Award-winning language professor uses experience, ambition to educate students

Associate Professor Niko Tracksdorf is pioneering new methods to teach language. Photo from web.uri.edu. Associate Professor Niko Tracksdorf is changing the fundamentals of teaching language at the University of Rhode Island with his innovative instructional strategies and desire to make an impact on his students. Born and raised in Germany, Tracksdorf began his academic career…

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New COVID-19 test developed at URI offers inexpensive alternative

A research team in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy has developed a cheaper COVID-19 test that has the potential to be implemented throughout the community at large. Angela Slitt, a biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences professor at URI, led the development of the new quantiCOVID-19 test, alongside students working in the lab. Their…

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On-campus housing adapts to the new ‘normal’

Housing and Residential Life manages dorm life during pandemic Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, URI is making changes to its housing policies and plans. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island’s on-campus housing arrangements during COVID-19 have altered both annual budgets and plans, affecting the future of residential life. URI’s Housing and Residential…

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Student leader looks back on involvement with URI organizations

SEC, D.R.I.V.E., M.U.S.I.C. and more, what doesn’t she do?  SEC, D.R.I.V.E., M.U.S.I.C. member talks about being Black student leader Photo contributed by Naleen Camara. Senior Naleen Camara’s time at the University of Rhode Island would have been incomplete without her involvement with student organizations on campus. Camara, a public relations and writing and rhetoric double…

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