The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center’s current exhibit on display, “Inter-Media,” includes various art mediums that are thought-provoking. The exhibit features three outside artist work through different media. The first group of 11 pieces was created by Susan Mathews who works in clay, yarn, wool and watercolor. Nine of them are three-dimensional works…
This time last year, I was in a very bad place for my mental health. I had lost my primary group of friends. I was depressed, having multiple anxiety attacks every day, barely slept or ate and all while also trying to maintain my grades as a full-time college student. It was at this time…
This holiday season, the University of Rhode Island tour guide team is giving back by adopting a family through the Children’s Friend and Family Services organization. The team is fundraising money which they will use to supply a family with presents. “We have adopted a family through the URI Rotaract Club,” Imke Scheepers, the public…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Davida Dale makes a lay-up. For the first time since 2013, the Rhode Island women’s basketball team has an Atlantic 10 player of the week. For her performance against North Dakota, then Providence and Brown in the Ocean State Tip-Off, redshirt junior Davida Dale got the nod from the conference….
For centuries members of the LGBT community have been ostracized, denied rights, and looked down upon by the predominantly heterosexual cisgender society of the world. In the last thirty years, great strides have been made, where many countries have reformed and grown to accept various members and identities within the community. Of course, although there…
Photo courtesy of the Society of Women Engineers. Careers in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field, are becoming much more popular amongst modern day women pursuing higher education. The University of Rhode Island has numerous student organizations and professional societies to help Women in STEM further themselves. One national organization that has been…
Former University of Rhode Island Talent Development alumna, Rhonda Price, started a nonprofit called Man Up, Inc. where she helps men of color and men from disadvantaged backgrounds find their place in the workforce. Price graduated from URI in 1984 with a degree in psychology. Afterward, she spent nearly 20 years working in the court…
The Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center at the University of Rhode Island has offered a program titled “Writing for Wellness” for two years now. The program is open to all students and aims to “encourage students to use various forms of writing to enhance their well being.” Participants do “prose, poetry, and journaling” among…
The former 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush, has died at the age of 94. His death occurred during the night between Friday and Saturday. The Washington Post says Bush was at his home surrounded by friends and family. It was also reported that his last words were “I love you, too,”…
Dec. 3, 1997 Headline: Art interns to raise AIDS awareness through banner in Union Fine Arts Center interns at URI developed a banner to hang in the Memorial Union in support of AIDS Awareness Week. The painted banner displayed personal narratives about the disease such as, “I had AIDS for two years before I realized…