{"id":4111,"date":"2024-05-09T15:40:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/?page_id=4111"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:40:35","slug":"news-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/news-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"News Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/head-of-uris-chinese-language-program-new-president-of-national-teachers-association\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/joyce-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/joyce-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/joyce-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/head-of-uris-chinese-language-program-new-president-of-national-teachers-association\/\">Head of URI\u2019s Chinese language program new president of national teachers\u2019 association<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/three-uri-alumni-selected-for-fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/fulbright-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/fulbright-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/fulbright-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/three-uri-alumni-selected-for-fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\">Three URI alumni selected for Fulbright U.S. Student Program<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/uri-alumnus-uncovered-world-of-opportunity-through-chinese-flagship-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Derek-Murphy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Derek-Murphy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Derek-Murphy.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/uri-alumnus-uncovered-world-of-opportunity-through-chinese-flagship-program\/\">URI alumnus uncovered world of opportunity through Chinese Flagship Program<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/next-stop-med-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/chatragaddas3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/chatragaddas3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/chatragaddas3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/next-stop-med-school\/\">Next Stop: Medical School<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentri.com\/news\/article_3995d496-8b9f-4b31-9fc7-b50780d458a6.html#tncms-source=login\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/jedson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/jedson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/jedson.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independentri.com\/news\/article_3995d496-8b9f-4b31-9fc7-b50780d458a6.html#tncms-source=login\">Southern RI family receives nine URI degrees in one weekend<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors Student Alex Jedson and his family graduated with nine degrees in spring 2025 as featured in independentri.com<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/commencement-2025-former-carpenter-has-built-a-bright-future-based-on-the-past\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/kylegunning-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/kylegunning-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/kylegunning.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/commencement-2025-former-carpenter-has-built-a-bright-future-based-on-the-past\/\">Commencement 2025: Former carpenter has built a bright future based on the past<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">English major and Honors student Kyle Gunning is headed to Cornell to pursue his Ph.D.\n\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/commencement-2025-student-speakers-named-for-college-graduation-ceremonies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_6049-Lauren-Peckham-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_6049-Lauren-Peckham-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_6049-Lauren-Peckham-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/commencement-2025-student-speakers-named-for-college-graduation-ceremonies\/\">Commencement 2025: Student speakers named for college graduation ceremonies<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">two Honors students are named commencement speakers. Lauren Peckham and Joceline Rodrigues. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/vibrance-essencen-art-exhibition-showcases-women-artists\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Art-exhibit-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Art-exhibit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Art-exhibit-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/vibrance-essencen-art-exhibition-showcases-women-artists\/\">\u2018Vibrance\/Essence(n)\u2019 art exhibition showcases women artists<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/arts-and-culture\/providences-betty-hasse-is-riding-for-another-national-championship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_1707-scaled-e1734967698774-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_1707-scaled-e1734967698774-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_1707-scaled-e1734967698774-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/arts-and-culture\/providences-betty-hasse-is-riding-for-another-national-championship\/\">Providence\u2019s Betty Hasse is riding for another national championship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Junior Betty Hasse, majoring in mechanical engineering AND a student in the Honors Program, won back-to-back under-23 time trial gold medals at the USA Cycling national championships.