{"id":12400,"date":"2023-08-25T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?page_id=12400"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:58:48","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/public-relations-b-a\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Relations News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Public Relations B.A.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/PR-web-v3.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 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src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI students Leo Bovenschulte and Ariana Temelini working together at the Social Media Agency in the Harrington School of Communication and Media\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Agency-11-2-500x500.jpg 500w, 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