Communication in climate change

Assistant Professor Emily Pechar Diamond, Ph.D., lectures on the interplay between politics and climate change. Photo by James Singer. In a world where partisan politics impact seemingly every aspect of life, Emily Pechar Diamond, Ph.D., works to discover how communication between political parties influence policy-making decisions surrounding climate change.  Diamond is an assistant professor of…

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Business Students Create App

Two University of Rhode Island junior business students did not allow their classes and schoolwork to stop them from creating their own business that is designed to help other college students. Students Andrew Bikash and Ben Grossman have developed their own app, called KANU, which took a year and a half of preparation to create….

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Writing Department Improves Curriculum for First-Year Writing Students

The URI writing and rhetoric department created their own book on writing for students to reference. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island’s writing department is now using a new resource book, called Rhody Writes, to help first-year students in introductory writing courses improve their skills.    The idea for Rhody Writes came from…

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