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/lina-altaan-al-hariri-gives-voice-to-rhode-island-syrian-refugees\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/lina-cropped-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lina Al Taan Al Hariri\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/lina-cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/lina-cropped-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/lina-altaan-al-hariri-gives-voice-to-rhode-island-syrian-refugees\/\">Lina Altaan Al Hariri Gives Voice to Rhode Island Syrian Refugees<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lina Altaan Al Hariri is a triple major at URI graduating this spring (gender and women\u2019s studies \/ global language and area studies - Arabic \/ political science). She did her senior project on the resettlement of Syrian refugees here in Rhode Island, a story of resilience and progress. Lina joins Bill Bartholomew to discuss her work. \r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/tradition-craft-and-culture\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/tradition-craft-and-culture\/\">Tradition, craft, and culture<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Caleb Gross \u201923 graduated in December with a major in English (creative writing) and a minor in Italian. He also completed the URI Honors Program.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/senior-animal-science-pre-vet-student-helps-make-stop-the-bleed-program-more-available-on-campus\/\">Senior animal science, pre-vet student helps make Stop the Bleed program more available on campus<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Emily Lefebre, an honors student and senior animal science major on the pre-vet track from Salem, New Hampshire made the Stop the Bleed program subject of her honors project.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/uri-student-researchers-project-looking-at-whether-food-supplement-may-improve-neurological-health-in-sheep\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_0659-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A photo of Maya Sophia Galeano holding a lamb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_0659-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/IMG_0659-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/uri-student-researchers-project-looking-at-whether-food-supplement-may-improve-neurological-health-in-sheep\/\">URI student researcher\u2019s project looking at whether food supplement may improve neurological health in sheep<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors Program Student, Maya Galeano, researches impact of beta glucan on cognitive behavior in lambs.\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicefusa.org\/stories\/6-questions-unicef-ambassador-aria-mia-loberti?ms=Social_SOC_2024_GeneralSocial_20240418_ThreadsUnicefusa_AriaAmbassadorWebStory_none_none&#038;initialms=Social_SOC_2024_GeneralSocial_20240418_ThreadsUnicefusa_AriaAmbassadorWebStory_none_none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicefusa.org\/stories\/6-questions-unicef-ambassador-aria-mia-loberti?ms=Social_SOC_2024_GeneralSocial_20240418_ThreadsUnicefusa_AriaAmbassadorWebStory_none_none&#038;initialms=Social_SOC_2024_GeneralSocial_20240418_ThreadsUnicefusa_AriaAmbassadorWebStory_none_none\">6 QUESTIONS WITH UNICEF AMBASSADOR ARIA MIA LOBERTI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Advocate, actress, Honors Student and Fulbright Scholar Aria Mia Loberti has earned a new title: UNICEF Ambassador. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/six-uri-sophomores-awarded-2024-noaa-hollings-scholarships\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Website-Card-Images-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2024 Hollings Scholarship Recipients Mary Brantley and Nicole Probasa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Website-Card-Images-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Website-Card-Images-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/six-uri-sophomores-awarded-2024-noaa-hollings-scholarships\/\">Six URI sophomores awarded 2024 NOAA Hollings Scholarships<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Two honors students, Mary Brantley and Nicole Kobasa, are among the recipients of the nationally competitive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2024. The award is the most prestigious scholarship granted to undergraduates in the marine and atmospheric sciences.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/the-future-of-textiles-in-rhode-island\/\">The Future of Textiles in Rhode Island<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island will host its first \u201cFuture Textiles Forum\u201d on Monday, April 22, with the participation of URI students and faculty from across the University, from diverse programs \u2014 textiles and engineering \u2014 as well as members of the Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network (RITIN) and other textile industry partners, and representatives from U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse\u2019s office.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/kimball-foundation-establishes-scholarship-for-uri-honors-program\/\">Kimball Foundation establishes scholarship for URI Honors Program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Horace A. and S. Ella Kimball Foundation recently made a $100,000 gift to the University of Rhode Island to establish the Thomas F. Black Jr. Scholarship to support a junior in the URI Honors Program who takes an interest in the nonprofit sector.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2024\/river-stories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/class-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/class-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/class-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2024\/river-stories\/\">River Stories<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Heather Johnson\u2019s HPR 412 students examine rivers through history, culture, literature, and ecology. And they gain firsthand knowledge of rivers by going straight to the source.