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Climate changes curriculums

Center for the Humanities hosts annual lecture series The University of Rhode Island’s Center for the Humanities is back for its third annual year-long speaker series, which is focusing on environmental humanities this year. According to the Center for the Humanities webpage, this lecture series “draws on the expertise of environmental historians, literary scholars, musicians…

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URI professor receives $10.3 million grant for Alzheimer’s research 

Jessica Alber developing non-invasive prevention scanning Assistant research professor Jessica Alber received a grant for her work with Alzheimer’s disease. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson | Contributing Photographer Jessica Alber, an assistant research professor at the University of Rhode Island’s George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, just received a five-year, $10.3 million grant to further…

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Surf Club rides a new wave

Surf Club is making a splash after a brief hiatus from the pandemic. PHOTO CREDIT: instagram.com/urisurfclub/ After a few stagnant years, Surf Club at the University of Rhode Island has returned to the waters of Narragansett Bay.  Originally founded in 1968, Surf Club is a place for all students to come together and learn more…

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An Unfiltered Exchange: Nahoko Collis

Now an assistant teaching professor at URI, Nahoko Collis was once a study abroad student from Japan. Photo courtesy of: Nahoko Collis Nahoko Collis, originally from Japan, studied abroad in the United States in order to learn and travel, however, many decisions led her to create a life here in Rhode Island instead.  Collis works…

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University reinstates triple dorms

COVID-19, housing crisis factors in decision Pictured: Hillside hall as a triplet before the pandemic changed housing arrangements. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor On Oct. 28, the University of Rhode Island sent an email out in regards to the housing crisis students are facing on and off campus. In the email, Frankie Minor,…

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Free menstrual product program seeks Faculty Senate approval 

Student Senate hopes to continue year-long project Will free menstrual products continue to be provided for students? PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor In Oct. 2021, the University of Rhode Island Student Senate created a pilot-program to provide free menstrual products in the Memorial Union’s bathrooms. When the program was initially started, the Senate…

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