Gutting environmental regulation to save jobs is a losing proposition. Only a green economy helps workers.
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URI History Professor Reflects on the Legacies of World War 2 – NPR
Professor Miriam Reumann says World War 2 had a lasting impact on American society.
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Professor Rollo-Koster talks to Time Magazine about Game of Thrones and Medieval History
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URI history professor uses ‘Game of Thrones,’ other fantasy stories to help students understand medieval history
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URI history professors to examine ‘fake news’ through a historical lens
Continue reading "Fake News: A Historical Perspective"History Professor Writes About Her Own Past
University of Rhode Island Professor Dr. Earline “Rae” Ferguson has had such an interesting life — someone should write a book about it, which is exactly what she’s doing.
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History Professor Joëlle Rollo-Koster is heading an international team of scholars that is creating a landmark work on the history of the papacy commissioned by Cambridge University Press.
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A national strike by prisoners is the latest iteration of demands for freedom from forced labor
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Another person might have fired an angry tweet upon seeing the history of the state depicted on the walls of the State House, without a single person of color. Yulyana Torres ’18 decided to turn scholarship into activism.
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University of Rhode Island Foundation 2018 Excellence Award Winners were announced this summer.
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