Alex Allard will be spending his summer and fall semester interning at Walt Disney World through Disney’s College Program. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. Junior Alex Allard went from being your typical Disney-loving kid to a University of Rhode Island student who will spend his upcoming summer and fall interning at Walt Disney World. This…
If you come to URI with at least 15 high school credits, chances are you’re going to be able to graduate early. For me, I arrived at the University in the fall as a freshman with 17 credits after taking Advanced Placement classes in high school. This semester, to my surprise, I was informed by…
Professor Catherine Sama actively advocates for gender equality. |Photo by Grace DeSanti. “I’m part of a generation of women and academics in Italian studies who have really changed the face of 18th century writing and literature in terms of gender,” Catherine Sama, an Italian and film professor at the University of Rhode Island said. “We…
The University of Rhode Island has invested resources in facility and building upgrades, adding to their faculty and adding new majors, which may help explain the recent increase in prospective students. “From an application perspective, URI continues to experience tremendous interest, which is great,” said Dean Libutti, vice provost of enrollment. “We have over 2,500…
The act of acquiring a research grant can be something that many professors do over the course of their careers, yet can be difficult nonetheless. One such professor who has gone through the process is Navindra Seeram, a professor in the University of Rhode Island’s biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences department. Seeram mentors graduate students and…
Gina Miranda serves as an advocate for mental health awareness. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. “I am someone who always put myself last,” junior health studies student and THRIVE club president, Gina Miranda said. ”I was always drained and felt undervalued. So, I took more control over my life within the last year, and it…
In the state of Rhode Island, the minimum wage is now at $10.50 an hour. This is 40 cents up from the $10.10 is was for the past year. Even with this slight raise, it is still not enough, as Rhode Island is a very expensive place to live. The cheapest rent in this state…
Have you ever wondered about the meanings of old Latin words in your history textbooks? Or misunderstood an old Latin phrase? Students in the classical studies department never have. Classical studies is a section of the language department that focuses on two languages, Latin and ancient Greek, as well as ancient Greek and Roman morals….
Whenever you see a musician perform it all looks so natural, but the reality is there’s so much more behind learning how to play. First off, you have to learn how to properly hold the instrument and if it’s a string instrument, how to hold the bow. Learning how to play in tune notes is…
Rhode Island Men’s Track and Field finished third out of ten teams at the Northeast Challenge hosted by the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut this past weekend. The Rams were able to pull in 85 team points in total over the weekend. UConn won the event with a team total of 164 points. Southern…