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Campus-Wide Safe Zone Trainings Promote Inclusive Excellence

Safe Zone is a campus-wide training program designed to create a nonjudgmental, safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community.

RIC Graduate Student Named 2018 Schwarzman Scholar and 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar

The Schwarzman Scholarship and the Gates Cambridge Scholarship are two of the most prestigious, highly competitive international scholarships available. Seth is the first student in RIC history to receive these awards.

SHARKS!

In a First Year Seminar, RIC freshmen discover the fascinating life of sharks.

Director of Dance Explores Generation Gap in "That’s LIFE"

"I think it’s good for our students to see that we’re not only asking them to challenge themselves, we’re challenging ourselves as well," says Cardente-Vessella, director of dance.

Necessity Became the Mother of Invention for Math App Inventor Roberto Campusano

“Like most discoveries in life, I stumbled upon this as I was pursuing something else,” says Roberto Campusano ’95.

Active Learning in Action at RIC

The initial assumption by many psych majors is that if they enroll in a Research Methods course ​they’re signing up for a semester of boredom. Not in Marcotte's courses.

Holocaust Survivor Talks About the Power of Forgiveness

A crowd of more than​ 1,000 came to hear Eva Kor’s address at Rhode Island College.

Enter Reilly’s Matrix, Where Memory and Reality Collide

“Have you ever ha​d a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you weren’t able to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the real world and the dream world?” — “The Matrix”​​​

Daughter of Slain Activist Malcolm X Addressed Young Leaders of Tomorrow

“In 1965 my mother witnessed the political assassination of her husband. She placed her entire body over my sister and me to protect us from the gunfire and to make sure we did not see.”

Dorca Paulino: A Bridge Between Job-Seekers and the Judiciary

Born in the Dominican Republic, Paulino spent her early years in a city torn by civil strife that would forever shape her life direction.