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/this-years-honors-colloquium-to-examine-democracy-in-peril\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/risabrooks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/risabrooks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/risabrooks-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/this-years-honors-colloquium-to-examine-democracy-in-peril\/\">2024 Honors Colloquium to examine \u2018Democracy in Peril\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Brian Krueger, Ashlea Rundlett, Marc Hutchison and Elizabeth Mendenhall will lead this year\u2019s 2024 Honors Colloquium, URI\u2019s premier public lecture series, examining \u2018Democracy in Peril.\u2019 The free annual educational forum brings experts to the University annually to examine issues of national and local relevance; the series will open in September.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/inaugural-faculty-fellows-announced-in-401-tech-bridge-program-promoting-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-across-campus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/inaugural-faculty-fellows-announced-in-401-tech-bridge-program-promoting-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-across-campus\/\">Inaugural Faculty Fellows announced in 401 Tech Bridge program promoting innovation and entrepreneurship across campus<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cynthia Taylor, an instructor in the Honors Program, joins the first cohort of RISE-UP Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows at URI announced by 401 Tech Bridge.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/fall-commencement-2023-honors-student-navigates-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/project_gross-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/fall-commencement-2023-honors-student-navigates-uri\/\">Fall Commencement 2023: honors student navigates URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Gross, who graduated with a major in English (creative writing) and a minor in Italian and also completed the URI Honors Program, discusses his path to graduation in Fall 2023.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/new-directions-for-uri-honors-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/early-reg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cynthia Taylor leads a discussion in front of a classroom of students in HPR124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/early-reg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/early-reg-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/new-directions-for-uri-honors-program\/\">New directions for URI Honors Program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New \u2018Planet Honors\u2019 class at URI is first stop for changemakers in University\u2019s revamping Honors Program<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/ecori.org\/uri-students-display-hundreds-of-plastic-bottles-on-quad-to-support-bottle-bill\/\">URI Students Display Hundreds of Plastic Bottles on Quad to Support Bottle Bill<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Students in Prof. Heather Johnon\u2019s HPR 411 River Stories course spent last Thursday on the quad with a goal of bringing awareness to an important issue \u2013 the amount of plastics polluting our local waterways.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/hpr-124-outcomes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/studentsatatable-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/studentsatatable-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/studentsatatable-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/studentsatatable-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/studentsatatable-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/hpr-124-outcomes\/\">New Honors Course Demonstrates Design Thinking and Leads Students to Propose Creative Solutions to Global Challenges<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">HPR 124: Welcome to Planet Honors is a new course being offered to Honors students with a goal of acclimating them to life at URI as an Honors Student, and helping bring their awareness to local manifestations of global issues here on campus.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/uri-college-of-pharmacy-wins-national-grant-to-improve-access-to-opioid-use-disorder-medications\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/PreHealth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nana Ofeo Tenkorang 12, Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/PreHealth-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/PreHealth-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/uri-college-of-pharmacy-wins-national-grant-to-improve-access-to-opioid-use-disorder-medications\/\">URI College of Pharmacy wins national grant to improve access to opioid use disorder medications<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg, who taught the Honors section of PHP 336G Exploring Interdisciplinary Healthcare Solutions for Opioid Use Disorder this fall, has secured a $455,000 grant to continue the college's fight against the opioid epidemic.\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/french-consul-general-visits-uri-to-recognize-faculty-france-uri-connections\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karen de Bruin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/french-consul-general-visits-uri-to-recognize-faculty-france-uri-connections\/\">French consul general visits URI to recognize faculty, France-URI connections<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mustafa Soykurt, consul general of France in Boston, celebrated two URI faculty members, including Honors Director Karen de Bruin, after they were named chevaliers in the Ordre des Palmes Acad\u00e9miques by the French government (French for \u201cknight\u201d in the \u201cOrder of Academic Palms\u201d) for their work in the U.S. and abroad.