed in Tagliacozzo, Italy along with national and international talks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Current exhibition: Aug 3 - September 21, 2025 Contemporanea \u201925  \nArchives of Suspended Memory, Palazzo Ducale, Abruzzo, Italy<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news-and-events\/news\/\">See All Spotlights \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events See All Events \u00bb Recent News See All News \u00bb Faculty Research, Scholarship &amp; Creative Activity Spotlight See All Spotlights 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