Leah Crowley | Students stopped by a smoothie stand at the gym to get free samples and learn about nutrition The Anna Fascitelli Fitness Center will launch its own version of “Thirsty Thursday” with free smoothies, a free water bottle and free nutritional advice. Every other Thursday at the fitness center, students from the Wellness…
TVs will allow for students to share feedback in a modern way Joseph LaChance | TVs were installed at Mainfaire Dining Hall, displaying student feedback on the menu. Dining services installed new TV’s in Mainfare dining hall at the beginning of the spring semester as a means to communicate more directly with students to hear…
As of Jan. 23, 2019, University of Rhode Island students and faculty now have free access to Microsoft Office 365 to help students prepare for future jobs. With this product, students can use 20 Microsoft applications on up to five different devices at no cost. Karlis Kaugars, the chief information officer of Information Technology Services…
Kayla Michaud | Netflix has its own category of originals available to view while scrolling through playlists. Now that it has officially dropped below freezing temperatures, it is the perfect time to curl up at home with friends and Netflix. Here are some of the top Netflix Originals that you can binge in under two…
The 2018 award season is almost over, but not before a few more big shows hit the main screens and the Hollywood streets. Buckle up your seatbelts music lovers, music’s biggest night of the year comes to you this weekend, the Grammy Awards. This year’s 61st installment of the famous awards show is being hosted…
According to the Modern Language Association’s preliminary report, enrollment in foreign language studies in the United States fell by 9.2 percent while it increased by over a hundred students at the University of Rhode Island. As of 2018, URI’s Language Department has over 700 students majoring in a language and the largest German language program…
The Learning Management System Evaluation Task Force, a committee comprised of students, faculty and staff is examining alternatives to Sakai for the University of Rhode Island. According to the General Timeline published in Oct. 2018 by the Office of Online Education, URI has been partnered with Sakai for approximately 10 years. The task force, chaired…
Anna Meassick | Professor Theodore Mook (left) and Sophomore Faares Deeb (right) perform a duet on the cello for the third performance of the music convocation. The University of Rhode Island’s music department held its second music convocation of the spring semester on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 12:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall….
Photo courtesy of Alyssa Botelho. Three lucky students captured how the Harrington School of Communications and Media changed their lives for the better in sixty-second videos that won them a free trip to Los Angeles, California. The trip will include tickets to a live showing of “The Ellen Show,” a tour of Warner Bros. Studios…
Photo courtesy of Newport Shipyard. A drone created by GSO professors set sail for a 30-day journey to monitor ocean carbon dioxide levels. A University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography professor recently released a water-based drone that will study carbon levels off the coast. Jaime Palter, an assistant professor of physical oceanography, will…