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/education\/story\/doctoral-student-conducts-mindfulness-study-using-wearable-technology\/?utm_audience=Faculty&#038;fbclid=IwAR3DFFskHwmR7yBae_quWYpw3XLa_fD_6aRMVA3plcp0YeLTYflf6bxaZrc\">Doctoral student conducts mindfulness study using wearable technology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Marissa DeCollibus, a URI and Honors Alumna and doctoral candidate in the Penn State College of Education, is researching how mindfulness practices, aided by wearable technology, can help support students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM transition to college. \r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/honors-colloquium-lecture-to-address-leading-business-serving-society-on-dec-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/honors-colloquium-lecture-to-address-leading-business-serving-society-on-dec-5\/\">Honors Colloquium lecture to address \u2018Leading Business, Serving Society\u2019 on Dec. 5<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Final lecture in University\u2019s fall colloquium on the use of business tools and thinking to benefit society.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/aria-mia-loberti-talks-about-starring-in-all-the-light-we-cannot-see\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Aria-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/aria-mia-loberti-talks-about-starring-in-all-the-light-we-cannot-see\/\">Aria Mia Loberti talks about starring in \u2018All the Light We Cannot See\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Honors alumna on being an acting newcomer, authentic casting and her future\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/united-ways-lanre-ajakaiye-95-to-discuss-black-ambition-inclusive-community-development\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Colloquium-e1755887053613-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Colloquium-e1755887053613-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Colloquium-e1755887053613-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/united-ways-lanre-ajakaiye-95-to-discuss-black-ambition-inclusive-community-development\/\">United Way\u2019s Lanre Ajakaiye \u201995 to discuss Black ambition, inclusive community development<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alumnus featured in URI Honors Colloquium \u2018Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\u2019<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmfus.org\/news\/slovak-hungarian-alliance\">A Slovak-Hungarian Alliance?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors Alum and Fulbright Alum Jay Rumas '21 shares the outcome of his Fulbright experience on the German Marshall Fund website.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/amy-hall-of-eileen-fisher-to-discuss-sustainable-business-is-it-possible\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/amy-hall-of-eileen-fisher-to-discuss-sustainable-business-is-it-possible\/\">Amy Hall of Eileen Fisher to discuss \u2018sustainable\u2019 business: Is it possible?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of URI Honors Colloquium \u2018Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\u2019<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/management-scholar-ana-maria-peredo-to-discuss-indigenous-community-based-organizing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/management-scholar-ana-maria-peredo-to-discuss-indigenous-community-based-organizing\/\">Management scholar Ana Maria Peredo to discuss Indigenous community-based organizing<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of URI Honors Colloquium \u2018Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\u2019\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/atypical-art-installation-showcases-uri-honors-students-of-today\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/atypical-art-installation-showcases-uri-honors-students-of-today\/\">Atypical art installation showcases URI honors students of today<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">First \u2018Faces of Honors\u2019 revealed in Lippitt Hall\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/marine-biologist-wallace-j-nichols-to-discuss-climate-change-and-life-below-water-at-uri-fall-honors-colloquium\/\">Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols to discuss climate change and life below water at URI fall Honors Colloquium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Water warrior promotes the \u2018blue mind\u2019 life<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/honors-program-enlists-alumna-artist-agonza-for-collaborative-art-installation-showing-uri-honors-students-of-today\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/20231018_Salerno_URI_AGonzaPortraits-0115-1-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/honors-program-enlists-alumna-artist-agonza-for-collaborative-art-installation-showing-uri-honors-students-of-today\/\">Honors Program enlists alumna artist AGonza for collaborative art installation showing URI honors students of today<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u2018Faces of Honors\u2019 opening to take place Oct. 18 in Lippitt Hall\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/underwater-street-view-pioneer-and-sustainable-data-guru-to-lead-forum-at-uri-fall-honors-colloquium-oct-3\/\">Underwater street view pioneer and sustainable data guru to lead forum at URI fall Honors Colloquium Oct. 3<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Panel discussion on \u2018the good life\u2019 and purpose-driven work\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/collective-economies-expert-to-discuss-community-economies-organizing-for-the-common-good-sept-26\/\">Collective economies expert to discuss \u2018Community Economies: Organizing for the Common Good\u2019 Sept. 26<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of URI\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/first-honors-colloquium-lecture-to-address-corporate-power-business-and-the-common-good-on-sept-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/first-honors-colloquium-lecture-to-address-corporate-power-business-and-the-common-good-on-sept-19\/\">First