Associate Professor of Chemistry Jason Dwyer of the University of Rhode Island reported an invigorating breakthrough from his Beaupre lab last month. In March 2008, a severe contamination and recall of Heparin made public headlines in the pharmaceutical and medical industries. This caught the attention of Dwyer, who joined the University’s faculty a year later….
Photo by Autumn Walter | Jujuan Lawson drives ball downfield against UConn this past Saturday. Photo courtesy of GoRhody.com The University of Rhode Island’s football team fell to the University of Connecticut this past weekend 56-49 in the final seconds of play. “It was a wild game,” said Rhode Island Head Coach Jim Fleming after…
The 70th Annual Emmy Awards broadcasted live on NBC this past Monday, Sept. 17. They were hosted by American Comedians Colin Jost and Michael Che who are regularly featured on NBC’s flagship sketch show, “Saturday Night Live.” This year’s Emmys were dominated by the major perennial television producers, HBO and Netflix. Netflix went into the…
Photos courtesy of RIADPA | Runners start the 5K course at Goddard Park in East Greenwich, Rhode Island for the Annual Optimism Run/Walk to benefit Parkinson’s Disease Last week, the American Parkinson’s Disease Association hosted their 20th annual Parkinson’s Optimism Walk and 5K at Goddard State Park in East Greenwich. While many different groups attended…
A University of Rhode Island researcher worked with a team of five other scientists in discovering an active volcanic heat source underneath an Antarctic glacier. Assistant Professor of Oceanography at URI, Brice Loose helped discover the heat source during a major expedition on the RSS James Clark Ross in 2014. According to Loose, the team…
Photo courtesy of Dominic DeFilipi | URI students enjoy their symmer vacation abroad. Contact the International Center for more information on how you can spend your summer in a new country. While the end of finals week usually signals the freedom of college students from their educational responsibilities, a small number of students take the…
Starting Sept. 21, the University of Rhode Island will be bringing together different forms of innovation on campus in an “Innovation with Impact” event. URI has many projects that support innovation on the campus prompting the Academic Innovations Group to decide to create an event in which these innovations can all be tied together. A…
Multiple professors at the University of Rhode Island were granted $134,000 in seed funding from the Rhode Island Foundation to advance medical research on issues such as diabetes, prenatal care and cancer. “Healthy lives and economic security are two of our three strategic priorities,” said Jenny Pereira, vice president of grant programs at the Rhode…
At the University of Rhode Island, the “ONCAMPUS” Rhode Island program is a language support program for first-year international students that gives them opportunities to learn more about American culture. According to Program Director Linda Foley-Vinay, the international students undergo a sort of hybrid program, taking two or three courses with all other URI students…
Photo courtesy of IMDb. There’s no denying that since the beginning of time, classic stories have been remade, repackaged and retold. Nowadays fewer original stories are being created and classic stories are still resonating with audiences. Now, call me sentimental but I myself have always gone out to support these sequels, prequels and remakes because…