{"id":72501,"date":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-harrington-hub-for-leadership-in-global-communication-leadership-opens-today\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"uris-harrington-hub-for-leadership-in-global-communication-leadership-opens-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/uris-harrington-hub-for-leadership-in-global-communication-leadership-opens-today\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington Hub for Leadership in Global Communication, Leadership opens today"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 21, 2016 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 community had its first look today at the $6.5 million Harrington Hub for Global Leadership in Communication and Media as national media leaders, the state\u2019s Congressional delegation and University officials held a ceremonial \u201cfilm cutting\u201d to open the facility.<\/p>\n

Housed on the first floor of historic Ranger Hall, which was built in 1913, the Hub provides students and faculty with the latest editing and audio suites, film screening theater, state-of-the-art classrooms and technology. The Hub primarily serves the departments of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, which are communication studies, film\/media, journalism, public relations, writing and rhetoric and library and information studies. Students from all majors, however, will take courses or work in these new spaces.<\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley joined Richard J. Harrington, \u201873, Hon. \u201902, chairman and general partner of Cue Ball, a venture capital firm, and former president and chief executive officer of the Thomson Reuters Corp., Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen James Langevin and other dignitaries in the \u201cfilm cutting\u201d to celebrate the grand opening. Harrington and his wife, Jean, donated $5 million to support the School and made an additional $130,000 donation to support the Hub. Executives from such companies as CBS, NBCUniversal, IBM and Thomson Reuters were also among the participants.<\/p>\n

Dozens of other supporters, including Bill Achtmeyer, John King, Tom Cerio, Lori Merolla, Jonathan Herman, Adam Wiener, Kathy O\u2019Donnell, and Bob Vincent also contributed to the project.<\/p>\n

State, University and private money funded the project, which was designed by Durkee, Brown, Viveiros and Werenfels Architects, Providence. <\/strong>The contractor is E W Berman of Warwick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur vision at 溏心vlog免费B站 is to be globally competitive and engaged,\u201d said President David M. Dooley. \u201cAnd thanks to the generosity, support and leadership of Dick Harrington and his wife, Jean, and other\u00a0<\/em>generous donors, we celebrate the opening of this facility today, which gives our students, faculty and staff the latest tools to enhance their learning, research and outreach to build on their already outstanding reputations as global leaders in this complex and ever-expanding communications environment. We now have the technology and learning spaces that make the Harrington School as strong as any program in communication and media studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AT HOME IN THE HUB: 溏心vlog免费B站 senior public relations major and Brazil native who now lives in East Greenwich, R.I., Leticia Simone, checks out a tripod in the Harrington Hub. 溏心vlog免费B站 photos by Jessica Vescera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harrington, a longtime and generous supporter of 溏心vlog免费B站, offered congratulations to those involved in the project.<\/p>\n

“I am so pleased and proud to be here today to see\u00a0the exceptional progress the University has made to become globally competitive in communication and media education and research,” said Harrington. “I want to commend Dean Brownell, Professor Roth, the faculty,\u00a0students, our board members\u00a0and our generous donors\u00a0for working so hard to make this vision a reality. I have confidence that when people around the nation talk about leading university communication\u00a0programs, 溏心vlog免费B站 will be part of the conversation.”<\/p>\n

Leticia Simone, a senior public relations major from East Greenwich<\/strong> who was born in Brazil, said the Harrington Hub will lead to many opportunities for students.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will step into it and see a whole world of possibility. They can borrow video cameras, use the screening room, and take advantage of the new active learning rooms,\u201d she said. \u201cThe focus on globalization of communication will help students and faculty reach out to professionals and students across the nation and across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As soon as visitors entered Ranger Hall for tours today, they saw a four-panel video screen showing a video by Christiane Amanpour congratulating the Harrington School on this great new facility. In the future, the screen will display the latest headlines from around the world, information and videos about the Harrington School, movies and news clips produced by Harrington students and faculty.<\/p>\n

Among the key features of the facility are:<\/p>\n