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Using High-Tech Simulators to Educate Future Nurses

΢Ȧ School of Nursing — a regional leader in innovation and simulation.

Joshua Laguerre: Academic and Campus Leader

Throughout his tenure at ΢Ȧ, management major Joshua Laguerre excelled academically and helped transform student government into a more diverse and inclusive organization.

΢Ȧ Professor, Alums Experience the ‘Gilded’ Life

΢Ȧ Professor of Music Samuel Breene (pictured) and two of his former students got a taste of high society as orchestra players in the HBO series "The Gilded Age."

΢Ȧ Alumna and Daughter Team Up to Debunk Common Sex Ed Myths

΢Ȧ Impact

Even in 2022, sex is still often regarded as a taboo topic, so the idea of talking about sex with one’s parent might draw shudders. But that’s exactly what Shannon Curley and her mother, ΢Ȧ alum Christine Curley MA ’19, do every week on their podcast “Sex Ed Debunked.”

΢Ȧ/RIPBS Collaboration Provides Opportunities for Students to Perform

΢Ȧ Impact

"Black Joy," a Rhode Island PBS documentary series, features ΢Ȧ students both in front of and behind the camera.

The Q&A: Alumna Kyla Pecchia is Legal Counsel for R.I. Attorney General

Kyla Pecchia ’13 discusses navigating government law in a male-dominated field.

Anna Cano-Morales is “a Pioneer” for Latinx Women with Political Aspirations in Rhode Island 

“Never be apologetic about being a woman or having an accent or your educational trajectory. Be proud of it.” -Anna Cano-Morales

Alumna Sarah Cote Works to Heal a Community

This year’s national theme for Women’s History Month is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Social worker Sarah Cote ’18 exemplifies that maxim in her work with Cranston residents.

΢Ȧ Students Host Providence Mayoral Candidate Forum

΢Ȧ Impact

All four of Providence’s currently declared Democratic mayoral candidates will be in attendance: Gonzalo Cuervo, Nirva LaFortune, Brett Smiley and Michael Solomon

A Century of Suffrage

For women, the right to vote was fought for, not given.