Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| “I won’t know all the answers, but I can learn.” Finish strong, stress later! Graduation, the receiving an academic degree or diploma, the goodbye to friends you won’t see everyday and the new and fresh beginnings. It is the quintessential bittersweet event in any student’s life. Seniors have devoted the past…
At the start of the spring 2018 semester, the University of Rhode Island appointed alumna and former undergraduate faculty member, Mary Leveille, as the College of Nursing’s new associate dean. From 2000 to 2014 Leveille taught the accompanying lecture series component for the psychiatric clinical, required for third year students in URI’s College of Nursing….
The University of Rhode Island has a variety of mental health resources, from the Counseling Center to the recently implemented Mental Health First Aid training program, but one resource students may not know about is the University of Rhode Island’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is a Student Senate recognized organization…
Haibo He, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, has been researching and developing machines that possess neural networks, or intelligent computing systems, made to act like a human brain. “The long-term goal is to really to develop mechanisms that can mimic certain levels of the human brain, with the high…
Photos by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Samuel Murray found himself at Conspiracy Theory Night hosted by URI’s Debate Union. Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics made headlines last year when he went on the “Road Trippin” podcast and claimed he believed the Earth was flat. This statement sparked debates across social media and brought the “Flat Earth…
I had the same thoughts going into college as every other freshman. I wondered what it would be like, who I would meet, how many parties I would go to and what cool things I would get to experience. But, the issue that I and many other freshmen have is that I also expected it…
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m., a meeting of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate was called to order. After a reading and approval of the minutes, a public forum was held where Avi Shrivastava introduced his campaign for off-campus representation and James Cocozza advertised for the Best Buddies and RA Board initiative…
The armed school resource deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned last week after it was discovered that he never entered the building while the shooting happened. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said that Deputy Scot Peterson waited outside the building, but never went in to attempt to confront the shooter. Israel said that…
“President Buck’s quote from last spring about our mission statement is false. In fact, our mission statement does not make note to any specific policies, including the legalization of cannabis. Our mission statement states only makes note to “pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive…
THRIVE, an organization at the University of Rhode Island that engages students in impact opportunities to help them find their passion, will be hosting “Social Change: Concept to Reality” on March 3. In the past, THRIVE has hosted ChangeFest, an event where students who are avid advocates of social change work in teams to find…