Nora Nuzzolo, a fourth-year art student, takes a novel approach to her material, both subject matter and physical medium. She is a printmaker with a focus in relief printing and botanical and floral imagery, “flowers, and the things to put them in,†she said. Since starting with papermaking last year, she even makes her…
Sometimes when I learn something in a class or in a lecture that I would otherwise not know, or a professor shows general interest in my own life, or when a class is functioning perfectly, I forget my role at the University of Rhode Island. In that moment, I am too grateful for my…
Earlier this week, rock band AC/DC announced that Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose would be taking over as the vocalist for the band for the remainder of their scheduled tour. This is all following the very abrupt departure of longtime vocalist Brian Johnson, who was ordered a few months ago by doctors that…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate began their meeting by voting for a grant for this year’s Hempfest. The Students for a Sensible Drug Policy requested a total of $8,000 for their 15th annual Hempfest. The money is going to support various bands and events taking place on the Quadrangle. President Patrick Shea…
The University of Rhode Island golf team finished tied for second in the Rhode Island Invitational as round three wrapped up on Tuesday, despite having the tournament’s top score in junior Billy Walthouse. It was an unsettling result for a team that was obviously looking to thrive in the home state environment, while playing three…
The University of Rhode Island softball team (12-22) started its weekend series at home with a 1-0 victory against George Washington University (20-20) before falling short in the final two games of the series, losing 5-4 and 6-3 respectively. In the first game of the Rams’ series against George Washington the story was URI…
University Police Lieutenant Michael Donohue has worked for the University of Rhode Island for the past 27 years, but he has spent his whole life working for different areas of emergency personnel. At 18, Donohue began as a volunteer firefighter in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, and worked for different departments around the state as…
Students at the University of Rhode Island have the opportunity to take a general education course focused on exploring the complexities and wonders of the Pharmacy Medicinal Garden. Taught by Professor Navindra Seeram, the course is titled Herbal Medicines and Functional Food (BPS 203). Seeram said that “the course that [he teaches] was primarily…
Race has become something it was not originally intended for – a way to classify a human by nothing more than their skin color. Pinning down the definition of race has been a problem since it became a concept. According to an article written for sciencemag.org, race “has historically been used as a taxonomic categorization…
On Thursday, April 14, at 8:19 p.m., a report was filed for an incident of vehicular vandalism at the university police station, on Briar Lane Road. On Friday, April 15, at 1:11 a.m., university police were notified of a drug offense in Hillside Residence Hall, on Campus Avenue. On Friday, April 15, at 1:54…