Photo by Mary Lind | The Rhode Island State House. When I was in the fourth grade, I wanted to be a lawyer. I watched the news every day with my parents and pretended to know more about politics than I actually did. My strong interest in government stemmed from my tour of the United…
Photo by Harry Schlenger | The new engineering complex will be home to four of the five engineering disciplines including chemical, industrial, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Engineering students at the University of Rhode Island can be assured that the new, $125 million complex will be completed and ready for use at the beginning of the…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Taken at the URI v. Army game, the women’s volleyball team is currently 6-7 for the season. The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team suffered a 3-2 loss to Fordham University in a back-and-forth affair that, for both teams, opened Atlantic 10 conference play. URI fell into an early…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate elected three new officers to its executive board this fall following a wave of resignations before this semester started. Tristram Howard was named the new vice president, while Mark Gall was named campus affairs chair and Sara Straube was named External Chair. President Adriana Wilding is optimistic about…
Photo by Stephanie Erickson | The new grant will allow faculty and staff to conduct more research projects. The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy saw a great increase in federal funding during 2017 when nearly $12 million was obtained in research grants. The College of Pharmacy is currently no. 11 out of 138…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The sap of maple trees has a compound that reacts similarly to Botox when applied to the skin. Navindra Seeram, a pharmacy professor at the University of Rhode Island, has led a team of researchers that have found a way to use components of the maple tree as a replacement…
Photo by Sarah Vinci | Hungry Rhody renamed themselves Hungry Button and launched a new app for mobile ordering. The popular food ordering website “Hungry Rhody” has rebranded itself as “Hungry Button” and launched a new app last week. The website allows students at the University of Rhode Island to order food from local restaurants…
Vanessa Quainoo, an associate professor of Communication Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Rhode Island, has recently accepted an offer to travel to Ghana in October to present her work. Quainoo was invited to present her paper regarding peace in Africa, specifically in Ghana. In her work, she touched upon how Africa and…
The University of Rhode Island will be holding a National Day on Writing on Oct. 5, collaborating with three on-campus organizations to put together activities and contests throughout the day. Writing Across URI, the Writing Center and the department of writing and rhetoric are preparing to hold the event in the Memorial Union Ballroom from…
Photo courtesy of Isaac Ginis | The model demonstrates how flood waters will rise given a hurricane in the state of Rhode Island. As catastrophic hurricanes wreak havoc along the coast, a professor at the University of Rhode Island is working to develop models to predict the severity hurricanes have on a specific area. These…