Honors Colloquium lecture to address \u2018Corporate Power, Business, and the Common Good\u2019 on Sept. 19<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/fix\/grist-50\/2023\/#kannan-thiruvengadam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/yuvi-cambero-e1774636904608-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Image of Yuvi Cambero, an Honors alumni, working in one of URI&#039;s greenshouses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/yuvi-cambero-e1774636904608-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/yuvi-cambero-e1774636904608-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/yuvi-cambero-e1774636904608-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/fix\/grist-50\/2023\/#kannan-thiruvengadam\">50 climate leaders driving fresh solutions to our planet\u2019s biggest problems<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Alumna Vanessa Garcia Polanco '16 recognized by the Grist as a climate leader for \"Fighting for young farmers and showing them how to get a seat at the table\"<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/not-business-as-usual-business-for-the-common-good-is-uris-fall-2023-honors-colloquium\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Not Business As Usual: Business for the Common Good\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/1200x800-Honors-Banner-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/not-business-as-usual-business-for-the-common-good-is-uris-fall-2023-honors-colloquium\/\">\u2018Not Business as Usual: Business for the Common Good\u2019 is URI\u2019s Fall 2023 Honors Colloquium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University\u2019s premier public lecture series marks centennial of College of Business, colloquium\u2019s 60th anniversary<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/junior-revaa-goyal-joins-uri-board-of-trustees\/\">Junior Revaa Goyal joins URI Board of Trustees<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors student Reva Goyal will bring care for community and a global perspective to her new campus role.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/uris-karen-de-bruin-named-chevalier-of-the-order-of-the-academic-palms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karen de Bruin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/uris-karen-de-bruin-named-chevalier-of-the-order-of-the-academic-palms\/\">URI\u2019s Karen de Bruin named chevalier of the Order of the Academic Palms<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Professor of Languages Karen de Bruin of Middletown, director of the University of Rhode Island Honors Program, has been named a chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes acad\u00e9miques (French for \u201cknight\u201d in the \u201cOrder of Academic Palms\u201d). <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/three-uri-students-and-one-recent-graduate-awarded-research-fellowships-from-national-science-foundation\/\">Three URI students and one recent graduate awarded research fellowships from National Science Foundation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors student and chemistry major Hailey Hendricks has been awarded a prestigious fellowship through the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships Program.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/uri-faculty-staff-honored-with-2023-excellence-awards\/\">URI Faculty, Staff Honored with 2023 Excellence Awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kathleen Maher, director, Office of National Fellowships and Academic Opportunities and Assistant Director of the Honors Program, received the Administrative Excellence Award.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-uri-senior-heads-to-princeton-for-ph-d-with-help-from-national-science-foundation\/\">Commencement 2023: URI senior heads to Princeton for Ph.D. with help from National Science Foundation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors student and Chemistry major Hailey Hendricks won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which will pay for three years of her Ph.D. study at Princeton\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/21-uri-community-members-named-demers-fellows-to-study-foreign-languages-overseas\/\">21 URI community members named Demers Fellows to study foreign languages overseas<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Several honors program students and one faculty member named amongst 2023 Demers Fellows.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/uri-pharmacy-professor-plays-key-role-in-national-associations-recommendations-to-decriminalize-personal-drug-possession\/\">URI pharmacy professor plays key role in national association\u2019s recommendations to decriminalize personal drug possession<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Clinical Professor and Honors Faculty member Jeffrey Bratberg helps write American Pharmacists Association new policy statements on substance use\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-experts-team-up-with-regional-partners-to-determine-best-practices-to-control-ticks-with-your-help\/\">URI experts team up with regional partners to determine best practices to control ticks \u2013 with your help<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Honors Faculty Member, Tom Mather, partners with regional experts to clear up misconceptions about tick control. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-junior-lina-al-taan-al-hariri-wins-truman-scholarship-for-r-i\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Lina2_6384-1280x1707-1-e1701198985175-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Lina2_6384-1280x1707-1-e1701198985175-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Lina2_6384-1280x1707-1-e1701198985175-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-junior-lina-al-taan-al-hariri-wins-truman-scholarship-for-r-i\/\">URI junior Lina Al Taan Al Hariri wins Truman Scholarship for R.I.