FEATURES
SPECIAL SECTION
Big Ideas. Bold Plans.
The Campaign for the University of Rhode Island
CURRENTS
- From the Editor - Editor Barbara Caron offers her own in-kind note from quarantine after receiving numerous messages from alumni.
- Watch, Listen, and Read Like a Professor - URI professors share their tips on books, podcasts, virtual exhibits, music, and streaming video.
- Adaptation - Theresa Brown ’21, editor-in-chief of URI’s student newspaper, The Good Five-Cent Cigar, reflects on lessons learned covering the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Ambient Texture of Days - Professor of Philosophy Cheryl Foster explains how students and faculty were missing the sensory and aesthetic variety of living, working, and learning on campus.
- You Can Quote Me - Memorable quotes from researchers, administrators, and alumni in the URI community.
- Phenomenal Grads - Meet four phenomenal members of the class of 2020, and help us celebrate our grads.
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 storiesAPERTURE
Browse the winning photos from the 2019 URI Research and Scholarship Photo Contest.
Winner’s circle“Look to art and see what genius emerges in turbulent times.”Emmett Goods, trombonist and URI music lecturer
NETWORK
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Do you have a funny idea for a caption for this photo from the URI Archives?
Enter THE CONTESTWinning Caption, Spring 2020
Peter Pan auditions.
—Norm Campbell ’57
EPILOGUE
URI lecturer and trombonist Emmett Goods shares his perspective on the cultural importance of music as a form of social protest and a way to build connection.