This past September, Vilde Aaslid, assistant professor of music history, was invited to speak at the Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium in Guelph, Canada. She was asked to speak at the event because her work in music history over the years became well-known. This event is a jam-packed four-day-long celebration of jazz music. It is…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The university has been advertising for J-term with emails and signs throughout campus. Registration for winter break courses for students at the University of Rhode Island is now available on the E-campus website, including new online courses added this year, most of which can be registered for on Nov. 19….
Photo by Greg Clark | Nicole Jorgensen goes up for a layup. It started off slow for the University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team this past Sunday as they took on the University of New Haven Chargers in a preseason exhibition and what would turn into a 66-61 win for the Rams. New Haven…
Basketball is kind of mesmerizing, isn’t it? Watching the ball hit the floor and come right back up, over and over again. The sound is a little hypnotic. It’s almost like music. And if it’s done right, it can look like a well-orchestrated symphony. That’s what the Rams looked like last year, a well-orchestrated symphony….
Photo courtesy of Seth Jacobsen Musical artist and cello professor in the University of Rhode Island’s music department Theodore Mook performed at the Star Island Chamber Music Conference and the Kingston Chamber Music Festival. The Star Island Chamber Music Festival was held in New Hampshire from Sept. 7-9. The weekend held a repertoire of musicians…
Three pharmacy students from the University of Rhode Island took first place in the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge hosted by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) this past October. The event took place from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23 in Seattle, Washington. Sixth-year students Alex Chernov, Aidan Fischer and Andrew Webb were picked to represent…
At the Honors Colloquium on Tuesday, Nov. 6, author and engineer Pamela McCauley talked about women and their various successes in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field. McCauley has years of experience in the STEM field and is an internationally recognized Industrial Engineering researcher in the development of mathematical models, human engineering and…
Thursday, November 5, 1992 Headline: Clinton big winner in R.I., Bush finishes just ahead of Perot Bill Clinton clinched a victory in the traditionally Democratic Rhode Island. Incumbent President George H.W. Bush running for re-election came in second in Rhode Island, just ahead of the independent candidate Ross Perot. Clinton received the 47 percent of…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Lauren Pick jumps to block a spike from Fordham. The Rhode Island women’s volleyball team kicked off their final three-game home stretch of the season with a 3-0 win in their Atlantic 10 matchup against the Fordham Rams. The 3-0 score does not accurately reflect the match, as each game…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Very few students know of Rhody Outpost, a food pantry on campus that helps students who lack proper food and resources. The University of Rhode Island’s Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America and the Division of Student Affairs are conducting a survey to better understand the University’s population of…