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The Illuminated Walkway, a Sixth-Century Mystic and the Number Nine

Pythagoras, Greek mystic, mathematician and “father of numerology,” would raise an interested eyebrow if he knew that RIC’s Illuminated Walkway was unveiled on the ninth day of the ninth month in the ninth year of the third millennium.

RIC Hosts 2014 STEM Career Expo for Girls

Rhode Island College Impact

In a workshop titled “Learning to Make Things Fly,” students received a quick lesson in physics and built their own catapult.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Jose Rosario – An Odd Twist of Fate Led to His Life Purpose

This 19-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, is determined to help support at-risk teens.

Meet Our Students: Camden O’Brien Interns in Austria

Rhode Island College Impact

The Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria is not simply another study abroad program. More than 70 international students gathered to change the world.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Nicholas DeLuca, Army ROTC Cadet

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC students normally travel overseas via study abroad, but Nicholas DeLuca crossed continents by another route – ROTC (the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps).

Born on the Tail of a Hurricane: RIC Adjunct Jennifer Bonin

“I was born during Hurricane Agnes, one of New England’s earliest land-falling hurricanes. It seems hurricanes have been following me ever since,” says RIC Adjunct Instructor of Geography Jennifer Bonin ’04.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Joseph Sherry – Film Scholar

His research will be presented at a conference by the leading academic film and media studies organization in the country.

“Democracy in Disarray”: Peter Mendy Lectures in South Africa

Professor of History and Africana Studies Peter Mendy discusses why democracy in Africa remains largely elusive.

Journalists From Guinea-Bissau Adapt to America Before Beginning Study at RIC

Director and Producer of WHTB Rádio Voz Do Emigrante Frank Baptista (bottom left) gives tour of his radio station to team of Guinea-Bissau journalists.