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The activity of art

Milana Cepeda '23 explores how artists connect with their audiences emotionally—and the extent artists are able to convey the specific emotions they intend an audience to feel.

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Perfecting the pitch

Quincy Clark '23, URI pitcher, public relations major, and entrepreneur sets up for business success with the help of URI Launch Lab.

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Mission accomplished

Alison Taylor Hornung ’23 was just 12 when she began sewing and selling hair bows at her middle school, fundraising for a local family with a child diagnosed with cancer.

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Congratulations, graduates!

The University of Rhode Island celebrated its 137th commencement, conferring degrees on 3,331 undergraduate students on May 20 and 769 graduate students on May 19.

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Commencement 2023

We look forward to celebrating the University of Rhode Island Class of 2023 throughout the weekend of May 19–21, 2023, on the Kingston Campus. Here's everything you need to know!

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Screening independent films

Professor Justin Wyatt’s forthcoming book surveys the full history of American independent film. We asked him to pick five must-see films.

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Note by note

If you haven’t heard of 19th century composer Emilie Mayer, you’re probably not alone. While her work was popular in her time, it’s pretty obscure today. That's about to change.

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Sea Change

In a decade’s time, Ebben Howarth ’23 will likely be the last lobsterman living and working on Block Island. What does this say about the future of Rhode Island’s lobster industry?

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Come ‘Into the Woods’

URI Theatre goes deep into the woods with a Sondheim modern classic, beginning its six-show run on April 20 at the Will Theatre.

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Tour de force

Adrian Montero Moya says he doesn’t believe in destiny. But there are moments in his 27 years that have the feeling of fate, or at least good luck.

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Mapping RI’s shoreline access

Though just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, Rhode Island boasts 400 miles of shoreline. And graduate student Erica Meier knows most all of its 400-plus public access points

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Bethany DeLoof’s improbable return

A year ago, Bethany DeLoof '21 awoke from surgery to the news that she’d experienced midgut volvulus with infarction of the small intestine.

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Child Labor in America

‘We know how to fix the problem, but it is politically unpopular to do so,' says Professor Brendan Skip Mark about child labor, particularly among migrant children, in the United States.

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Cordyceps: SciFi supervillain?

URI researcher Niels-Viggo Hobbs discusses the parasitic fungus at the heart of the HBO sci-fi series ‘The Last of Us.’ What's the real story?

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A mission to end malnutrition

Emily Fischer, B.S. '20, M.B.A. '21, is an industrial engineer for Edesia, a Rhode Island-based food manufacturer. In 2021, their products reached 2.5 million children in 33 countries.

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‘Meet Vera Stark’

URI Theatre presents Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage’s play, 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,' which takes a satirical look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood.

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Celebrating culture through food

Early in their college careers, Giftilyn Ntiamoah '24 of Ghana and Kamolat Ibikunle '23 of Nigeria found eating in campus dining halls induced feelings of homesickness.

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How to lead

Leadership is not something only certain people are born to. It's not exclusive to extroverts. And it isn't about being the loudest, the most confident, or the bravest in the room.

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