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SUMMER 2014 | VOLUME 21, NO. 4
Features
6 Class of 2014
4 PRESIDENT’SVIEW
8 NEWS&VIEWS
14 Guide to Life
12 PRESSBOX 28 CLASSACTS
News from your classmates
33 CLOSEUP
Sunshine Menezes, Ph.D. ’05
37 CLOSEUP
Henry Gauthier ’74
30 ALUMNICHAPTERS 40 BACKPAGE
A challenge at the North Woods indoor climbing wall.
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URI Hosts Tour de Cure Commencement 2014 • 3,114 Bachelor’s degrees • 555 Master’s degrees • 129 Doctorates • Countless customized mortarboards See photo gallery online.
COVER: MENEZES BY NORA LEWIS
Meet eight of this year’s amazing crop of graduates.
There’s something about those tour guides. Why you’ll be telling the URI student in your life to sign up to give tours, quick.
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18 Lost and Found
Kate Johnson ’06 unearths wonky historical gold: evidence of our forgotten farms. The surprise? The media love it.
20 Profiles in Perseverance
We all know a college dropout. How URI is getting them back on track with an innovative program that boasts success stories by the hundreds.
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22 Guardians of the Grid
Two engineering professors are taming the online Wild West, and while they’re at it, keeping the lights on and your reputation safe.
28 The Ripple Effect
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Leo DiMaio led Talent Development for almost 20 years, worked in it for many more, and lifted thousands of lives.
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COVER: COMMENCEMENT BY JOE GIBLIN OPPOSITE: JOE GIBLIN. CONTENTS: ISTOCK.COM; COURTESY JOHN SCHOENFELDER; MICHAEL SALERNO
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