{"id":886,"date":"2015-04-15T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/?page_id=886"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:21:02","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h1>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/news-and-events\/events\/\" title=\"\">explore Events<\/a>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/french-competition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/2-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The winning team of an international environmental challenge \u2013 including professor Karen de Bruin, and group members Temitope Aina, Rachel DiMartino, Geo Espinoza, Aidan Kindopp, Gavin O\u2019Connell, Justine Thiare, and Allison Vanasse\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/french-competition\/\">URI French students win environmental challenge<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI French students won a virtual environmental challenge hosted by URI\u2019s partner institution, the University of Rennes 2 in Rennes, France. Focused on how to make university communities more sustainable and conducted entirely in French, the competition included two teams from URI and three teams from the University of Madrid.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2021\/11\/18\/2021-calligraphy-contest-winners\/\">Arabic Calligraphy Contest Winners Announced<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We are very proud to announce the winners for our 4th Annual URI Arabic Calligraphy Contest.&nbsp;&nbsp;Students from all levels of Arabic worked hard to create original art demonstrating the beauty of Arabic language and writing styles. Arabic calligraphy as an art form has been developed and perfected for more than 1,500 years and is well [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2020\/11\/02\/a-gallery-of-arabic-calligraphy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The words, &#039;that which is manifest \/ that which is hidden&#039; rendered in a monochromatic gradient, by Shawn Fennell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Shawn.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2020\/11\/02\/a-gallery-of-arabic-calligraphy\/\">A gallery of Arabic calligraphy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">View a gallery of submissions for our 2020 Arabic Calligraphy Contest and help us by voting for your favorite.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2019\/11\/21\/arabic-calligraphy-and-letter-art-prizewinners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Story-Hero-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students in Arabic class spend the class period with activities to build their vocabulary.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Story-Hero-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Story-Hero-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2019\/11\/21\/arabic-calligraphy-and-letter-art-prizewinners\/\">Arabic Calligraphy and Letter Art Prize Winners<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Arabic calligraphy as an art form has been developed and perfected for more than 1,500 years. We are proud to announce the winners of our second annual Arabic Calligraphy and Letter Art Contest.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/six-uri-students-win-boren-scholarships-fellowships-to-study-languages-overseas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Boren-Image-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Chinese dragon statue\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Boren-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Boren-Image-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/six-uri-students-win-boren-scholarships-fellowships-to-study-languages-overseas\/\">Six URI students win Boren scholarships, fellowships to study languages overseas<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Six University of Rhode Island students \u2013 four undergraduates and two graduate students \u2013 have won Boren Awards to study foreign languages abroad \u2013 four in China and one each in Jordan and Taiwan.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/sixteen-uri-students-win-grants-to-study-foreign-languages-across-the-globe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Beluk_demers-scholar-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI nursing and Spanish major Molly Beluk, from Newburyport, Massachusetts.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Beluk_demers-scholar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Beluk_demers-scholar-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/sixteen-uri-students-win-grants-to-study-foreign-languages-across-the-globe\/\">Sixteen URI language students win Beatrice S. Demers grants to study across the globe<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sixteen University of Rhode Island modern language students have been named Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows and have been awarded generous grants to pursue foreign language studies across the globe.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/04\/18\/languages-got-talent-show-reminds-students-that-were-all-human\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-17-at-7.38.04-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two students performing at a spring 2019 Languages Got Talent event\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-17-at-7.38.04-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-17-at-7.38.04-PM-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/04\/18\/languages-got-talent-show-reminds-students-that-were-all-human\/\">Languages Got Talent Show Reminds Us That We\u2019re All Human<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In the third annual Languages Got Talent Show, students displayed their foreign language skills, their knowledge about other cultures, and\u2013of course\u2013pure talent.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/04\/25\/learning-new-languages-made-easier-with-conversation-hours\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Conversation-Hours-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"French Conversation Hour\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Conversation-Hours-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Conversation-Hours-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/04\/25\/learning-new-languages-made-easier-with-conversation-hours\/\">Learning New Languages Made Easier With Conversation Hours<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Conversation hours are a time in which students, whether they are taking a language or not, as well as people in the local community, could speak with a native or highly proficient speaker on campus to become better at the language themselves.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/02\/07\/foreign-language-studies-at-uri-increases-despite-national-decrease-in-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Gardner-Nina-photo-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nina Gardner during her year abroad in Santander, Spain,\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Gardner-Nina-photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Gardner-Nina-photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2019\/02\/07\/foreign-language-studies-at-uri-increases-despite-national-decrease-in-students\/\">Foreign language studies booming<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Good 5-Cent Cigar: According to the Modern Language Association\u2019s preliminary report, enrollment in foreign language studies in the United States fell by 9.2 percent while it increased by over a hundred students at the URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/the-internationalists\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spanish IEP students studying abroad in Chile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1175\/Mike-Yelena-and-Micah.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/the-internationalists\/\">The Internationalists<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI has become a unique training ground for a new generation of students who are immersing themselves in the study of language and culture with the goal of tackling some of the world\u2019s toughest problems.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events 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