Peter Snyder helps students with research, connections Before becoming a professor of scientific research at URI, Peter Snyder spent much of his early career in the medical field. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese Between working as a University of Rhode Island professor and vice president for research and economic development, editing journals on dementia and doing…
Michael Jagoda receives promotion after six years in Kingston URI Police reveal their new director of public safety and chief police executive, Maj. Michael Jagoda. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson The new director of public safety and chief police executive looks to further engage with students through a more community-oriented approach with the University of Rhode…
Reporter, creative writer, ‘repository of knowledge’ Betty Cotter, an adjunct professor of journalism and writing and rhetoric at the University of Rhode Island, was inducted into the Rhode Island Press Association Hall of Fame this year. She began her career at URI in 2011 after working at a variety of newspapers in Rhode Island and…
Local bakery finds new space in Wakefield Jeff Collins, the bread man and owner of South County Bread Company, finds new life passion in breadmaking. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese Starting in the ovens of Kingston Pizza, Jeff Collins’ sourdough recipes gave rise to his ambition and ultimately led him to open South County Bread Company…
An informal caffeinated conversation with the Cigar Professor Nikolaos Poulakos, who’s actually not a coffee drinker (from first impressions) shares how he made it from hitchhiking around Europe as a college kid to teaching philosophy at the University of Rhode Island. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer Professor Nikolaos Poulakos, or simply Niko, works hard to create…
Madison Jones brings together two passions Writing and rhetoric and natural resources sciences professor Madison Jones combines his passions for writing and science in the classroom. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Madison Jones, an assistant professor of the writing and rhetoric and natural resources science departments at the University of Rhode Island, was the first person in…
Perri Leviss to engage students civically, politically Political science Professor Perri Leviss is excited to bring her field experience into the classroom.PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu After completing her doctorate in public policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Perri Leviss has found a home in her home state at the University of Rhode Island. This fall,…
When she’s not researching in-between the bookshelves of Robert L. Carothers Library, Amanda Izenstark can be found shaping the minds of students as well as the University of Rhode Island’s understanding of information literacy. Izenstark, a professor and librarian at URI, teaches LIB 250: Information Research Across Disciplines, a course that prepares undergraduate students to…
URI College of Arts and Sciences fellow Hannah Beaucaire spent this summer creating a video series on solitary confinement reform. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu In recent years, solitary confinement has been largely reassessed as a form of punishment in prisons, even leading to reform in some parts of the United States. Hannah Beaucaire, a senior criminology…
URI alums Dave Bailey ‘08 and Sara Shapiro ‘19 work at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in hopes to save the oceans. PHOTO CREDIT: whoi.edu Two University of Rhode Island alums are striving to protect the oceans from helping the smallest plankton to figuring out the most sustainable way to farm the sea and everything…