Spring 2020

FEATURES

Speaking truth.
Expressing ideas.
Embodying civility.

Stories of the First Amendment in Action

Read On

Laurie Lindeman seated in front of a wooden wall

Let Go

Laurie Lindemann helps others experience the emotional power of cleaning out the stuff that weighs them down.

Marc McGiveney '92 and Deb Harbin '92 sitting at their kitchen table

An Extraordinary Family

Five of their eight children have special needs, but hey say the hard parts can’t compare to what they get back.

URI’s Agricultural Roots

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are leading the way for a new generation of farmers and food producers.

=Class Notes=

A Special Edition

The coronavirus pandemic has changed life for all of us. We invited our alumni to share how their lives have changed and how they’re adapting.

Read their Stories

Currents

From the President

Signs of Spring

From the Editor - The power of reading as a treatment for life's troubles and challenges
Is Your Garden Ready for Spring? - URI Cooperative Extension helps you get your garden ready for spring.
What’s In Your Wallet? - Personal finance tips you can use now.

Science in Real Time

Tour the Control Room

Science You Can Understand - How to improve your science literacy—tips from Nancy Karraker of URI’s SciWrite program.
You Can Quote Me - Memorable quotes from researchers, alumni, and friends in the URI community.
Git Along, Li’l Urchins - Sea urchin ranching? Sea urchins could be the next big thing in Rhode Island seafood.

The Art of Teaching Active History - History professor Rae Ferguson teaches her students to listen and to follow their curiosity.
Feedback - Letters from our readers about the namesake for our William C. O’Neill Bike Path and more
A New Home—On the Mound - How Rams centerfielder Tyler Brosius ’20 found success on the pitcher’s mound.

One of the challenges the University has had–the College of Business included–is we are trying to train students for jobs that don’t exist today. We want to make sure they have an education that will allow them to transition and be flexible and adaptable to new jobs that are going to come on the scene.

Al Verrecchia ‘67, M.B.A. ‘72, Hon. ‘04, former chairman and CEO of Hasbro, Inc. on his $15 million gift to URI's College of Business
The Boston Globe

= RHODE TAKEN =

She Made Self-Discovery Her Major

Follow This Rhode

Aperture

Building On Creativity

URI professor draws inspiration from the natural world

Explore

Network

Students run across the quad in a picture from the 1970 yearbook

Defining Years

Members of the class of 1970 reflect on the four years that defined their generation.

Eugenio Fernandez Jr. '13 M.B.A. '13 Pharm.D.

Focused on People

Eugenio Fernandez Jr.'s big idea: a pharmacy focused on people

Professor Emerita Linda Levin in her Providence home.

An Unforgettable Legacy

Linda Levin Didn't Want to Be a Teacher. She Became a Really Good One.

= CAPTION THIS =

An old black and white photo showing a ballet class held in a gymnasium

Do you have a funny idea for a caption for this photo from the URI Archives?

Enter the caption contest

An old black and white photo of students and professors in a lab studying animal skeletons

Winning Captions, Fall 2019

Learn more about this photo and read the funny winning entries.

= BACK COVER =

To stay above the pull and run

The Whole Picture

MEA DUKE ’14
22” x 26”, oil on canvas, 2017
meaduke.com

Taking to the water is a deeply substantial part of our collective histories and modern existence. It embodies all of the challenges, dangers, triumphs, and absurdities that come with the territory.

Mea Duke '14