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Professor Loomis’ Washington Post Op-ed: Think the spotted owl is to blame for job losses? Think again.

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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Game of Thrones, Joan of Arc, and Knighthood

Professor Rollo-Koster talks to Time Magazine about Game of Thrones and Medieval History

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“Game of Thrones” and Medieval History

URI history professor uses ‘Game of Thrones,’ other fantasy stories to help students understand medieval history

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Fake News: A Historical Perspective

URI history professors to examine ‘fake news’ through a historical lens

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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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A New Scholarly Reference on the History of the Papacy

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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Dr. Erik Loomis’ Op-Ed in The New York Times

A national strike by prisoners is the latest iteration of demands for freedom from forced labor

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Scholarship as Activism

Yulyana Torres

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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Professor Rollo-Koster wins URI’s top Scholarly Excellence Award

University of Rhode Island Foundation 2018 Excellence Award Winners were announced this summer.

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