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Discrimination Against Muslims in Europe is Focus of 2013-2014 Thorp Lecture

Jackson was selected for the Mary Tucker Thorp Award for excellence in teaching, scholarship and collegial service.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Travis Dumais: Budding Neuroscientist and Researcher

Sophomore Travis Dumais is majoring in psychology, with a minor in neuroscience; however, back at North Smithfield High School his singular ambition was to become a rock star.

΢Ȧ Prof. Wins 2013 Emig Award for Scholarly Article

How well do teacher education programs prepare future teachers to work in troubled schools? This is the subject of an award-winning article written by Janet Johnson, associate professor of educational studies. For her contribution to English teacher education and research, Johnson will receive the 2013 Janet Emig Award by the Conference on English Education.

“Speak Truth to Power” – The Story Behind the Burning of the Gaspee, A Film by ΢Ȧ Alum Andrew Stewart

From left, Richard Lobban, ΢Ȧ professor emeritus of anthropology; Andrew Stewart, Class of 2009; and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, ΢Ȧ professor emerita of anthropology.

΢Ȧ Prof. Lobban and Team of Archaeologists Discover Lost Temple in Sudan

Professor Emeritus Richard Lobban (center) unearths artifacts dating back to the fourth century, including Meroitic pottery, a skull, a temple column and jewelry