This year the Harrington School graduated nearly 450 students in undergraduate and graduate programs and more than 50% of them landed a full-time position prior to graduation day.
Continue reading "#Harrington2017 Graduation!"Writing is one of the most sought after skills by employers today, according to a survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. This important skill is a major focus of the Harrington School and one of the reasons the Writing Center was established.
Continue reading "Writing Center Develops Essential Skill"Leaving academia for television and then leaving television for academia was always the plan. Justin Wyatt took theory, put it into practice, and then brought his research back to the classroom.
Continue reading "Justin Wyatt"April 21st, 2017, 6 – 10pm Alumni Center, URI Kingston Campus GSLIS alumni, students, faculty, and friends came together at The Graduate School of Library and Information Studies annual gathering to celebrate our anniversary. Celebrating our Alumni of the Year: Catherine Damiani, East Providence Public Library Dhana Whiteing, Providence Community Library — Mount Pleasant Celebrating the […]
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By: Kelly Cucciniello ’17, Public Relations PRSSA’s annual speaker series is coming back to URI March 21-23 and will feature three leaders in different aspects of the PR industry: David Preston, Gail Alofsin, and Betty Galligan. David Preston is founder and owner of New Harbor Group. He specializes in crisis communications and community relations. Some […]
Continue reading "Public Relations Student Society of America to host annual speaker series"Ashish Chadha has been making films for decades, but they are not the kind you might see at, say, a Showcase cinema. Chadha’s films are experimental or, as one critic puts it, “deliberately incomprehensible,” yet “visually seductive.” They explore themes of death, time, and ritual rooted in the religion, history, and philosophy of India, where he grew up.
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Thanks to an incredibly generous gift from Jonathan Herman ’99, students who have unfortunately lost a parent either before or during their studies at URI are now eligible for scholarships from the Arthur and Helen Herman Scholarship Fund, named for Jonathan Herman’s parents, both of whom passed on while Jonathan was very young. Adam Roth, interim director […]
Continue reading "Alumnus Creates Unique Scholarship For Students"Christiane Amanpour, a URI alum and Chief International Correspondent with CNN, accepts the prestigious Burton Benjamin award with humility and grace. She begins by addressing his daughter with warmth, reverence and compassion, expressing her desire to do justice to the honorable memory of her father, Burton Benjamin.
Continue reading "Christiane Amanpour Recognized for Excellence"Everywhere we turn, we are reminded it is election year – even at URI. Students enrolled in PR courses this semester participated in a fast-moving social media campaign to facilitate “Rock the Vote”.
Continue reading "PR Students Promote Active Citizenship on URI Campus"Librarian Heidi Blais accepted the “Library of the Year” award for Cranston High School East at the URI Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Annual Gathering on April 16, 2016.
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