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Major Choices: Communication Studies

Film and communication studies major Edhaya Thennarasu '21 is an avid student of cultures. She moved to Rhode Island from India at 17, leaving behind her home and family to study abroad.

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Major Choices: Pharmacy

As a child, Marisa Pfohl ’19 was fascinated by the idea that you could figure out what caused a disease—as well as how to treat or cure it.

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Major Choices: Health Sciences

"College is much more than just a classroom. There are so many more life lessons. Basically, I learned if you work hard, you can do it. Whatever it is."

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Blue Minds

At URI, we are at home in the ocean. Our love of the sea is a net gain for science, engineering, literature, art, and the environment. Maybe even humanity itself.

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The business of teamwork

"You have to be strict with yourself. Hone your focus, your drive, your perseverance. There were a lot of things I had no idea I could do until I came to URI."

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The Explorer and the Aviator

For more than 80 years the world has been captivated by the mystery of what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart.

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Major choices: Animal Science and Technology

If you study animal science, there are a lot of benefits. It’s a close-knit major. You get to know your professors well, and the classes are small.

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5 Questions: Cybersecurity

With regular data breaches and new cyber threats emerging daily across the globe, we must be aware of cybersecurity and what we can do.

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The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

The 190,000-square-foot, six-story Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering opened on Oct. 7, transforming engineering at URI.

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Andrew Burnap ’13 debuts on Broadway

URI's Andrew Burnap '13 is reprising his role in the award-winning, U.K. hit “The Inheritance.” The play is now in previews on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. Its official opening is Nov. 17.

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It’s Showtime

“Showtime,” shot while Antoine was still at URI, took the 2019 Hip Hop Film Festival’s “Best of the Fest—New Jack Winner,” given to first-time directors.

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REDIRECT: building-on-excellenece

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Building on Excellence

Record-setting gift to URI will advance neuroscience research, create scholarships, and assist in construction of basketball training facility.

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Religion in America

In its 2019 Honors Colloquium, URI addresses the contributions and complexities of faith and spirituality and its influence on public life today.

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Lessons in Leadership

"The Leadership Institute is what got me excited about URI and made me feel like I was home. It's a great way to come together and meet new people."

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Write With a Plan

Good writing takes time, and it’s always a challenge. That’s true whether you are writing an essay, a research paper, or a poem.

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Read textbooks like a college professor

Here's a tip from Douglas Gobeille, a lecturer in URI’s Department of Physics, who tells his students the best way to approach a textbook

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Be a Good Roomie

Roommates might become your best friends. Or not. They may have everything in common with you. Or nothing at all.

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