The 45,000 mile, nine month long Volvo Ocean Race was broadcasted live in Edwards Auditorium on Tuesday, March 20. The sailing race is a competition that tests the endurance of the world’s best sailors. Currently, there are seven co-ed professional teams competing in this year’s race that began on Oct. 22, 2017. These teams sail…
Kunal Mankodiya, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and founder of the wearable biosensing lab at the University of Rhode Island, is pioneering innovation in the field of smart textiles. Mankodiya’s latest technology is the invention of wearable socks and gloves for people with Parkinson’s disease. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation and…
Photo courtesy of Adriana Wilding and Abdulwhab Alquirtas. By Oluwatona Campbell and Juliana Cuomo On March 7 and March 8 students at the University of Rhode Island elected Adriana Wilding Abdulwhab “Wahab” Alquirtas as president and vice president of Student Senate. According to Wilding and Alquirtas, they were elected because of their platform and campaign of…
Nearly a decade after stunning audiences with his first stop-motion adventure, writer and director Wes Anderson returns to the intricate form with “Isle of Dogs.” Filled with his signature humor and witty dialogue, the film proves to be another meticulously constructed delight from the modern auteur. Set 20 years in the future in the Japanese…
Four University of Rhode Island unfunded student organizations, Bridge USA, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), College Democrats and College Republicans have formed a coalition to change the current bylaws within Student Senate and how they recognize organizations on campus. The coalition came together because of their collective disagreement over their individual groups funding…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| The University of Rhode Island has several 100-level courses that many students take where instructors are required by the department to assign the same textbook or textbooks to all sections of the class. In these introductory level classes, there are typically either large lectures or many sections of the…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| University of Rhode Island students will now get the opportunity to work with data as two new data science majors a minor are currently being implemented. Last spring, the University approved the Data Science bachelor’s degree program, which includes a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science version as…
URI to host music festival similar to “Hempfest” The University of Rhode Island’s electronic music club, the Electronic Music Association (EMA), will be hosting their first outdoor festival on the Quadrangle on Saturday, April 28 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event will offer music, food vendors, jewelry, artwork and a chance to unwind…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Pittsburgh – A regular season Atlantic 10 Championship. A program long seven-straight weeks in the AP Top 25. The highest ranking in school history in the AP Poll at No. 16. All on the way to the highest seed in an NCAA tournament at No. 7. What a run it…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| URI set to take on Duke in the Round of 32 Pittsburgh, PA– The Rhode Island Rams have advanced to their second straight round of 32 appearance in the NCAA tournament. This season they have to face men’s basketball powerhouse, Duke University. This year’s second round draw brings in a…