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International travel takes scholarship recipient out of his comfort zone

Kevin Drumm ’15 describes his experience studying in Spain with the International Engineering Program (IEP) at TECNUN- University of Navarra.

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URI students study Japanese language, culture during study abroad program at Kochi University

A beach landscape in Japan

With 88 students are taking three first-year Japanese language classes this fall, URI is improving its Japanese program.

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Fulbright scholar from Tunisia teaching Arabic at URI

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Mohamed Anis Ferchichi talks about adjusting to life in America while sharing his culture with students and faculty.

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URI students win grants to study foreign languages overseas

URI senior awarded prestigious Boren Scholarship to study Portuguese in Mozambique

Alexandra Azevedo

University of Rhode Island senior Alexandra Azevedo has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to spend a semester learning Portuguese in Mozambique

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URI’s French department wins grant to screen six films during festival

New England French teachers sharpen skills, build connections at first French immersion program at URI

URI launches Italian option in International Engineering Program

Students enrolled in the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program now have the option of spending a year studying and interning in Italy, thanks to a new partnership with the University of Calabria in southern Italy.

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URI Italian language students win award in international contest adapting work of medieval writer

University of Rhode Island Italian language students recently won an award in an international competition in which participants adapted stories from Giovanni Boccaccio’s work into diverse media.

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URI Big Story: Put Languages to Work

No matter how you say it, URI is big into languages. And big into mixing languages with other disciplines to strengthen your career outlook with global companies in the U.S. and around the world.

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