The world of virtual reality allows students to leave school pressures behind in the URI scholarly technology lab. Photo by Siobhan Richards. The University of Rhode Island scholarly technology labs is hosting a virtual reality (VR) party in an effort to give students a break between midterms. Erika Uzmann, the manager of scholarly technology labs…
The University of Rhode Island’s supply chain management department is teaching students how to improve communities through their work, in both business and nonprofit settings. Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods, from raw materials to finalized products, as well as the organization of people and activities in a business. Many…
On March 25, URI students will have the opportunity to shave their heads in support of and donate to those suffering from cancer. Photo by James McIntosh. St. Baldricks to host fifth annual event on March 25 The University of Rhode Island will partner with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation on March 25 for their fifth…
Buddhist monk Demo Rinpoche speaks on finding happiness. Photo by James Singer. Visiting Buddhist monk gives insight on how to feel content On Thursday, Feb. 27, a Buddhist monk visited the University of Rhode Island for a seminar on finding happiness in the right ways and right places for the Center for Nonviolence and Peace…
The University of Rhode Island’s English department is offering an opportunity for undergraduate students to submit their writing through “The Caged Bird Sings” poetry contest. The contest requires students to write a 14-line poem about making, inventing, naming or creating. Undergraduate students can earn $1000 for first place or $500 for second place. Faculty can…
URI’s International Engineering Program offers engineering students an edge in the international job market. Photo by James McIntosh. URI’s International Engineering Program The University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program (IEP) offers a unique experience for students to earn two degrees simultaneously and study abroad over the course of five years, preparing students to work…
Professor Howard Ginsberg of the URI Horticulture program. Photo by James Singer. With concerns raised more recently over the decline of the bee population worldwide, much attention has been placed towards scientists that study the commonly-known pollinator. Dr. Howard Ginsberg, a professor in residence at the University of Rhode Island, has spent his over 30-year-long…
Graphics by Elizabeth Wong. Students make Rhode Island home, despite distance The University of Rhode Island’s student body is made up of 47 percent out-of-state students, making it a second home to students within the region and thousands of miles away alike. Sophomore Finn Burge came to URI from Colorado, over 2,000 miles away from…
Vice-Chair of the Student Organizations Committee (SOC) Katie Siegle. Photo by James McIntosh. A trip to ESPN with Anchor Sports Network last year lead Katie Siegle to a place she didn’t expect: the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate. “We met with some URI alumni, and one of the guys, Kevin Lopes, said that he…
The University of Rhode Island will participate in a survey regarding technology in higher education to determine the needs and desires of the community. The survey is run by the non-profit group Educause, a group whose mission, according to their website, is to “support those who lead, manage, deploy and use information technology to advance…