URI demographer Melanie Brasher discusses China census and nation’s aging...
A demographer who specializes in China, Melanie Brasher has long heard the question, “Will China grow old before it grows rich?” With the recent release of China’s 10-year census, that question is...
View ArticleProfessor Hilda Lloréns on Afro-Puerto Rican Women and Environmental Justice
Dr. Hilda Llorens discusses her new book, Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice.
View ArticleMaking Movements and Powerful Memories with Migrant Justice
Coordinated by sociology professor Julie Keller, URI hosted an event in Fall 2021 by Migrant Justice, a nonprofit organization based in Vermont that focuses on labor rights and economic justice for...
View ArticleTake A Walk Through Time
It started as a walking tour in 2019, and now you can take it for credit. URI Campus: A Walk Through Time is a new multidisciplinary undergraduate course that examines the history of the land on which...
View ArticlePeace Award Recipient
The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island congratulates Dr. Hilda Lloréns for winning the first Peace Award for the URI faculty and staff.
View ArticleAward-winning book explores environmental work of Afro-Puerto Rican women
In her book Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice, associate professor Hilda Lloréns chronicles the lives of women in Puerto Rico who draw on deep cultural...
View ArticleURI demographer discusses China’s population decline
Associate Professor of Sociology Melanie Brasher has studied China’s demography for years, and has published widely on China’s demographics. In an interview, Brasher analyzed China’s recent population...
View ArticleURI alumnus selected as finalist for Service to America Medal
Michael Camal, a URI Sociology major who graduated in 2018, is in the running for People’s Choice Award for leading Homeland Security campaign to stop human trafficking.
View ArticleURI anthropologist named to NSF’s Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences committee
Carlos Garcia-Quijano, a professor of anthropology who studies the interactions between people in coastal communities and the natural environment, has been named to the committee for the Decadal Survey...
View ArticleURI Sociologist involved in launch of Rhode Island Survey
Julie Keller, an associate professor of sociology and director of the Social Science Institute for Research, Education, and Policy (SSIREP), and colleagues develop a new ongoing opinion poll for Rhode...
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