To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the University of Rhode Island will highlight the struggles that women faced gaining the right to vote in a new lecture series. The “Long Rhode to Vote” lecture series is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the University’s gender and women’s studies department, the College of…
Sophomore nursing major, Abby Royer, is one of many students helping to fight COVID-19. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. Over the past several months, University of Rhode Island nursing students have taken steps to join the fight against COVID-19 by entering the workforce. The URI College of Nursing contacted students by email during the mandatory quarantine…
Online, in-person and blended classes will continue to be the norm Students can start signing up for classes for the spring semester. Photo by Siobhan Richards Despite all of the changes created by COVID-19, the University of Rhode Island’s course selection process will be similar to as it was pre-pandemic. Course selection at URI will…
Meet Chief Diversity Officer Mary Grace Almandrez Chief Diversity Officer, Mary Grace Almandrez, discusses her inspirational career. Photo courtesy of Brown University. Mary Grace Almandrez, the chief diversity officer (CDO) at the University of Rhode Island, an unusual favorite place on campus: the second floor of Quinn Hall. To most, Quinn Hall is just another…
Professor moms meet virtually to discuss challenges they face in pandemic URI Professors, Cheryl Foster, Kayon Murray-Johnson and Anna Santucci, share their experience of balancing work and children amid the pandemic. Photos from uri.edu. Professor Cheryl Foster checked her calendar and realized she’d put in the wrong date for the “Professor Mom” Zoom lounge on…
Watch this week’s Five Cent Cigar Newscast! – – – Fitness Center in a Pandemic: Written and edited by Imani Fleming Shot by Imani Fleming and Aniekan Okon How the COVID19 Tracker Works: Written, edited, and shot by Leah Crowley
Dive Research Education and Training gets students scuba Students can get their scuba diving experience by training with the Dive Research Education and Training Program. Photos by James McIntosh. For students interested in deepening their knowledge of aquatic environments, the Dive Research Education and Training Program at the University of Rhode Island offers scuba diving…
Greek Life prepares for fall recruitment. Photo by Siobhan Richards. Greek Life at the University of Rhode Island transformed its typical new-member recruitment process this semester as COVID-19 continues to affect the community. Chapter houses must now oblige to guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Rhode Island Department…
There has been no shortage of News You Should Know recently. Donald Trump’s case of COVID-19, subsequent hospitalization and release from Walter Reed Medical Center dominated news this week. Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. on Oct. 2 that he had tested positive. He was hospitalized the following day. Multiple doctors have theorized that the event…
The upcoming election will be one of the most important in recent history of the United States. Voting occupies people’s minds across the country, regardless of party. Millennials and Gen Z make up a large portion of college students today and are a large demographic in the electorate. The Good Five-Cent Cigar is here to…