Film Media students Sarah Angeloni, Alyssa Botelho and Marion O’Sullivan, celebrate their achievements at the 48 Hour Film Festival. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Several film media students from the University of Rhode Island took on the challenge of competing in Providence’s 48-Hour Film Project this past July. The 48-Hour Film Project is an annual film…
EEE has impacted humans and livestock more than usual in 2019. A West Warwick resident died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause ongoing neurologic problems, on Sept. 9, according to the Providence Journal. This was the first reported death caused by EEE in Rhode Island since 2007 according…
The brand new engineering building is now open for classes. Photo by Greg Clark Building opened for the first day of classes, but finishing touches are still being completed. After years of planning and construction, engineering students were able to begin their fall semester in the new, $125 million Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering. Rhode…
Welcome back to school Rams! I am excited to announce that our Student Senate has been hard at work all summer long to improve the University of Rhode Island student experience. Over the course of the summer, and the months leading up to it, progress has been made in a number of areas. Parking Reform,…
Junior Psychology and Portuguese Major Sabrina Oliver spent her summer interning at Disney World. Photo by Grace DeSanti. People bump into strangers all of the time, but imagine turning around to apologize to someone who turns out to be Hugh Jackman. Sabrina Oliver, a junior psychology and Portuguese major, just so happened to collide with…
Last semester when I sat down to write the traditional Editor-in-Chief “welcome to the new Cigar” column, thoughts kept ringing over and over in my head about everything that could go wrong while I am responsible for this 48-year-old newspaper. But what I never realized about passion and motivation is that it has the ability…
Associate Communication Studies Professor Vince Petronio shares his love for storytelling with the University’s students. Photo by Grace DeSanti. “This is the way I see the world and this is the way you see the world, somewhere they overlap. They overlap where we both understand each other’s world view. That’s what I am after, getting…
The College of Nursing students received a grant to do hands-on work. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island’s graduate program will receive a $2.7 million grant over the next four years to increase student experience at local healthcare centers and aid in tuition payment. With the grant, students will do hands on…
Interesting internships: Student Abbie Judson spent her summer interning France and visiting other countries including Switzerland as pictured above. Contributed photo by Abbie Judson. To most college students, traveling throughout Europe over the summer is a luxury that one cannot afford to take, both from an economical and a practical standpoint. Instead, summers are dedicated…
Photo from IMBd. Disney’s theatrical releases dominated the 2019 box office and two of their biggest earners were the live-action remakes of the ’90s animated films “Aladdin” and “The Lion King.” I loved the “Aladdin” remake and getting to see the fictional city of Agrabah come to life. I enjoyed seeing how the actors made…