To our readers, The past few months have been nothing short of a whirlwind of emotions, uncertainty and news 24/7. And through the progression of the chaos that we find ourselves in today, our one solace seems to be overloading ourselves with information that is scary and, as we all like to put it, unprecedented….
Community fights COVID with refurbished sleep apnea machines Dr. Tao Wei, associate professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, led a program to turn sleep apnea machines into ventilators to help fight COVID-19. Photo courtesy of web.uri.edu. Engineers from the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation are working to safely refurbish…
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA and universities across the country have struggled to bring college sports back while maintaining health and safety for all students, coaches and administrators. However, things are beginning to look up as many updates coming from the NCAA and the respective conferences across the nation suggest that college sports will…
URI biomedical engineers create PPE for health workers The University of Rhode Island’s biomedical engineering department helped produce much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping save lives across Rhode Island. When students were sent home in the spring 2020 semester, Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, associate professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, and…
The College of Arts and Sciences has created one-credit classes to teach students about COVID-19 and racial injustice. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island College of Arts and Sciences recently created a variety of innovative, one-credit courses for the fall semester, addressing racial justice issues and COVID-19. The idea to develop one-credit…
Three Greek houses at the University of Rhode Island are in quarantine after members tested positive, according to a release put out by the University. One sorority house had three members test positive, another had two members test positive and a fraternity house had one member test positive. The students who tested positive are in…
First off, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Ronan Himelrick and I am from Canton, Massachusetts. I am a freshman here at the University of Rhode Island and I’m really excited to be joining the Good Five Cent Cigar. With little on-campus entertainment, I’ve decided to review and recommend some music, movies and…
Robert L. Carothers Library is open for students to use with COVID-19 guidelines. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons has made changes for social distancing and sanitation to ensure that students have safe access to its resources in-person and online. From seating arrangements to sanitizer stations, the library has…
Whether we acknowledge the fact or not, summer has come and gone, and while many summer plans ceased to exist, the music scene’s production of bops did not. While in the heat of the summer, you may not be set on one specific song being the “song of the summer,” but as the season comes…
For new head coach of women’s volleyball Nicki Holmes, it was a strange offseason. Holmes was hired in the middle of January, about a-month-and-a-half before campus was unable to reopen due to the pandemic. The first-year coach was a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he spent five years as an officer…