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  • Kendall Moore on Story in the Public Square
    By On March 28, 2018 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, General, Issues, Public Policy, Story in the Public Square Tags , , , , , ,

    Documentary filmmaking with Kendall Moore

    Air dates: April 14-16, 2018 The documentary filmmaker has for her canvas the broad sweep of human experience. Kendall Moore has turned her lens on issues as diverse as AIDS patients in Africa and polluted air in an office building. Kendall Moore is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a Professor in the departments of Journalism and Film Media at the University of Rhode Island. Before joining the faculty at URI in … Read More

  • Recipients of the Pell Medal for U.S. History pose with Clay Pell at the University of Rhode Island.
    By On May 26, 2015 In Featured, General, News Tags , , ,

    Rhode Island Students Awarded Pell Medal for U.S. History

    Newport, R.I.—Sixty-six Rhode Island students earned the Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for U.S. History this year.  The medal, administered now by the Pell Center at Salve Regina University, recognizes college and high school students in the state who have excelled in U.S. History. The Pell Medal was originally presented by Senator Claiborne Pell and his wife, Mrs. Nuala Pell, for more than 50 years. After Mrs. Pell’s passing in … Read More