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cranston resident fled Syria when she was 11, now dedicated to public service career in defense of displaced populations<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/the-green-city-uri-team-wins-970000-grant-to-map-alternative-urban-food-networks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/the-green-city-uri-team-wins-970000-grant-to-map-alternative-urban-food-networks\/\">The green city: URI team wins $970,000 grant to map alternative urban food networks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">John Taylor, one of the coordinators for the 2022 Honors Colloquium \"Just Good Food\", and colleagues hope to identify opportunities for policymaking support<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/thupten-tendhar-recognized-for-peace-work-at-uri\/\">Thupten Tendhar recognized for peace work at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Highly regarded honors faculty member hopes to welcome more peace practitioners to campus this summer for the return of in-person International Nonviolence Summer Institute.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/lights-camera-uri-in-action-students-experience-film-up-close-across-the-state\/\">Lights, camera, URI in action: Students experience film up close across the state<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This winter, URI Honors students took their cinematic studies off screen and across the state, as part of a whirlwind winter honors course, \u201cExperiencing Film in Rhode Island.\"<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/uri-research-team-launches-worlds-largest-global-human-rights-dataset\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/peace-group-1-1-1280x755-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Members of CIRIGHTS team\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/peace-group-1-1-1280x755-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/peace-group-1-1-1280x755-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/uri-research-team-launches-worlds-largest-global-human-rights-dataset\/\">URI research team launches world\u2019s largest global human rights dataset<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Featuring the work of Honors Student Lina Al Taan Al Hariri who is a member of the CIRIGHTS team.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/food-justice-activist-leah-penniman-to-speak-on-racism-and-sovereignty-in-the-food-system-at-uri-dec-6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Penniman-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Penniman-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Penniman-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/food-justice-activist-leah-penniman-to-speak-on-racism-and-sovereignty-in-the-food-system-at-uri-dec-6\/\">Food justice activist Leah Penniman to speak on racism and sovereignty in the food system at URI Dec. 6<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Penniman will present virtually at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium on \u201cUprooting Racism and Seeding Sovereignty in the Food System.\u201d<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/mother-jones-correspondent-to-speak-on-agriculture-in-crisis-at-uri-nov-29\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/mother-jones-correspondent-to-speak-on-agriculture-in-crisis-at-uri-nov-29\/\">Mother Jones correspondent to speak on agriculture in crisis at URI Nov. 29<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of University\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/urban-farming-community-organizing-and-family-a-black-chefs-journey-at-uri-nov-15\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/urban-farming-community-organizing-and-family-a-black-chefs-journey-at-uri-nov-15\/\">\u2018Urban Farming, Community Organizing and Family: A Black Chef\u2019s Journey\u2019 at URI Nov. 15<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of University\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/chef-of-best-new-restaurant-in-the-u-s-to-discuss-the-revolution-of-indigenous-food-systems-of-north-america-oct-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/chef-of-best-new-restaurant-in-the-u-s-to-discuss-the-revolution-of-indigenous-food-systems-of-north-america-oct-4\/\">Chef of \u2018best new restaurant in the U.S.\u2019 to discuss \u2018The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America\u2019 Oct. 4<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Part of URI\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/native-american-activist-to-discuss-restoring-indigenous-foodways-in-a-time-of-climate-change-sept-13-winona-laduke-lecture-kicks-off-uris-fall-honors-colloquium\/\">Native American activist to discuss \u201cRestoring Indigenous Foodways in a Time of Climate Change\u201d Sept. 13: Winona LaDuke lecture kicks off URI\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, and former two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke will kick off the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 13 with \u201cRestoring Indigenous Foodways in a Time of Climate Change: Lessons for the 8th Fire.\u201d <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/just-good-food-is-topic-of-uris-fall-honors-colloquium\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/HeroPic3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/just-good-food-is-topic-of-uris-fall-honors-colloquium\/\">\u2018Just Good Food\u2019 is topic of URI\u2019s fall Honors Colloquium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Speakers to address equitable, sustainable and resilient food systems\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1667,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4112,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4111\/revisions\/4112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}