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Two RIC Scholars Win NEPA Award

Award winners are distinguished for meeting high standards in academic performance, research, service work on campus and in the community, and for their serious interest in the field of psychology.

2018 CRCA Spring Expo: Student Research Projects Probe Unmapped Territory

Rhode Island College Impact

A myriad of dynamic undergraduate research projects awaited visitors at the Murray Center on April 23. RIC’s annual Spring Expo of Research and Creative Activity Poster Session display​ed more than 160 faculty-mentored student research projects​, some of which shed light on​ data that had​ been overlooked for centuries. 

The Making of a Teacher – Karen Ramirez’s Story

First-generation Latina Karen Ramirez couldn’t be more talented, energized and prepared to join the ranks of racially diverse teachers in Rhode Island. Less than 5% of Rhode Island teachers are of color and only 2% are Latino. 

Peruvian Immigrant Javier Juarez Aims for a Judgeship

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC’s May commencement was a culminating experience for Javier Juarez (Class of 2017), who persevered for 10 years to earn a college degree.

Over 100 Student Research Projects at RIC

Rhode Island College Impact

Management major Lissa Almanzar displays her research on “Leadership and the Social Psychology of Lean Enterprise.”

RIC Opened Her Eyes to Human Rights, Politics and Race

Rhode Island College Impact

Nicauris Heredia, a RIC senior double majoring in political science and public administration, was named a 2017-2018 American Political Science Association (APSA) Minority Fellowship Program Fellow. She has been awarded $4,000.

Poisson is among Top 5 in Nation to Win VA Scholarship

RIC student Chelsey Poisson sits in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. At right, she engages in a land navigation exercise as a member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard.

A Summer of Scientific Research for More Than 30 RIC Students

From left, RIC research students Bryan Mercier, Orianna Duncan and Mary Ellen Fernandez, with faculty mentor RIC Associate Professor of Psychology Emily Cook.