Professor Mom: A balancing act

Professor moms meet virtually to discuss challenges they face in pandemic URI Professors, Cheryl Foster, Kayon Murray-Johnson and Anna Santucci, share their experience of balancing work and children amid the pandemic. Photos from uri.edu.  Professor Cheryl Foster checked her calendar and realized she’d put in the wrong date for the “Professor Mom” Zoom lounge on…

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Stepping out of the classroom, diving into the water

Dive Research Education and Training gets students scuba
 Students can get their scuba diving experience by training with the Dive Research Education and Training Program. Photos by James McIntosh.  For students interested in deepening their knowledge of aquatic environments, the Dive Research Education and Training Program at the University of Rhode Island offers scuba diving…

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The busiest man on campus

Sophomore Chris Bove does it all Photo by James Singer. Chris Bove, a sophomore studying political science, history and communications at the University of Rhode Island, might be one of the busiest students on campus. “I’m a triple major, I’m [on] the Board of Trustees, I’m in the Student Senate, I’m the president of [University…

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URI Welcomes New Dean of GSO

Former Deputy Director at NASA’s Earth Science Division Paula Bontempi is now the new dean of URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Photo from uri.edu In August 2020, the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) welcomed Dr. Paula Bontempi as its new dean.  An alumna of the GSO, Bontempi has plans to revitalize…

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SAVES organization finding new ways to volunteer in pandemic

Students can participate in volunteer opportunities through URI club S.A.V.E.S. Photos contributed by S.A.V.E.S. Students Actively Volunteering and Engaging in Service (S.A.V.E.S.), a club at the University of Rhode Island committed to community service, won’t let COVID-19 stop them from helping the local community.  As new regulations have been implemented for every on-campus club at…

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From URI to Broadway and back

“The Inheritance” Star, Andrew Burnap ’13, will teach acting class for freshmen theatre majors Andrew Burnap, new theater professor and URI alumnus, takes a break from Broadway to teach Intro to Theater. Contributed by Andrew Burnap. “I very much view teaching as sort of a sacred form,” Andrew Burnap ’13 said with conviction. “Always have….

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