Given the many changes to sports in the last half century, what will games like baseball and football look like 50 years from now? Graphic by Alison Carpino. College sports, like everything in our world, is something that is constantly changing and evolving. In the 1950s, sports were generally not very popular. There was no…
Good day to all of you glistening snowflakes who are gazing upon these words at this specific moment in time. I use the term snowflake in the most endearing way, not as whatever that insult is supposed to mean. I never understood how or why it was used in a degrading manner because who wouldn’t…
The 13th annual faculty Academic Summit, hosted by the Office of the Provost, was centered around anti-racism this year in an effort to address concerns raised on campus over the past year. Each year, the University of Rhode Island offers an academic summit allowing for faculty to focus on a critical issue affecting academia. In…
The Fine Arts Center could potentially have a $57 million renovation in the near future. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island is launching a campaign to push Rhode Island voters to approve Question 1 on the special election ballot on March 2, which would make way for the continued renovations of the…
Kelly Lockwood, CEO of Leading NOW!, speaks to University students over zoom as part of the University’s “Women in Leadership” series. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. “If you want to jump that great divide and get into senior leadership, [if] you wanna be a vice president, you wanna be an executive vice president, you wanna be…
With electric scooters possibly coming to campus, transportation to and from classes could look very different soon. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island may be adding a new form of transportation on campus for students soon that could make moving from class to class more efficient and more fun. According to Student…
Rebellion, growth, teamwork: how we made it here (from left to right) John Levesque, Carol Cioe Klyman, Ann Doyle, Catherine Winters, and Anne Foster, some of the first editors of the Good Five Cent Cigar, on a field trip to Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Susan Roy. Time to Celebrate! In 1971, a team of passionate,…
The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is currently training students, faculty and staff on administering the COVID-19 vaccine to the public. According to the University’s website, new COVID-19 health regulations allow pharmacy technicians to conduct vaccinations. Because of this, it is required for workers at clinics, hospitals and pharmacies to receive immunization training….
In January, the University of Rhode Island received $500,000 from the Champlin Foundation to go towards cutting edge research and technology. The projects funded this year included providing engineering students anywhere, anytime access to computer tools, purchasing robotic equipment for Field Oriented Robotic Education (FORE) and purchasing equipment to grow organs. Each of these projects…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, URI is currently conducting freshman orientations remotely. Graphic by Alison Carpino. The University of Rhode Island has continued to hold virtual orientation for incoming students as COVID-19 continues to disrupt traditional in-person orientation. Virtual orientation had been offered to new students last summer as well as at the start of…