Join the Metcalf Institute for “Equity on the Table: A Conversation about Public Health, Food Access, and Climate Change,” a moderated panel discussion with three fellows from the SciComm Identities Project around climate change and its intersection with public health and food equity.
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How Unique is the First Amendment? featuring Floyd Abrams
November 3 at 4 pm in-person at Hope Room, Welcome Center, and streaming live on YouTube.
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Investigative reporting is journalism’s costliest and riskiest endeavor. It is most vulnerable to government pressure because it is the most worthwhile work journalists do: It holds people in power accountable. Walter V. Robinson, editor-at-large for The Boston Globe, led the Pulitzer-prize-winning team of Spotlight reporters who uncovered the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic […]
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Filmmaker Joan Tewkesbury will visit the Harrington School on Friday, March 21st to conduct a screenwriting workshop with 35 film students.
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October 10 at 5 pm in-person at Beaupre Room 105 and streaming live on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Youtube.
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February 22 at 5 pm in-person at Hope Room, Welcome Center and streaming live on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Youtube.
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2023 Christiane Amanpour Lecture featuring: Mstyslav Chernov October 20 at 7:00 PM ET in Edwards Auditorium [watch the video]
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November 1 at 5 PM ET Swan Hall Auditorium & streamed live on Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, Twitter
Continue reading "Digging for Truth Featuring Caitlin Dickerson"Ranger Hall: A Historic Transformation
At the heart of the Harrington School’s dynamic learning community is Ranger Hall, situated on URI’s iconic Quad. Nearly $15 million in renovations have transformed this historic structure into a modern academic hub with adaptive classrooms, versatile gathering spots, and cutting-edge creative spaces. The Harrington Hub features a Living/Learning Room (left), as well as […]
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2022 Amanpour Lecture featuring award-winning international correspondent, Jane Ferguson
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 7:00pm [watch the video]