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Mini Grant Funding Program<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The John Hazen White Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service offers mini grants intended to support campus-led projects on applied ethics and public service.\u00a0Awards range between $250-$2000 per fiscal year and are available to any URI employee (faculty or staff).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Research Fellow for the Rhode Island Ethics Commission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each summer, the Center provides financial stipend to support an undergraduate student to work as Summer Research Fellow at the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. The Summer Research Fellow works with the Ethics Commission Executive Director and staff on research projects relating to comparative analysis of laws nationwide relating to financial disclosure and governmental conflicts of interest, corresponding with other ethics agencies around the country, generating surveys and compiling survey responses, and helping to organize and report findings in written reports. The Research fellow also assists in the general workflow of the Ethics Commission pertaining to ethics education, advisory opinions, financial disclosure, adoption of regulations and enforcement matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Service Internships Support at URI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each academic year, the Center provides financial and placement support for two semester-based internship programs at the University of Rhode Island. The first internship program supports students working with Rhody Outpost<\/strong><\/a>, a basic needs pantry for students experiencing food insecurity. The second internship program supports students working with the Government Affairs team in the Office of the President at the University of Rhode Island. Please contact the Center for more information about these internship opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual John Hazen White Sr. Lecture in the URI Fall Honors Colloquiums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each fall, the Center sponsors a Ethics or Public Service-themed lecture as part of the URI Fall Honors Colloquium. In 2024, the Center, in conjunction with the Langevin Symposium, welcomed former Representative Adam Kinzinger<\/a> to URI for a conversation on political polarization in U.S. politics. This year, the Center is sponsoring Erika Nesvold<\/a> to discuss ethics and human rights issues related to space exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethics Across the Curriculum Summer Teaching Seminar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A multi-day summer workshop designed to help URI faculty incorporate ethical reasoning into their courses. This workshop aims to demystify ethics, emphasize the process of ethical reasoning, and develop a shared vocabulary for discussing ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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