Muir String Quartet and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein in concert at RIC Nov. 23
Alexander Fiterstein
The Muir String Quartet returns to RIC for the 17th consecutive year in a Performing Arts Series concert on Monday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. in the Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall.
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Date Posted: November 6, 2009
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RIC hosts Rhode Island’s first Reggio Emilia Institute
Rhode Island's first Reggio Emilia Institute was held in October at Rhode Island College. It was sponsored by the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and the Early Childhood Education Program.
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Date Posted: November 5, 2009
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'Rabbit Hole' – at RIC Nov. 18-22 – explores uncertain paths through a family’s tragedy
By Ray Ragosta, Staff Writer
The play, which won a 2007 Pulitzer and garnered a Tony-Award nomination for best play, will be staged by the Rhode Island College Mainstage Theatre from Nov. 18-21 at 8 p.m. and on Nov. 21 and 22 at 2 p.m.
Performances will take place in the Nazarian Center’s Forman Theatre. Associate professor of theatre Jamie Taylor will direct.
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Date Posted: November 5, 2009
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RIC to open Veterans Resource Center Nov. 9
By Jane Fusco, Director of RIC News and Public Relations
The Center was established to provide support to current and prospective student veterans and their families. Several events are planned to highlight veterans' strengths and challenges as they transition from military service to academia.
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Date Posted: November 4, 2009
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Chamber Orchestra, String Ensembles in concert Nov. 22
The RIC Chamber Orchestra and String Chamber Ensembles, under the direction of conductor John Sumerlin, will perform in concert on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall.
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Date Posted: November 4, 2009
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RIC Promising Practices conference to feature Tricia Rose Nov. 7
Tricia Rose, nationally renowned scholar and commentator, will provide the keynote address at RIC's 12th Annual Promising Practices Multicultural Conference and Curriculum Fair.
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Date Posted: November 2, 2009
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Youth ensembles to take the stage at RIC Nov. 24
By Matthew Boyden-Wilson, Staff Writer
Grade-school students are set to take the stage at Rhode Island College in a collaborative concert featuring the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensembles (RIPYWE) and the Junior Providence Singers.
The performance is on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall.
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Date Posted: November 3, 2009
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Men’s basketball: ready for a new challenge
By Adam Alexander, Sports Information Intern
The RlC men’s basketball team, which will include a lot of new faces, is preparing for what it hopes will be another successful campaign in 2009-10.
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Date Posted: November 2, 2009
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Segregation is back in America’s public schools
By Gita Brown, Staff Writer
In a lecture on Oct. 21, educational activist Jonathan Kozol spoke to a full house in Roberts auditorium. The facts he presented raised historical questions. Didn’t the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 solve the problem of segregated schools? According to Kozol, “Yes and no.”
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Date Posted: November 2, 2009
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