This Week’s Honors Colloquium: Religion and Medicine

Professor of medicine Dr. Jeremy Sugarman discussed the interplay of secular bioethics and religion. Photo by Autumn Walter. The seventh speaker of this year’s Honor Colloquium delivered a speech titled “Ethical Controversies in Medicine and Medical Research: The Interplay of Secular Bioethics and Religion” on Tuesday in the Edwards Auditorium.  The speaker, Dr. Jeremy Sugarman,…

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An Exploding Passion for Volcanoes

Professor Katie Kelley Studies how volcanoes affect the environment. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Although volcanoes aren’t necessarily on the top of the list of current climate concerns, they affect the environment more than one would think. One University of Rhode Island professor is researching this specific topic.   Katherine Kelley, a professor of marine geology and…

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All-American Teaching Assistant

For Lotte Black, it’s not always about running. The graduate student graduated with an undergraduate degree in kinesiology in three years, with a 3.9 GPA to go along with it.  “She’s an academic, all while running all three seasons,” women’s cross country, track and field head coach Laurie Feit-Melnick said. Along with being an All-American…

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‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Brings an Investigative Corruption to the Big Screen

Edward Norton, wrote, directed, and acted in the film, “ Motherless Brooklyn.” Photo from ScreenRant. “Motherless Brooklyn” a period mystery drama based on the novel of the same name, was a passion project of writer, director and star Edward Norton. The film follows a detective’s apprentice named Lionel who begins to investigate corruption in 1950s…

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Volleyball Splits Weekend Series

Hazel Brown spikes the ball. Photo by Grace DeSanti. This past weekend the University of Rhode women’s volleyball team took two steps forward and one step backward, beating Davidson College and then losing to VCU.  After a long five-week stretch, URI collected their first win since early October, beating the Davidson Wildcats.  On Friday night,…

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Despite the Good Acting, ‘Last Christmas’ Becomes Another Predictable Holiday Movie

Photo from Entertainment Tonight. “Last Christmas” is the latest holiday-themed romantic comedy directed by Paul Feig that stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. The movie centers around an aspiring singer Kate, played by Clarke, who has a bad relationship with her immigrant family and works in a year-round Christmas shop run by a Chinese woman…

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