{"id":15028,"date":"2023-05-22T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=15028"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:52:11","slug":"scenes-from-commencement-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/scenes-from-commencement-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Commencement 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"type-intro\" style=\"max-width: 100%\">Nearly 700 College of Arts and Sciences graduates representing 24 academic departments and over 40 majors and minors gathered in the Ryan Center on Saturday, May 20 to receive their hard-earned degrees. Enjoy some of the sights from Saturday&#8217;s festivities as captured by Arts and Sciences student photographer Dylan Ruggieri.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15028 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/scenes-from-commencement-2023\/attachment\/as-grad-15web\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/AS-Grad-15WEB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/AS-Grad-15WEB.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/AS-Grad-15WEB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/AS-Grad-15WEB-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-6WEB-1280x853.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/scenes-from-commencement-2023\/attachment\/main-grad-dylan-2web\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Main-Grad-Dylan-2WEB-1280x853.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>See a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/you-are-extraordinary-uri-celebrates-class-of-2023-during-137th-commencement\/\">full recap of URI&#8217;s 137th commencement<\/a> at Rhody Today. Read more about just a few of our extraordinary Arts and Sciences graduates:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/students-green-light-project-aims-to-make-theatre-more-accessible\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Melie_newsletter.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Melie_newsletter\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Senior brings sensory-aware theater to URI<\/h2><p>A senior project by Melie Hayes aims to make theater more welcoming to all--including those with sensory processing challenges. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-uri-senior-heads-to-princeton-for-ph-d-with-help-from-national-science-foundation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/HaileyUpscalehorizon.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"HaileyUpscalehorizon\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Senior wins prestigious NSF graduate fellowship<\/h2><p>Chemistry major Hailey Hendricks won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which will pay for three years of her Ph.D. study at Princeton.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/student-advisors-helping-to-revamp-africana-studies-program\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Scott-Foley-Amaral-Felize.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Scott, Foley, Amaral, Felize\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Student advisors help to revamp Africana Studies<\/h2><p>A student team, including seniors Joe Amaral and Mia Foley, helped to revamp the African studies major for future generations of students.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-student-senator-makes-connections\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Bove-web.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Bove-web\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>A voice for the students<\/h2><p>Senior communication studies and political science major Christopher Bove served in the student senate and looks ahead to a career in government.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/commencement-2023-senior-composer-explores-how-art-transmits-emotion\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/MilanaHorizon.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"MilanaHorizon\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Senior composer explores art and emotion<\/h2><p>Milana Cepeda created a project to better understand how music and images translate into an emotional experience for an audience.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/researchers-shed-laser-light-on-emerging-water-treatment-technique\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/20220525_Salerno_URI_CaliAntolini-0003.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"20220525_Salerno_URI_CaliAntolini-0003\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Ph.D. graduate explores emerging water treatment technique<\/h2><p>Newly minted Ph.D. Cali Antolini\u2019s work could broaden applications for an emerging water treatment method<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/researchers-shed-laser-light-on-emerging-water-treatment-technique\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Film-photo-1-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Film-photo-1-1\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Movie night features Harrington student films<\/h2><p>The student-made shorts films, which debuted in May, included a documentary on injustices faced by the Narragansett Tribal Nation, the story of a man caught in a twisted game show, and a spoof on a Rhode Island-based reality show.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/moving-on-moving-out-senior-art-students-to-exhibit-work-at-hera-gallery-this-spring\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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